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Crystaliscious Review of The Crystal Bible and The Crystal Bible II

2013-02-08T10:20:00.002-06:00

I get asked so often what are the best books to read about crystals. There is an extensive libraby out there on crystals, whether you are looking for metaphysical properties or geological information, there is already a book about it. Joshua and I not only read many of these books, we have worked with the information within them and learned what is effective in our present moment and what itsn't. I will highlight each book in separate post in order to give you the opportunity to choose which books are right for you. Hopefully I will give you enough information to make an informed choice, allowing you to build your personal library on the subject of crystals. At the end of each post, I will break down scores based on 5 different categories, Size and weight ( portability), Organization of content, ease of use, presentation and actual content. You will see the score in each category as well as the over all avg. of the book. I hope you enjoy our ramblings about the work we have done not only with the stones, but also with other tools available.

Today I plan on starting with Judy Hall's, The Crystal Bible.

Although Judy Hall has written several books about crystals that are extrememly informative and entertaining, her most important contribution in my opinion is the knowledge she has mastered by bringing together what we know today as the Crystal Bible I and Crystal Bible II. We will do these books together, yet point out some very amazing traits that are peculiar to each one.

Size and Weight CBI score ( 5★) CBII ( 5★)
The first thing to notice about these books is the size of them. this may not sound like a relevant point in a book review, but hey if you are a crystal healer who is having to travel with your tools, the size and weight of the book makes a pretty big difference as to which book is part of your 'travel pack'. These books easily fit inside most ladies purses, if you carry one, the side pocket of many back packs and they weigh less than one pound each. When I have a back pack full of rocks, that are starting to add up to about 70 or 80 pounds, I personally prefer to add the lightest weight book that is still an effective referance. That is exactly what I get with the Crystal Bible.

Organization CBI ( 5★) CBII ( 5★)
With a table of contents that is diveded into 2 parts, 'contents' and 'crystal reference', it is easy to quickly find a stone you may be looking for. The stones are in alphabetical order, making it fast and almost brainless to find a stone. The contents are clearly labled so that you can easily choose a section of information that is outside the crystal references such as crystal backgrounds which is a pretty generic explanation of how crystals form. The index of the book refers to symptoms and stones can easily be found by symptom, rather than by name.

Ease of Use CBI( 5★) CBII ( 5★)
Ease of use refers to how many times I would be apt to use this book to look something up rather than another book. For the most part CBI / II are the first place I start when I am wanting to reference something. Judy Hall is offers very quick, precise information that for the most part is accurate. The amount of 'fluff' is minimal and her insight is very practical. This is a good reference book to use while working with stones and wanting a very quick, no bull shit answer as to what this stone has been said to do. I often refer to CBI / II as the 'down and dirty', when want info fast and don't have time to read a lot of fluff.

Presentation CBI( 5★) CBII ( 5★)
When it comes to crystal books, Judy Hall has the presentation category hands down! I realize that there are many books out there that may show better graphics of crystals, stones and minerals, but Ms. Hall's presentation on stones is real. She not only shows you what the upper price range of a stone would look like, she also shows youpictures of what you are most likely to see in your local store. This can make this book one of your MVB ( most valuable books), because often times clients or friends will ask me what a stone is ( I do realize that they know not what they do....) and hand me a dull black tumbled stone. It helps alot to see what many of these stones typically looks like in its tumbled form. She also has graphics of most formations that make that stone special. She focuses on everyday real stones that you are likely to have, or see, rather than very rare minerals with shots from a museum.

