In a recent episode of The Filmy Charcha Podcast, Pooja Dwivedi, popularly known as the Crystal Lady of India, was seen having one of the most honest talks about spirituality and healing as well as the burgeoning fear business taking over the social media.
Pooja Dwivedi is an energy healer, tarot card reader and psychic. She hails from a household which revolves around rituals and belief systems. Born into a family where her father is a pandit serving as a religious tutor in the Indian army, she accompanied him to many places including temples and postings in places like Rajouri and Kashmir. She says that it shaped her beliefs and practise.
She was very candid about something that most people in her field don't say. Healing cannot be learnt through YouTube. It can't be acquired from a 99 rupee online workshop. It can't be obtained through a printed certificate worth lesser than a meal. "This is an ocean of knowledge," she echoed her father's words, "The more you experience this knowledge, the more you decode this knowledge."
About crystals, she was equally direct. Real crystals have cracks, inclusions and other imperfections. When they are held, initially they are cold but as time progresses, they warm up to body temperature. That is how they are differentiated from others since the certificates which guarantee that are just printed using a small printing machine lying somewhere in a house.
She talked about chakras in realistic terms. Three lower chakras are those which are impacted by modern day stress caused by work place politics, money worries, poor quality sleep and human interaction. She suggests that people living in metro cities should take care of them and not go about following fancy spiritual practises.
One of the most noteworthy things she talked about is the fear business. She openly admitted that it is booming. People are being sold the story that even a headache is due to black magic and a family argument implies that somebody has cast a spell. This type of fear selling has a limited life span. Once people get tired of the fear, they stop believing everybody and isolate themselves completely.
She has one thing to say about tarot reading which sets her apart from many other readers. She does not predict death nor does she predict fixed future declarations. In her opinion, there are forty possibilities for a person at any given time. Tarot reader should indicate the most likely direction through the flow of energy of that period of time.
She has also talked about the trend of viral predictions on the social media in a very calm manner. There is no point in getting viral for two days and then disappearing. Her aim is to pass on the knowledge. Whatever happens thereafter is a result of a person's karma.
If you are wondering about some crystals, she has suggested that for career growth and opportunities, one should have citrine crystal in combination with tiger's eye and for the ones who are looking forward to love, they should have rhodonite and black tourmaline should be kept at the entrance of a house to guard it from negative energy. She noted that Salman Khan's famous turquoise bracelet, widely copied across the country, works for the people who copy it only as a fashion accessory unless they understand what it is, how to cleanse it and what intention to set with it.
Most notably, she has mentioned about the difference between worship as routine and worship with genuine feeling. Many people do their morning prayers with total devotion but rest of the day they criticize themselves and expect nothing. According to her, the vibration produced by such people negate the effect of morning rituals.
She concluded with the thought which would remain engraved in the mind of the audience. Whatever wealth, property or title you possess, at last, only God remains useful. Her father, who dedicates six hours a day for praying and devoting himself, having realized that he has given enough to the world, lives the reality.
