Guest guest Posted November 9, 2005 Report Share Posted November 9, 2005 Namaste Dearest Sis Cyra, Wonderful to see you around!! Thanks and bless you for your kind and generous words. Been some time since I last saw your messages -- Missed you lots too! Regarding One mukhis: A) One Mukhi *RounD* beads are extinct in modern times. Although *Round shape* is mentioned in ancient Sanskrit holy tomes, the Round Shape of one mukhi rudraksha **Truly Does Not Exist Today and Remains a Myth*. They are extinct like dinosaurs (so to speak ) It is doubtful that they will come into existence during Kali Yuga. B) Many fakes of RounD one mukhis are touted around by unscrupulous suppliers who snare a huge slice of the unsuspecting, innocent and inexperienced market. Its sad that when a few of these duped customers come forward to have their so-called round one mukhi rudraksha authenticated, it had been found that these fake specimens were made from various materials like plastic resin or cork and when boiled, these fakes come apart. Sometimes inside the fakes, edible glue can be found. c) Please note that genuine rudraksha, when boiled from 2 hours to 6 hours or more, do not come apart in pieces. D) There is only one type of *Genuine* One Mukhi Rudraksha. This is the *Half-Moon Shaped bead* that has only one defining line across the top. While Mother Nature has not bestowed the earth with round beads, we are fortunate to have the Half-Moon One Mukhi Rudraksha in its place. E) Please don't mind me and please don't laugh ) Once long ago, I daydreamt a lot about the round-shaped one mukhi and kept wondering why it doesn't exist in modern times. One day after getting some thick silver wire from Rudra Centre, an idea occurred to put together 2 almost identical Half Moon shaped beads to form a round one, then carefully wound them together with silver wire to hold the 2 in place. Got to say, this is the closest silly me could get to a round one mukhi rudraksha In reality, no 2 rudraksha beads are exactly alike in shape, groove, feel, look, characteristics and other distintive features. No matter how similar two beads may come across, if one were to look carefully and with a magnifying glass, we can see the difference. Btw, not that I would dare suggest this method for high mukhis or costly beads: But one sure way of botanical testing for genuine rudraksha is to cut open a bead transversally. Inside a one mukhi, there is only one seed. Two mukhi has 2 seeds, three mukhi contains 3 seeds, four mukhi has 4 seeds, etc. Its like Mother Nature has ensured that rudraksha compartments inside each respective mukhi bead, are like 1 room, 2 rooms, 3 rooms, 4 rooms, 5 roomed apartments (this is only figuratively speaking), etc. Thus, the Half Moon Shaped One Mukhi Rudraksha beads on the "Light of God Mala" are genuine. I was admiring the mala pic so much becos all 9 beads look amazingly harmonizing, almost and quite similar in shade, tone, uniformity and are of superb quality. While I was surfing around, the mala pic just "jumped" at me so I thought to share it here Bountiful blessings & much love Om Namah Shivaya Simone , Cyra Kanga <crkanga> wrote: > > Beloved Sis Simone, > I am so happy to see more and more of your input on > the web these days. We missed your absence. > I thought one mukhi beads were no longer available. > Did I get that wrong somehow? Please clarify. If > genuine the mala looks beautiful. > Blessings and love, > Cyra > > --- Simone <syzenith> wrote: > >>> > Description of > > the mala is as follows: > > Source: > > > http://www.rudraksha-ratna.com/dispCategory.php?catId=8 > > > > Om Namah Shivaya > > Simone > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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