A GEM FOR ALL BUDGETS

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Namaste Mr Richard, thank you for your wonderful article. Enjoyed

reading it and its all so true.

 

Aum Aum

 

 

 

, Richard Shaw Brown

<rsbj66 wrote:

>

> A GEM FOR ALL

> by Richard Shaw Brown

>

> …I have a question that is easy to answer: Does any body want some

DEAD

> thing? Apart from a minuscule percentage of lunatics, we cannot

imagine

> anyone wanting something that is DEAD! Dead is considered

inauspicious

> all over the world, and in every religion. People may say otherwise,

> but, in fact, NO BODY likes death OR dead things.

>

> Looking at an over view of the many factors involved in classifying

the

> healthy or sick condition of any jyotish gems and we see the facts

boil

> down to 4 classes, i.e.,

>

> 1) Flawless, PERFECT gems

> 2) Slightly flawed HEALTHY gems

> 3) Moderately flawed SICK gems

> 4) Heavily flawed or DEAD gems.

>

> Just like our own bodies. If we are disease free then we're

perfect; if

> we have slight sickness then we're basically healthy. If we have

many

> illnesses then we're sick, and if the defect or illness is too

extreme

> then we are forced out of the body, leaving a dead body.

>

> So when buying gems, always go for the HEALTHY ones because Shastra

> says, " If anyone wears a gem with many flaws (even) out of

ignorance,

> then grief, anxiety, sickness, death, loss of wealth and other evils

> torment them. " --- Sri Garuda Purana: 1.70.19

>

> Jyotish quality gems are not very affordable to poor people. Some

> people actually write to me and say, " Dear sir, I am penniless! What

> gem should I wear? " It is absurd! If one is poor then where is the

> question of Jyotish Gems? Fine quality gems are not cheap.

>

> Consider a case where the native is advised to strengthen sun with

fine

> ruby. If one has a little money, like $100 then they could get a

clean

> red garnet as Uparatna for Surya; or if one is middle class then

they

> can afford $1,000 so they should get clean red spinel, another Sun

> Uparatna; and if one is rich then they can afford $10,000 so they

can

> have a good ruby.

>

> So Surya offers a broad choice of gems and prices to suit all

budgets.

> This is true with all the Nava Graha.

>

> But in all cases everyone can benefit from different Rudraksha

beads.

> As Lord Mahadev is greater than all the Grahadevas combined, so is

His

> Rudraksha able to counter bad planets (unlike gems which simply

magnify

> the planet, for better or worse). Rudraksha is also a " gem " and

could

> be considered as the gem for all...

>

> NOTE: If a man in penniless then what is the question of " gems " ?

>