The
Vedic Appreciation of Gems
We are far more dependent on the cosmic pranaaround us
and its recipe of electro-magnetic rays with which our electrical
bodies need than we realize. Just as there are many essential
vitamins and minerals in food for excellent health and different
rays of color in health giving sunshine, so there are different
benign planetary radiations that we absorb and benefit by.
These radiations are a catalyst for programming the healthy "body/mind
electric" and when our chakra receptors are not able
to absorb these needed planetary "vitamins", the
mind and body will go further out of harmony and consequently
malfunction in relation to the lack of stimuli.
Certain Ayurvedic gems have a similar harmonic electro-magnetic
radiation to the planets and hence can, as "electro-magnetic
vitamin supplements," enhance our required dosage of
this beneficial and essential electro-magnetic planetary
stimuli. I use the words "vitamin supplements" to
graphically assist the reader to understand that when a planet
is supposedly taking an unfriendly interest in you, it is
merely your inability to digest or receive the planet's pranic
radiation. Your receptivity can be such that if it is placed
in a negative transit, your chakras' interpretation and receptivity
of its energy can be diluted or tainted. Hence the wearing
of a gem will increase the available dosage of a similar
radiation acting like a needed supplement to your electro-magnetic
system. In order for the subtle rays to be absorbed, the
gems must have very good skin contact. They also obviously
have to be big enough to make a difference and clean enough
to act as effective transmitters of the radiations that are
naturally a part of their atomic matrix.
Though this idea seems quite radical to conventional thought,
only a little reflection will allow us to realize how greatly
we are influenced by the moon, sun spots and planets. Even
our environment can greatly affect our thoughts, uplifting
or depressing us, and yet are not the planets also tangibly
potent enough to be a pervasive background influence?
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Only a little observation is needed to see how our friends
seem to be sharing a similar pattern reflected in the planetary
positions when one studies astrology! And hence we seem to
be playing with a double edged sword; on the one hand the
planets are dictating to us, such as when a friend inexplicably
gets cancer after having been living healthily for years.
On the other hand, we are advised correctly that we can overcome
our stars by wisdom and will power. Both perspectives have
their place in creation. To see life as a servant of truth
rather than an unwitting slave to its consequences is the
much wiser route. Even if beaten by karmic circumstances,
one has only lost when one has given up trying to overcome
karmic weaknesses that keep us from our higher nature.
It is
easily apparent as one observes the development in the conventional
medical sciences that the future of medicine is in the rays.
Rays are any form of vibratory energy, from sound, color,
radiation etc., and can be of a harmful type or greatly beneficial.
Medicinal chemistry can only struggle to stimulate the life-force
back into the ailing patient. Rays can go much deeper into
the cell tissue and enhance the rejuvenating process. Gems
are but one of the methods of dispensing subtle yet benign
rays. Although the study of gems is many years ahead of the
conventional learning curve, they will eventually be treated
with respect when the hocus pocus side of the field is less
prevalent.
The body can be better understood as an electromagnetic system
- that is, an intelligently coordinated network of oscillating,
vibrating parts. A little discrimination may convince the
reader that assisting their electromagnetic signature, or
way of being, with the use of Chakra or Ayurvedic gems or
metals would be an intelligent and easy way of lessening
the karmic weaknesses in receptivity. As Swami Sri Yukteswar
has suggested, plants, metals and gems can all play a role
as instruments to minimize or nullify the adverse effects
of our reactions to planetary radiations. Of the three, he
extolled quality gems of over two carats as being the most
effective. This, however, does not negate the excellent strengthening
benefits of pure gold, silver and copper bangles. Of interest,
Swami Sri Yukteswar and Paramahansa Yogananda both wore nine-gem
bangles or true Chakra bangles as they have been called today.
For more explaination by the rishis please click here.
http://www.astrogems.com/yoga_masters.htm
Because there is tradtions of experience going back 5000 years
in what the best gemstones are for the most effective genuine
chakra crystal necklace or chakra healing bangle.
