Since long , perhaps about 2 decades ago,I have always been attracted to Rudraksha,
ever since I visited a gentleman,who also happened to be a priest, and a holy items trader,
This was way back in my schooling days.
Recently it dawned upon me that I needed to upgrade my existing rudraksha mala into a more powerful combination. The calling was too strong to be ignored. All recent energy and thoughts were surrounded around this enhancement.
For those who don't know , what a rudraksha is, I'll explain.
Rudraksha is a plant bead, from a fruit, and this bead contains seeds within, which define the power /mukhi being good quality,if same as the beads within.
This is a relatively expensive bead since it's prices depend upon the number of actually accounted lines /facets / aka "mukhi" and the bead all over it has different protrusions on it.
I happened to do a long study on the availability, the ease with which I can now purchase Genuine ones, sitting at home, without having to indulge in listening to lengthy explanations, which are narrations of a make believe it or not,godly manifestations.
Some even recite scriptures to ensure their sales of these beads. So let's accept it as face value these are religiously sought after beads.few people swear by it too.
Try purchasing one of these online and you will understand my previous statement.
Some use fancy manifestation stories, some narrate historical and religious scriptures, some will invoke holy lucky charms, some will not do anything but supply you exactly whatever you desire to purchase, and add "free gifts" to your existing purchase.
I visited a well known local famous outlet with recently since past year or two as I recall, started these holy services of suggesting what to buy, when to wear, how to wear, what to do, what not to do, invoke the bead with the mantras, etc.
Very good initiative for the masses I assure you.but not for me. I'm way ahead of such initiatives.
Moresoever the man of this religious counter,of this BRAND outlet , was walking in the aisle.
On enquiry he escorted me to a cabin, where in reviews of their favorite customers were printed .
Being a non conformist, I tried to act normal like a customer who is uneducated on the matter, just to see where it would lead.
In my starting line with the person in charge of the facility, I showed him my existing mala and I mentioned that I was there to purchase a 2 mukhi & a 3 mukhi rudraksha beads.
But this suave different colored eyed man was not going to leave me, unless he knew my capacity to purchase based onc my residence address location (which I gave out honestly ) and of course ensure his sales pitch was heard by me.
So he started in a usual enquiry manner, I found it very dubious when he started asking me questions which I replied in the negative, replying back I didn't have any such or close by problems, yet he insisted that I had those issues /problems within my body. His diagnosis of me was based on the location of my residence address and the expensive mala I showed him in my possession.
I told him I was well aware of the sales pitches I've heard many and that my reason there was to purchase a set of missing beads which were additions to my existing expensive mala, few of the beads within we're sold to me at a different location shop, by the brand owner herself, but our man was trying to ensure something else, perhaps his agenda was to find out where I stay and based on that information, make a proposal and a optional purchase.
Now this man claimed all my existing issues in life would be resolved successfully, if I purchased a expensive 17mukhi and another expensive 18 mukhi from him. When asked what if it didn't work, he couldn't offer any guarantees except that he was a student of the great Madame with whom I had interacted in the past purchase and he had belief in them. What he missed out is my belief, the customers belief ?
I saw the size and specimen, which was by far the smallest sized bead of higher facets/mukhi that I had ever held in my hands or purchased previously ever before. I was not new to this game.
Suddenly i felt like I went to visit a Travel agent asking a plane ticket for the snowy mountains, aka Switzerland, and being persuaded to visit the seashores of Dubai.
Both don't mix well, one,Switzerland is a snowy cold country,
Dubai ,is a sun shining country in the middle of a desert.
Then I found out he was in charge of that "franchisee shop and the store counter made commission on sales,AHA, .everything made sense now, the persuasion even came to a limit where he mentioned it was a Saturday, day of the gods that ruled the mukhi bead that he had suggested me to purchase from him. He even mentioned stock availability was limited and that he somehow had one piece in store for my purchase facilitation. I said thanks but I would revert to his Madame, ask her opinion of this recommendation and if she says so then why was it not mentioned in our earlier interactions?
If she too was off his opinion, I would definitely return for a purchase I assured him.
He reverted back that if I was not ready to purchase, If not both pieces, I was adviced to buy one expensive bead at a time and instantly then and there because it had to be,because my entire future depended on it.
So I big goodbye to that possibility and continued in my pursuit to enhance my existing beads necklace with the missing /required beads, for it to become a Siddha Mala, a highly auspicious configuration of 1 to 14 mukhi ,quality sized rudraksha beadsof Nepal origin.
Sitting in my car , on my ipad I stumbled upon another dealer showroom who was nearly by, straight upfront and like Larry Winget ideology did what he said, in the manner he said, at the price he said.
I purchased my highly expensive 3 beads purchases from that store, (approximately $1200 in US currency ), received one relatively priced bead for free and in the process made an acquaintance with a straight forward business man who doesn't use "mumbo jumbo" nor religious incantations to push sales.
His pitch was simple. I ask, he advices and supplies the same with options. I made my choices and he made his sales, I completed my configuration of "a siddh mala" nearly after 20 years of belief in rudraksha's power. I'm a happy customer and much happier to wear my siddha mala.
On a side note , I'm not a Hindu, But yet , i do believe and respect all religions. Like Larry Dossey mentioned Sir Arthur Eddington's Quote :-" Something Unknown Is Doing, We Don't Know What."
