The Power of the Jadeite
Do you believe in the power of the jadeite? If you're the superstitious type, you will wear a jadeite all the time.
Somehow, a jadeite master with intensive training and knowledge, working hard to carve the hardest stone that were once used as a weapon, puts into the jadeite the unknown forces of the universe to protect the wearer. It is like a powerful talisman (or a bracelet if you choose to wear that) that guards against evil.
One of the tour guides we had in China pushed us to buy jewelry of jade--usually jadeite; the other form, nephrite, is commonly seen in decorations.
He told a story about how the power of the jadeite could be so protective and acquired its prominence in Eastern religion as a protective talisman, bracelet, necklace, etc. A man who joined the tour guide previously talked about how he wore a jadeite pendant every day for twenty years. He never once took it off. One day, he happened to be in India on December 26th, 2004.
On that fateful day, the Indian Tsunami hit that killed thousands of people. He was also struck by the wave, but he survived, and his jadeite was broken.
From that time forward, he believed that the power of the jadeite protected him, and gave up its life to protect him on that day. He is very sad that the jadeite is broken, because he had worn it for so long and feels naked without it.
A few days ago, my mom was trying to carry a luggage onto the escalator after we arrived at Kowloon in Hong Kong. She was not wearing socks, the shoe fell off as the luggage swung around. Another man behind her tried to help push the luggage back, but my mom fell and hit her right foot on the escalator, which clawed the ball and sole of her foot.
It bled as she rode up the escalator. Two people from the medical care emergency center at the train station arrived to bandage up the foot. Since she came from China, a country notorious for unsanitary conditions that spread diseases, including SARS and Avian Flu, she was also taken to the hospital to receive tetanus shot.
Tonight, she came to tell me that she believed that the jadeite is protecting her. She saw a scratch that she did not notice before, and also at one spot there was a distinct cloudiness. She told me that she would not have bought the round jadeite bracelet had she seen these flaws, but now she believes that the jadeite is protecting her by developing cracks and scratches.
Since jadeite is one of the harder stones known to humans, people in many cultures have recognized the jade for its symbolic protective property. It is close to diamond in terms of toughness.
As a result, jadeite or nephrite should not break so easily. Since it broke for that survivor, and it has scrached itself for my mother, the jadeite is working.
P.S. You know, since the "jadeite" sounds so similar to "jedi" I'm wishing that George Lucas would talk about using a jadeite stone as part of the materials for making a lightsaber so that the jadeite (with a chemical composition of sodium aluminum silicate) would be seen by everyone as necessary in the Star Wars movie as the midichlorians.
Talk about breaking the mystique. Sodium aluminum silicate is what jadeite is made of. It can be reacted with. It comes in many different colors.
Somehow, a jadeite master with intensive training and knowledge, working hard to carve the hardest stone that were once used as a weapon, puts into the jadeite the unknown forces of the universe to protect the wearer. It is like a powerful talisman (or a bracelet if you choose to wear that) that guards against evil.
One of the tour guides we had in China pushed us to buy jewelry of jade--usually jadeite; the other form, nephrite, is commonly seen in decorations.
He told a story about how the power of the jadeite could be so protective and acquired its prominence in Eastern religion as a protective talisman, bracelet, necklace, etc. A man who joined the tour guide previously talked about how he wore a jadeite pendant every day for twenty years. He never once took it off. One day, he happened to be in India on December 26th, 2004.
On that fateful day, the Indian Tsunami hit that killed thousands of people. He was also struck by the wave, but he survived, and his jadeite was broken.
From that time forward, he believed that the power of the jadeite protected him, and gave up its life to protect him on that day. He is very sad that the jadeite is broken, because he had worn it for so long and feels naked without it.
A few days ago, my mom was trying to carry a luggage onto the escalator after we arrived at Kowloon in Hong Kong. She was not wearing socks, the shoe fell off as the luggage swung around. Another man behind her tried to help push the luggage back, but my mom fell and hit her right foot on the escalator, which clawed the ball and sole of her foot.
It bled as she rode up the escalator. Two people from the medical care emergency center at the train station arrived to bandage up the foot. Since she came from China, a country notorious for unsanitary conditions that spread diseases, including SARS and Avian Flu, she was also taken to the hospital to receive tetanus shot.
Tonight, she came to tell me that she believed that the jadeite is protecting her. She saw a scratch that she did not notice before, and also at one spot there was a distinct cloudiness. She told me that she would not have bought the round jadeite bracelet had she seen these flaws, but now she believes that the jadeite is protecting her by developing cracks and scratches.
Since jadeite is one of the harder stones known to humans, people in many cultures have recognized the jade for its symbolic protective property. It is close to diamond in terms of toughness.
As a result, jadeite or nephrite should not break so easily. Since it broke for that survivor, and it has scrached itself for my mother, the jadeite is working.
P.S. You know, since the "jadeite" sounds so similar to "jedi" I'm wishing that George Lucas would talk about using a jadeite stone as part of the materials for making a lightsaber so that the jadeite (with a chemical composition of sodium aluminum silicate) would be seen by everyone as necessary in the Star Wars movie as the midichlorians.
Talk about breaking the mystique. Sodium aluminum silicate is what jadeite is made of. It can be reacted with. It comes in many different colors.
posted by Alan at June 07, 2005
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