Gemology - SCIENTIFIC BASIS OF WEARING GEMSTONES by PROFESSOR JYOTISH SURYA SREE SHIVADITYA Questions related to importance of gemstones and their effects on the well being of the wearers have always stirred the thoughts of human beings. Does the wearing of gemstones have any scientific basis or is it mere superstition? There are great confusions prevalent in the world regarding many topics. Existence of ghosts, dead ancestors, influence of planets on human life and wearing of stones to do away with the fears of ghosts or adverse influence of the planets are some of the topics about which confusion reigns supreme. Of these topics, wearing of stones perhaps has the maximum confusion for it is directly related to increase in fortune. In the present materialistic society, everybody wants to reap maximum profits in minimum labour. Hence people are inspired to wear stones. But at this juncture, their ignorant but logical conscience puts a question: Is it really fruitful to wear stones? Most of them then begin to believe that stones and confusions related to them are means of livelihood for the astrologers and jewellers. If everything is possible by wearing a simple stone what is the use of action then, they ask. Gemmology is an important part of astrology and it has never been mentioned in it that one, who wants good fortune, should give up his efforts and come to depend upon the fortune entirely. In fact, both fate and action are two sides of the same coin and have their own importance. Neither of them is complete alone. Only working together action and fate can give synergic results. If only action were enough everybody, who works hard eight or ten hours a day, would be a millionaire. In reality, we see that most of the rich people do not work so hard; but they skilfully make the others to work for them. On the other hand, it is also seen that poor people or labourers work very hard from dawn to dusk but could earn their daily bread only with difficulty. Miraculous change is, however seen in the position of such poor people when they consult learned astrologers and begin to wear gem or stones prescribed by them. As soon as they wear stones, their fate takes the lead and raises them to the great heights wealthwise. There are also known incidents when some beggar finds a stone in the path and becomes the lord of many palace-like houses and inassessible wealth. Often some official who deserves promotion does not get it for many unknown reasons. Then he/she consults a gemologist. Gemologist prescribes him/her to wear a particular stone and the official makes unprecedented progress since then. Isnt it a miracle? There are scores of incidents to corroborate the miraculous property of gemstones, hence wearing of the stones cannot be rejected as mere superstition. Stones do have a capacity to remove the hurdles caused by faulty positioning of planets in ones horoscope. Negative influence of the gemstones also support their miraculous properties. Often a rich and well to do person wears just any stone out of curiosity or suggested by an imposter astrologer. Since the very moment such a person wears a stone, his fortune begins to wane. He loses his wealth and lives in a beggar like condition or faces other kinds of problems. Still some people may reject such incidents as mere coincidences. But when the sufferer removes the stone, he begins to regain his fortune. Thus on the basis of these and other related incidents, we can say that wearing of stones is not a superstition only. Besides unless and until you have tested a theory yourself, you should not reject it on the basis of rumours only. HOW DO THE GEMSTONES EXERT THEIR EFFECTS? We have so far clarified that every gemstone has some kind of miraculous powers which is often referred to as divine powers. According to its colour, every gem represents a planet of the matching colour. As for example, Venus has white colour hence it is represented by diamond. Red or pink ruby similarly represents the sun and yellow sapphire represents Jupiter. Every gemstone has the power to draw energy or beams from its respective planet and channelise it into the wearers body. This property of a gemstone is helpful in exerting its influence in miraculous ways. Each gem of the Navratna category represents a planet of the solar system. When we wish to enjoy the favourable effects of a particular planet, we wear the stone representing that planet on our fingers, neck or arm. It is also important here to know that stone of a particular planet must be worn on the finger that represents it. In astrology, every finger is believed to represent a particular planet viz. Thumb represents Venus, index finger represents Jupiter, middle finger represents Saturn, ring finger represents the sun and little finger represents Mercury. Suppose a particular planet is not strong enough in the horoscope of a person and a person was hence suggested to wear the stone that represents that planet. The stone draws positive energy from the planet and channelises it into the body of the wearer. The planet, since then, begins to bestow its good effect on the person who then climbs the ladder of success quickly, reaps great benefits and enjoys good food. Now even if the person doesnt make fervent efforts, the luck still gives him strong support. Effects of the stones can be compared with the way modern medicine employs to remove the deficiency of vitamins in body. As for example green vegetables are prescribed to remove the deficiency of vitamin A and iron and basking is suggested to correct the disturbances in the level of vitamin D. Similarly stones are suggested to remove the deficiencies in the influence of particular planet. People blinded by the dazzles of modernity do not reject the prescription of modern medicine. In fact they cannot do so. Thus, they have no moral right to reject the science that had helped since millenia, millions of people to live a healthy life and reap good fortune especially when they have not tested the validity of it themselves. It is possible that such people or their relatives might have worn some stone and did not receive expected results. Such cases are exceptional but not truth entirely. If you have worn a wrong stone at a wrong time for a wrong planet and could not get expected results or suffered adversely, you are prone to reject whole science of gemmology as mere superstition. But such petty instances are not enough to prove the whole science of gemmology wrong. Often people fail to get real gemstones or they get underweight gemstones which do not exert full influence. Such cases also cause suspicion to arise in peoples mind. You might have seen yourself that often after receiving treatment, condition of a patient continues to deteriorate. Sometimes, the patient dies despite receiving so called best treatment. Most of us blame fate for the patients death. But think a little bit deeply and you will find many more reasons for death: failure of a doctor to diagnose the disease correctly, unavailability of the medicines prescribed by the doctor or if the medicines were available, these were not taken properly by the patient. For such happenings, nobody tries to prove the doctor or the whole medical science wrong because from the same medicines, millions of people get rid of the disease and regain their strength. In support of the gemmology, there are many more instances in nature that can compel these ignorant people to change their opinion about the use and influence of the gemstones. It is a common experience that sea water remains calm during the day time but since evening high tides begin to appear in it and in full moon night these tides rise very high. Science says that it is the gravitational pull of the moon that causes these high tides to appear in the sea on full moon nights. In fact, gravitational pull of the moon is so strong that it draws even solid land surface up to one or two metres high. Then there are people of lunatic nature whose mental derangement is at peak on the full moon nights. During the darker phase of the month, such people usually remain calm and peaceful. But as the full moon day approaches, such people lose control on the mind and become short tempered and violent. Ups and downs of mental condition of the lunatics continue in cycle according to the motion of the moon. Scientists here again blame the gravitational pull of the moon for the mental condition of the lunatics. There are many more reasons behind the gemstones being effective to channelise the influence of a particular planet. Each of the nine planets represents many fields of activity, things and human conditions as well as diseases. Suppose a person is suffering from a disease which is proving incurable even to the best of the treatments. The person ultimately consults his astrologer. The astrologer studies the horoscope of the patient and finds out the planet responsible for the disease and prescribes him a particular gemstone. The patient follows the advice and wears the gemstone and his disease miraculously disappears within a few days.
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