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Summary of Question:	Gemstones With Healing Properties?
Category:	Sikh Practices
Date Posted:	Sunday, 1/25/2004 4:00 PM MST

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Do gemstones really have healing properties? Like is it true that some gemstones can be good for a persons health if they are worn? Like to relieve stress or anything like that? What is sikhis prospective on this matter? Is it appropriate for a sikh to wear a gemstone necklace for it cud relieve stress? Also Ive read on some sights that certain gemstones are good for our chakras, is that true? Please shed some light.
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Sat Siri Akaal. Sikhi takes no specific view of gemstones /crystals and their properties or not. I know some Sikhs think that the idea of rocks, crystals or stones having any kind of 'use' is sheer punditry and to be avoided if one is Sikh. A lot of Amritdhari Sikhs think that wearing jewelry or anything that looks like it is prohibited. It is DURING the amrit ceremony, but I don't believe it was required beyond that. 10th Guru made a point of showing the Mughals that Sikhs are also royalty (that is, that Sikhs are equal to Mughals!) and he wore jewelry to prove it. I think the decision is up to the individual.

Why wouldn't different rocks or stones have properties? Water, plants, and various animal parts all are considered to have medicinal properties (the Chinese have studied this for over 3000 years). You can search the internet using keywords crystals and healing and get a wide variety of sites on the uses of different crystals (they become gemstones when they are cut, polished, and set in jewelry). There are also a lot of good books out on the subject. It is not a 'new age' thing, since the (alleged) properties of stones and crystals was something researched by ancient Egyptians, among others. So, search it out.
Guru ang sang,
-DKK