2005-07-04

my first amazing experience with crystals

Yay! I actually managed to go to town a couple of days ago! After so long, not being able to go out anywhere, I was wondering if I was going to be come housebound indefinitely!

I've not even been able to go to the post office for ages - too weak.

Anyway, a few mornings ago I managed to go to town with my trusty walking stick. It was hard going - and I got that horrid overwhelming headache that just invades your entire being (usually signalling that you're overdoing it lol).

But I had the most amazing experience while i was there.

I was there for an hour and a half (a long time in my standards) and did feel terribly dizzy and weak throughout, but I persevered. And that was the morning I really 'discovered' the power of crystals!

I don't know if you remember, but at my last visit to see Lesley (my kinesiologist/nutritionist), Lesley recommended that I get certain crystals to lay at certain chakra points on my body.

I must admit - I approached the whole thing quite flippantly and didn't take it seriously at all.

But in my first real experience with them, in the crystal shop I visited in town, I just couldn't believe the profound effect they had on me!

I think the first one I picked up was a golden citrine crystal (the size of a penny).

I had visited this beautiful little shop , about the size of a smallish bedroom - really quite tiny. It smelled of beautiful smelling incense and had tiny angel and buddha statues on display...

... and lots of crystals.

They were so kind - they saw me stagger in with my walking stick, looking rather pale and weak, and gave me a chair to sit on while I looked at their crystals. They talked me through all the crystals, their properties, and what to do with them.

Basically each crystal will resonate differently to you - so say there's a basket full of quartz crystals, not all of those crystals will be right for you (apparently). You have to find the right quartz crystal for you.

That's something I didn't know.

I have done some more reading about crystals since (fascinating) and have learned that, on a metaphysical level, each crystal is believed to have a spirit (or Deva). And when you hold one, you basically channel the spirit's energy, message or healing properties.

There are other belief systems apart from metaphysical ones though. Some people believe that crystals help on a more 'scientific' basis because of their mineral make up and the way they are structured.

Either way, they certainly do have an amazing effect, at least they have done in my very short experience.

So there I was, holding one crystal after another, trying to 'feel' the crystal and whether I was 'in tune' with it or not. What kind of feeling did it give me?

As I mentioned earlier, the first crystal I picked up was a polished golden citrine crystal - only about the size of a finger nail.

I couldn't believe it - instantly, it made half of my body tingle! This tiny little crystal!

Wow!

I must admit that my senses were heightened I think because of how weak I was feeling - I was also more tense than usual because I was outside, in town, among other people, in bright, noisy environments - something I'm not used to. So yes, I think this heightened my senses and magnified the energies from the crystals.

Interesting, I did not feel anything with some of the crytals I would pick up (even of the same kind) - whereas others, I'd feel a pang of pain, and others I'd feel stronger, or more grounded, or calmer...

Amazing.

The fact that I would feel nothing from one amethyst crystal, for example, and a definite pain from holding another amethyst crytal, or a calm balanced feeling from another, meant to me at least, that it was definitely not all in my mind.

For example, when I tried one of the larger amythest crystal points (about the size of a cherry tomatoe and shaped to a point at one end) , it gave me such harsh pangs of pain on the side of my body of which I was holding it I had to put it back down immediately. Needless to say, I didn't get that particular one!

And you know how 'flighty' and tense we Chronic Fatigue Syndrome , ME , & Post Viral Fatigue Syndrome sufferers feel? Like jittery and never completely relaxed?

Well interestingly I picked up another amythest crystal point (around the same size), and that one was much more calming for me.

Lesley also told me to get some hematite because it's meant to ground you. She suggested that I put it by my feet (I have yet to try that).

Hematite looks like a lump of shiny dark metal.

Anyway - they had these little 'pebble-shaped' hematite crystals -
about the size of a large thumbnail.

I held one in both hands and was instantly amazed at how heavy it made my body feel. Not in a bad way - in a 'grounded' way.

The small hemetite pebbles do feel heavier than many of the other crystals I have. But hemetite is more than just physically 'heavy'...

...when you hold it, you feel your energies being grounded - abit like a subtle form of how you'd feel if you urm...

... if you were a pin to a magnet below you - but subtle?

So that rare trip out was an amazing adventure for me. I have never even considered that cystals may really have an effect on my body and well being. Not a profound one anyway.

You've got to try it! It's amazing!

You do have to cleanse them (or 'clear' them as it's otherwise known) periodically because they obviously attract all the negativity and emotions from around them.

When you first buy a crystal, you're meant to soak it in distilled water for a week in a sea salt water solution. Or that's what I read in a book I have on crystals...

But according to other sources, this apparently is a very drastic approach that is discouraged so I'm not quite sure what to believe!

I have read elsewhere that some crystals are damaged by salt, water, or both though, so it's best to check before you do that. Natural salt (as opposed to sea salt) apparently damages cystals anyway.

Other ways to clear crystals include putting them under running water (in a river or the sea is ideal - you can run them under tap water but only in an emergency). There are many other ways to clear a crystal - including placing your cystals in the moonlight (at full moon) and giving them a full 24 hours of sun and moon light.

Again I've reading conflicting advice about sunlight - some crystals definitely fade in the sunlight (like amethyst apparently) - and the book I was reading said not to put your crystals in the sunlight at all (or for long - I forget which). Others say thats how you clear your stone - in bright sunlight.

I've not read anything contradictory about moonlight though.

Basically, once your crystal is 'cleared', the negativity will be cleared and any memories it has will also be cleared. Crystals will appear shinier, happier and will feel stronger once they have been cleansed.

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