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Sunday, January 11, 2015

How is my Sandals related to Sandalwood?

Did you know the history of sandals is older than sandalwood?  Yes, the earliest sandals discovered is 10,000 years ago compared with the earliest known use of sandalwood which is 4,000 years.  Both are equally important.  You and I wear sandals, but we also used sandalwood in our daily lives too.  Such as offering incense, putting on perfume and occasionally applying medicine.

Sandalwood makes us smell nice because it has a natural fragrant oil.  Sandals makes my feet smell nice by preventing my legs from becoming 'Made In Hong Kong' or Athlete's foot.  I wear mine at home to keep my feet warm when the chilly weather makes the floor tiles too cold.

Come to think of the Lifting action, the sandalwood is harvested by uprooting the entire tree fully so that its roots can also be used, just as when we have finished taking our step, we lift our feet fully.

And sandalwood is usually offered while wearing sandals. This is seen on Hindu and Japanese priests, as well as in ancient Egypt and Rome, worn at religious festivities and events.

The Best in Business is Old Mountain sandalwood that has at least 100 years of history backing, similarly to my Birkenstock sandals which has more than 200 years of heritage.  Both costs much more than the ordinary sandals and sandalwood because the Old Mountain sandalwood is known to deliver the best in Windfall luck and Birkenstocks are known to have an extremely comfortable sole contour.

Old Mountain sandalwood Guanyin stepping on a sandal-like leaf

-- Leonard

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