And because
many individuals do not have the inclination or finances to
purchase a more powerfull chakra or navaratna bangle some would
like to cautiously investigate to see if the principle is sound,
based on their own experience. One way to do this is to wear
a high quality chakra (navaratna) necklace that is designed
and made by Astrogems that has over 20 exclusive research and
experience specifically with regard to chakra healing or karmic
mitigation jewelry.
Having made more nine-gem planetary bangles
with gems of over two carats than anyone else in the world,
we wish to continue our "quality at a great price" reputation.
I have personally selected the uncut gem material for cutting
and I have overseen the process of cutting for shape and
correct weight.
The result is a beautiful necklace that can
be tossed over the head that has an exceptionally wide skin
contact area for transferring the benign Electro-magnetic radiation
to the chakras. It is both comfortable and attractive and can
be used as a mala as well.
We
will accept chakra necklaces back at a full price trade
in on a navaratna arm bangle should the person want to
head in that direction based on their personal experience
with the necklace.
Having
analyzed many so called chakra necklaces over the years,
I have always found that the quality, gem selection, and
design of these necklaces have been unacceptable representatives
of this wonderful science. It is because of this that the
world is not that impressed by them and they have not become
popular.
Ideal
characteristics
Ideally
the necklace should be so powerful that the wearer should
actually feel calmer and stronger from receiving the interchange
of resonance with the gems. It is a great blessing to have
an opportunity for the electrical body to receive the supplement
of subtle energy from the gems. I have never seen a good
chakra necklace made with the understanding that you
can scrimp on bead size and save money.
I
spent several weeks in India working on this project. India
is where the uncut material was faceted for the necklace.
It had to be selected and analyzed for approval and then
bought in quantities to make the project viable. Finding
high quality green peridot for large beads, for example,
is not an easy task.
Gems
have limitations and it is the size of the gem that is
so crucial for this subtle energy to make a difference.
It is crucial that this energy be available in a quantity
that can make a helpful shift. So many gem instruments
simply are too small and thus too subtle to make a difference.
For
years at Ayurvedic Astrological Jewelry, we have tailored
our gem instruments based on feedback and not necessarily
on what the many and often contradictory traditional suppositions
have related. It
is very necessary that each bead is over two carats. Most
I have seen haven't even come close to being one-carat
in weight.
Clean
and unfractured gems
It
is essential that the gem beads are clean and not fractured.
Most I have seen are not of this nature. It is worth pointing
out here that I have never heard negative responses from
people wearing these inferior necklaces such as one would
presume from statements made by many gem purveyors who
have a self-interest in selling such astrological gems.
All that I have discovered is that the wearers dont
seem to have noticed an appreciable difference in their
life since they have been wearing them.
Everything
we sell at Ayurvedic Astrological Jewelry has a ten-day,
no questions asked money back guarantee and this includes
the necklaces. Obviously we like feedback, so what I mean
by no questions asked is that excuses are not requested.
Years
ago I often made a sale of a chakra by selling a coral
necklace to a half skeptical customer whowould be amazed
enough to want to investigate the process further. By rationalizing
that if they could have such a pleasant shift with a necklace
(alleviation of colds, lung congestion, feeling the cold
etc.), then wearing all nine gems would be considerably
more effective.
Though
obviously the selling of such necklaces could work against
me by taking business away from the nine-gem bangles, my
theory is that it will open more people up to the blessings
of an Electro magnetic instrument, just as the coral necklace
has.
The
nine stones of the chakra necklace
The
stones on the chakra necklace are as follows: Hessonite
garnet, blue Iolite, Peridot, freshwater Pearl, Red Coral,
Silver Quartz Catseye, Almandine, Citrine and White Topaz.
A
brief explanation of how I have chosen the gems to replace
the primary planetary gems is as follows: The most powerful
gem in the mineral kingdom, based on my observation of
hundreds of clients, is the diamond, followed by the sapphires.