Actual Content CBI( 4★) CBII ( 3★)
As much as I would love to give higher ratings here, I feel that there are still some mistakes in the actual information. when I say mistakes I am talking facts, such as the claim that Chrysoberyl Cat's Eye is a form of Beryl, it isn't, it's structure does not match that of beryl. Beryl is Beryllium Aluminum Silicate that forms in the hexagonal crystal structure. Chrysoberyl is an Oxide that forms in the Orthorhombic crystal structure. They are different minerals and different crystals. This does not make her information useless by far, The amount of information compiled and organized in such a simple way makes up for the few places where there are some factual error. Ms Hall has written about her experiences with stones over a 30 year period and she expresses herself very concisely, effectively and intellegently, however the 'new stones' in CBII are not new stones, these are new names for old stones for marketing techniques and I took points off for this. As a consumer and as a teacher, I prefer books that are not full of marketing ploys to confuse the consumer into spending more money, I prefer straight talk about what a stone is, what others experience have been and any recommendations those who have worked with the stones have. I am not looking for new names with stories of glory and romance behind them meant to drive sales. There is less of this in CBI than CBII, when looking at industry standards at the time of publishing for each of these books it makes sense that Ms. Hall had to step into the competition stirred up by other authors on the subject, at that time, but I believe her information was much better prior to that step in her career.

Would I recommend this books to Friends? YES
Would I re-purchase this books if the need arrises ? YES
CBI Overall score - ( 4. 8 ★)
CBII overall score - ( 4. 6 ★)

A 3 Step Process to to stop recurring patterns within your life, crystalisciously of course

2013-02-07T15:40:00.000-06:00

Wow, so here I was thinking that I had come so far from where I was just a few years ago. Less than 5 years ago I was truly scared for my life at times, my daughters lives at times and at others all of our lives. I had created a very traumatic situation within my life.

Contrary to what many believe, I still have residual scars from that time period. I was one of those many that believed that I escaped ‘scott free’, until the events that occurred, rather randomly surrounding my daughter’s school last week. These events not only showed me that I have so many residual thought patterns that could easily co-create my history all over again, but they also showed me how I can move from this step where I am, to the next step.

Working on web projects, I receive a phone call, it is a pre- recorded message about a school ‘lockout’ that occurred. No reason for the lockout, only that it had occurred and was now over. When I asked Sarah about it, she replied that no one would tell the kids what was going on, they didn’t even really know, nothing was out of the ordinary for the kids that were locked within the doors of the school.

With slight hints of arab prejudice and determination, Sarah was convinced that we didn’t need to hear any more about it. That was Friday. Monday the Robertson County School Board calls an ‘emergency’? meeting and declare that they must increase security in all the county schools. There are now three to four officers assigned to ?patrol? each school. Yes, it is for the protection of the children, not to keep any order.

What? Just What the hell happened for that lockout to occur? Is there something we should know? I am not doubting the judgement, skill or integrity of anyone involved in these decisions, I am doubting the wisdom at keeping things quiet. Quiet is what kills. Keeping Quiet for thirteen years is why it took me thirteen years to get away from that monstrosity of a reality that I had co-created.

So I start with google. What do I find? First an article dated January 30, 2013 in the Robertson County Times that reports on an individual picked up for saying things that brought him under suspicion. These things he was saying referred to Sandy Hook Shooting in some form or interpretation. The police questioned him, locked down the schools, and made a decision based on the safety of 100’s of students. I honestly think they made the correct decision, they did not over react, the media may have baited the story just a tad though.

I think, well bad sign for the times. Hope this is the last I hear of it. Then, to my curious eye a title jumps out at me from the ‘’ you may also be interested in’ section. The title read something like, hand grenade found in the middle of highway 41 just down from the Greenbrier middle school. Well, sarah had said something about a bomb. But a hand grenade? Really? So, just to be sure I read that right I read it again. Yup, a hand grenade found in the middle of highway 41 right outside the dollar general. It had nothing to do with the lockdown on schools though, it was not reported until January 30, 2013 @ 1:00. hmmm... not related? Greenbrier Tennessee has not one incident that seems rather threatening, but two in less than two hours? Come on!

It didn’t take 2 minutes for the thought patterns of fear and panic to rear their ugly heads and completely take over my entire being. It started in the back of my head after reading about the grenade...the word..”honor killing’. I knew that realistically, extremely capable individuals were handling BOTH cases, because it was two cases. But my warped thought patterns created a scenario where it was only 1 case and Sarah’s father was behind it. He was finally coming after us. Those of you reading this may say, ‘come on Melissa, that is really a stretch!”, but I say those are the thoughts I have been trained into. We all have our thought patterns that we have either allowed ourselves to be trained into,circumstances trained us into, or have fought and resisted until we finally had to give up. When a fearful situation occurs, when my personal safety feels threatened, my reactive thought patterns are that Sarah’s father is behind the curtain, MOVE!

