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Worry beads, the Greek
komboloi, is to the enthusiast a faithful friend, a "soul
mate", a confessor, an amulet made of precious materials
carrying positive energy.
 The
komboloi becomes a part of you, relaxes you, draws out your
negative energy and replenishes it with strong positive
energy.
Worry beads have so
many forms and shapes that make them a unique, unusual
and exotic gift for those special gentlemen (and ladies)
in our lives.
The beads we
use are made of
natural materials,
such as fruit pits, bone, horn, teeth, wood, coral root,
semi-precious stones,
and best of all,
amber.
Each material has its own health-enhancing
energy, but also its own sensitivity, so choose them carefully.
Their uniqueness should be balanced with your sensibility to
create a strong aesthetic bond.
Worry beads can become a soothing companion, easing tension at
all times. Try it, and soon you won't be able to part with
it.
To achieve the relaxation
response, a word, phrase, sound or muscular activity must be
repeated to break the train of everyday stressful thought.
(Herbert Benson, MD. and the
Mind/Body Medical Institute).
Learn more.
There is even a
suggestion that worry beads can become a dieting companion,
alleviating nervous snacking/bingeing.
Read more.
Men, especially those
who don't like to wear jewelry, are as impulsive in
purchasing and collecting worry beads as women are about
jewelry or shoes!
 The Greek word for worry beads, "komboloi" (comboloi),
comes from the time when they were used as prayer beads and
combines the word "kombos" (knot), and the verb "leo" (to
say), meaning, "in each knot, I say a prayer".
Prayer beads are said to have evolved in the last 4000 years,
and to have been first introduced in India. Hindus and
Buddhists called it "Mala" (using 108 prayer seeds). Muslims
called it "Masbaha" which means "I recite" (using 99 prayer
beans), and later the Orthodox church used 33 knots on a
rope which was called "Komposkini", then came the Rosaries
using 59 beads.
Learn more in the
History of worry beads
.
Until the Greeks got hold of them the beads where
 confined
close together, leaving only a distance between them equal
to one bead. It was just enough room for your fingers to
move between them and secure the count for your prayers. But...
...
the Greek spirit could not be confined between two beads, it
needed room to dance and make noise, so
the modern komboloi was born. |