My conclusion leads me to suspect that the harder the gem,
the more lifeforce it emanates.
Obviously
when one considers that the rishis recommended for the
most part the hardest gems of the mineral kingdom, it would
seem more than coincidental that this conclusion is correct.
The Diamond, the Ruby (which is a red Sapphire), the Blue
and Yellow Sapphire, Chrysoberyl Catseye and Emerald are
all in the top five percent of hardest gems in the mineral
kingdom. The Pearl and Coral are organic gem forms and
the Hessonite Garnet seems to be the exception to the hardness
rule.
The
next consideration is that it is of no benefit to wear
a ruby or blue sapphire if they are not eye clean at least,
and ideally loop clean. Hence I have had to reject, for
economic reasons, the rubbish material offered in India
for emerald, ruby, blue and yellow sapphire beads. In their
place I have selected from the rough uncut crystal material:
Blue Iolite for the Saturn influence. The gem is often
offered by less educated gem sellers as blue sapphire because
of its very similar appearance.
Almandine
garnet is used in the place of ruby. This has a deep pigeon
blood red color, but is a thousandth the cost of natural
ruby of the same color and clarity. White Topaz is the
Venus substitute for the diamond. This is the hardest clear
material offered in beads of over two carats I could find,
and it is much harder than Quartz.
Peridot
is the substitute for green emerald . Most emerald is oil
treated to hide the multi-fractured nature of this lower
grade bead material. Peridot is a great crystal but more
expensive than the other beads as a substitute. However
it is much better than eye clean . All the gems are eye
clean except some of the hessonites. Citrine is the substitute
for the Yellow sapphire gem, Silver quartz catseye replaces
the chrsoberyl catseye. All the other gems are the original
primary gems.
Experience
vs. Untested Book Knowledge
As
part of my research, I have had many friends in the neighborhood
test run these necklaces for detailed feedback. A very
high number insist on buying the one they borrowed. As
with all my gems I have first researched the response from
a large number of individuals to gauge if the books on
the subject are based on experience or hearsay.
Sadly
so many books on the subject are a bit like these recipe
books that copy the recipe from one book to another and
don't really research the cooking part that deeply. Yet
when people read books they so often seem to think the
author is an authority, even though they have not sold
thousands of gemstones and spoken in depth with the follow-up
part of the process.
I
also encourage individuals to read this website's essay on how gems can influence
our lives, which is the most scientific study on the
matter that I have been able to compose. It is strictly
intended to avoid the blind faith so oftenassociated with
this science. Because vedic astrology is such a profound
science and because of its relative ease in communicating
profound insights into a person's past and future, many
people develop an excessive respect for the astrologer's
gem recommendations.
Connections
between astrologers and gem dealers
Repeatedly
people contact me via the web or phone and tell me that
a series of very good astrologers all gave them very different
gem recommendations. When they asked these astrologers
about my services, they were enthusiastically directed
to another gem dealer, but the individual was not told
that the gem dealer paid them secret commissions for their
referrals. This is so common that it is epidemic in my
view, in both India and America.
To
err is human, but this is another reason why I favor judicious,
economic rationale in acquiring as many of the different
benign electromagnetic radiations that different gems can
relay. The important thing is that the gem instrument is
balanced and powerful enough to make a difference. I achieved
this through years of research, balancing cost effectiveness
with the desired result.
Because
I travel to different gem sources around the world, I also
acquire the most exclusive gems as well. But they simply
aren't always affordable for many; hence the Chakra necklace
is a balanced way to explore this arena.
Ordering
The
Chakra Necklace comes in two standard lengths: The cost
is $380 for the 54 bead (26 inches), and $720 for the 108
bead (52 inches). We can also custom make a necklace to
the length of your preference. To order a custom length,
please contact us.
We accept:
Order the 54 bead Chakra Necklace for
only $380
Order
the 108 bead Chakra Necklace for
only $720
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