When I saw Sri Kaleshwar Swami (SK for short) last November, he manifested a gemstone for me. (To ‘manifest’ means to summon or create out of seeming nothingness.)
I won’t get into the deeper significance of what was actually a really intense teaching / soul-communication experience.But here I am with this gorgeous pink / purple / blue gem, oval brilliant cut, roughly 20cm by 16cm, 6cm deep. A few very minor flaws, and what looks like inclusions. The cut itself is exceedingly well done, with an incredible number of facets on the backside of the gem. I described the color as I did, because it keeps changing its apparent shade, even under similar lighting conditions. Sometimes it’s pinkish, sometimes more purple (dominant hue), occasionally seems just sky blue with only a hint of any reddishness. I’ll put it away, get it out a few hours later, and suddenly it’s something else. Also, sometimes the color is quite intense, other times it’s almost clear. (As I write this, it’s in one of it’s ‘nearly clear’ phases.)
The prism effects, when you put it up close to your eye and look at a light source, are very strong, and with the exceedingly flashy ‘fire’ of the jewel, it obviously has a high index of refraction. It’s rather heavy, too.
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I haven’t had the gem assayed (nor do I plan to, but I’ll get into the reasoning for this later), but I’ve done a little web research into gemstones. Can’t find anything that even comes close to matching, except maybe some varieties of sapphire (corundum). But those hardly ever come this big. Doesn’t seem to be amethyst, alexandrite, tourmaline, kunzite, or anything else I’ve found. My spouse is pretty good at identifying gems, and she has no clue other than to suggest it must be some kind of exceedingly high-quality corundum. When someone yesterday suggested it was amethyst, for instance, she said that amethyst simply doesn’t have as high an index of refraction as this stone does.
So, I’ve not a clue as to what this gem actually is, and only a few possible guesses, none of which seems quite right.
A friend of mine received a manifested gem from Kaleshwar, too, but hers is red; I haven’t seen it, but hope to someday. Unlike me, she actually did have a jeweler take a look at hers, intending to have it mounted in a gold setting, and they couldn’t identify it. Something about its index of refraction being off the charts.
Me, I’m still on the fence about having mine mounted. I like it the way it is, and yet it does occur to me that if mounted, I could wear it around my neck more easily. Let’s say I did, and asked the jeweler the same question, “What type of stone is this?” The karmic tangle implications are intriguing, and there are a multitude of possible outcomes:
- The jewler could correctly identify the gem as something ordinary, but obviously well-cut. I am given the lesson of experiencing surpassing beauty in something relatively inexpensive and possibly even common. With cutting, grinding, and polishing, a mineral crystal is made into a work of art. Ordinary is made extraordinary, in an act of creation and exacting hard work.
- The jewler could correctly identify the gem as being quite rare. A lesson there could be to contemplate how and why SK would give me such a thing, such immense generosity…and to realize that his generosity in fact is even greater when it comes to matters of the spirit.
- The jeweler could be mistaken or untruthful and tell me the gemstone is either base or dear. Assuming I believe them, for a time I can think on whichever of the previous two alternatives pertains — but I also have a layer of illusion covering everything. Yet if I happen to believe one or the other, can I still not get the lesson’s benefits, even if the original premise is based on an error or untruth? And if I learn the ‘truth’ eventually, I get the other lesson — so it’s almost as if it would be best if the jeweler did lie to me, or was wrong.
- Finally, if the jeweler says “I don’t know”, or is mistaken or untruthful and I realize this is the case right away, then I am left with the same mystery I have now. I don’t know what it is, where it came from, how rare it might be, or anything else. A mystery. There, I get to contemplate the implications of having been given something probably not of this Earth.
What I’m thinking is that it would be most interesting to see if I can get all four lessons out of this. Consider each in turn, basically accept each as a version of ‘reality’. Think on the implications.
It’s funny though, how many people who’ve seen this stone of mine have asked if I’d had it assayed — some being so bold as to ask what it’s worth.
(Isn’t that always the real question?)
My reply is the abolute truth: “I don’t know what it is, but to me it is literally priceless. Moreover, it is perfect.”
