But what is so special of this Thousand Hands Guan Yin is not only about her shape but also the material its made of. The sandalwood that is used to make the Guan Yin comes from the southwest coast of India where the land is sandy and rocky, making the wood slow to grow but grown with exceptionally high amount of oil in the bark. When the trees are germinated, they have got to be parasite on a peculiar plant which that part of the world has plenty of. The plant has flowers that is poisonously stench, but would keep wild animals away and would induce the secretion of the oil in the sandalwood as it grows. The trees are harvested when they are above eighty years old. They will need to be stored to allow the oil in the trees to ferment with the oxygen in the air. Another twenty years are gone. Like grape juice turning into cognac, the sharp scent of the wood would be transformed into sweet fragrance. The wood is carved now. Cares have to be taken. If you carve at the wrong side, there will be cracks in the future. Most people would varnish a layer of lacquer or wax to prevent future cracks. But not for Lotus on Water. If you do that, you would be sealing up the fragrance of the sandalwood and also preventing the wood from breathing in air to continue the post carving fermentation process. That is why all Lotus on Water sandalwood come without varnish. They may not look as shiny as those who are, but their power is organic. They organically live forever, continuing the fermentation process, while enhancing the energy of your house after you buy them and place them in your house. -- Master Yun Long Zi
Posted on: Mon, 29 Sep 2014 06:00:00 +0000
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