By the time Joshua returned from work I was in a tizzy. Sarah was asleep and I was googling as fast as I could to find all the proof I needed that her father was hard at work plotting and planning to carry out threats made long ago. Joshua was taken aback at the fact that two dangerous situations had occurred so close to where Sarah was. With my paranoia and his observance of the arab prejudice seemingly getting worse with age for Sarah, he fell into the trap of allowing his thought patterns to also move in loops of fear and concern, for a few minutes.

I was making plans to go to the school, find out exactly what happened. DEMAND to know, I have a right to know if my child is not only in danger, but poses a danger to other children. I was starting to create ‘checklists’ in my head, first we get facts, then we pull sarah out of school, then we leave Tennessee.....blah,blah,blah.....what the hell are you thinking Melissa? There was a part of me, a very small part of me that knew I was over reacting. There was this very small voice in my head telling me that my present situation is all inclusive to my creation. I am no longer co-creating randomly with others that I do not want in my life. This small voice kept chanting over and over ‘ you are creating this as you go along, sure ya wanna think like this?’

I finally threw in the towel and could not wait until morning to reach the school. I googled all the right things, got the principles email address and emailed him. I gave him very few details, but enough for him to understand that I was in a real panic and I needed more info about the circumstances surrounding these incidents.

I felt somewhat better, I had done something to create some movement in this thought pattern. I had asked for clarification.

I was a little surprised when the principle returned my email very quickly. It was after all Wednesday evening around six when I finally decided I had to do something other than read about these incidents.

His response was quick, informative and I believe honest when he relayed to me that he didn’t know much more than I did, other than he knew the incidents were not related. He suggested I contact the Greenbrier Police Department. He did not go into detail about why there are more police officers onsite now. He assured me that Sarah’s safety was his utmost concern, and I believe him. I also believe being informed can assist survival rates.

Joshua and I spend a restless night, both remembering what it felt like to be a target. Both moving between empowered and disempowered states moment to moment almost. Both feeling confident that we are safe one moment, then remembering the gut dropping fear that we are being hunted. We distracted ourselves as best we could. Tried not to talk about it and waited for morning to call the police station.

Taking Sarah to school, I asked her about it and I swear that girl needs to start drinking coffee or something, she blasted me. ‘ Everything is not always about you mom! Not everything is about him mom! just stop!’.

I wanted to stop. I wanted to feel safe again. But...But...but The fear is so familiar that it runs randomly through my head before I even know what is going on! How do I stop. Shit. This is what clients come to me for. I got this.

What do you want Melissa, what do you want from where you are in this moment? I want assurances from the police that there is NO WAY Sarah’s father had anything to do with either of these incidents. Thats what I want. That is something I can focus on that is one step away from where I am.

So lets focus on that, the police are going to give me very logical explanations about these incidents, why they know they are not related, and tell me that I am over reacting.

So google finds me the phone number. I love google by the way, if knowledge is power then google must rule the world! :)

So I have a cup of coffee, smoke a cigarette and think about how I want this phone call to go. I go through a few scenario’s in my head. From the crazy lady that keeps the officers from doing their real job with crying wolf, to very real memories of police bringing much more trouble than good.

I decided I wanted a nice ‘country’ dispatcher to answer the phone, I figured it should be female. I would plea to her sense of being a mother and ask her how to go about getting this information, she would kindly transfer me to the detective working the case who would assure me that there were elements of pranks being pulled and everything is ok and Sarah gets to go to Austin Peay in a few weeks for the history competition.

I played that scenario over several times in my head as I enjoyed the rest of my coffee. I decided to have one more cigarette, go through that scenario at least one more time and then see what happens.

Guess what happened?

A female answered the phone.

