Magical seed of rudraksha

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Sadhguru Jaggi Vasudev [1]

Rudraksha is the seed of a particular tree that usually grows at a certain altitude in the mountains — mainly in the Himalayan region. Rudraksha has a very unique vibration. You may have noticed that when you go to a new place, you fall asleep easily at some places whereas in certain other places you cannot fall asleep even if you are physically too tired.

This is because if the situation around you is not conducive to your kind of energy, it will not let you settle down. A rudraksha is a very good support because it creates a cocoon of your own energy. It is a very good tool for a person who constantly eats and sleeps in different places.
A rudraksha is also a kind of shield against negative energies. It is possible for some people to use negative energies to cause harm to somebody else. A rudraksha is a kind of protection from that. The number of faces a rudraksha can have varies from a single face up to 21. They are used for different purposes so it would be improper to just buy some rudraksha and put it on the body. A five-faced rudraksha or a panchamukhi is safe and good for everybody. It is for general wellbeing, health and freedom; it lowers your blood pressure, calms your nerves and brings a certain calmness and alertness in your nervous system. A guru usually energises a rudraksha in different ways for different kinds of people. For people in family, the rudraksha is energised in one way. For a sanyasi, the rudraksha is energised in a completely different way. The rudraksha was always dealt by people who held it as a sacred duty in their lives. Traditionally, for generations they dealt only in rudraksha. But once the demand became too much, commerce came in. In India, there is another seed called badraksh, which is poisonous. It looks exactly like a rudraksha. Only if you know about rudraksha, will can see the difference. This is a poisonous seed; it should not be worn on the body, but this is being sold as rudraksha in many places. So it is important that you get your rudraksha from a trusted source.
If you have chosen to purify your life, rudraksha is a good tool, an aid, a little support on the way. When somebody is walking the spiritual path, s/he wants to use every little support that s/he can find on the way to see that s/he enhances herself or himself, and rudraksha is definitely a very good support.

The writer is an internationally renowned spiritual leader, a visionary, a humanitarian, author, poet and speaker. He can be contacted at www.ishafoundation.org