I asked her point blank, and then said this is why I need to know. She immediately thought of her child, she told me to hang on she would find someone for me to talk to. A gruff voice came on the phone, I repeated what I said to the dispatcher. He responded with telling me first that the explosive was not live, there were no explosives in the grenade, the firing mechanism had been removed and it was around 1950 circa.

Well that almost made me giggle.

He then went on to let me know that the second incident, the one where references were made towards the mass shooting at an elementary school, was in custody, and being evaluated. It is a ‘white guy’.... oh...now I feel kinda stupid. He assured me that everything was ok, the schools were safe, Sarah was safe, and he doesn’t think her father had anything to do with this. He also told me that I could go file with the county for more patrols on my road, yada, yada, yada...

I hung the phone up and for the first time saw completely and clearly how my thought patterns had taken over for a short period. Now I had something else to fret about....am I a slave to these old thought patterns?

Nope, did you see what happened? I noticed the thought pattern ( with Joshua’s help of course), decided how to take the present situation into a place that I can continue to move out of it, decided what I want instead of becoming a victim of where I was, and then re-trained that thought pattern to attract the situation that reflects it.

So those thought patterns are still there, they won’t always be, each time this occurs it will be easier and faster noticing the TPT ( thought pattern take-over haha) is the first step, deciding where you can move and what you want are the second steps, then re-training that thought pattern is the third step. With time and experience I’m pretty sure Joshua, Sarah and I will be just fine and continue to move forward in the creation of our lives, free from fear.

A Crystaliscious Perspective on Obama Care - another controversiaal post from crystaliscious

2013-02-06T14:05:00.000-06:00

Opinions, we all have them, and I am about to express mine. If you have a desire for others to share your opinion at no cost, I urge you to stop right here. What I write here is not a plea for others opinions, nor is it a cry for help that someone can help me to see the light. This is my opinion, if you have an open mind and enjoy seeing what other people think about controversial topics please read on! Comments are welcome, however any negative slandering will quickly be deleted.

I grew up in the healthcare industry. Learning to draw blood and perform EKG’s by the time I was 14. I was the last of six children, the previous 5 had caused a wee bit of trouble and at the very first inkling of adolescence my father required me to work in his medical practice after school and all summer.

Things were different then, although I am not elderly, much has changed since the days of people going to the doctor when they are sick and paying cash. This was a time when physicians could own stock in procedural clinics, a time when insurance covered only hospital stays, a time when women stayed a minimum of 3 days after delivering a child, a time when individuals had relationships with the family physician, and some even still made house calls. Files were manilla folders with hand written notes, dictation was only done for hospital records. EKG’s were run on one long tape that had to be cut and mounted to be interpreted. Anyone could perform lab procedures, there was no credentialing required for most positions that weren’t physician or nurse. It really wasn’t that long ago.

Now we have ObamaCare. No I haven’t read every detail about it. Just enough to understand that this will effect every individually differently, rarely will it be good, and no one will be excluded. As we see ObamaCare rolled out into the healthcare industry, I do expect that there will be some bumps in the road, I do hope that we see appeals to many of the requirements and I also would love to see these challenges hold this up in the Supreme Court. Why would I like to see this fail as an answer to our healthcare quandary? Because it doesn’t address the issues at hand, it is merely a ‘Healthcare Bail-out”.

The issues of our health that are addressed are more about making health insurance available to everyone, not healthcare. With a requirement that every individual must carry health insurance, we have now crippled the holistic healthcare industry and naturopathic industry and we have tied the hands of our healthcare industry while our insurance agencies fill their pockets. How is this?

By requiring individuals to purchase health insurance no matter what, we now are taking income that today may be budgeted for reflexology, or massage therapy, but tomorrow will be used to fulfill the requirement for health insurance. I am self- employed and have been without insurance for a few years, I have not gone to the doctor and I have not had a visit to an emergency department. I have no unpaid medical bills. If I am sick my method of choice for treatment is holistic, not allopathic. I spent 25 years in the healthcare industry, working day to day with physicians, nurses, physical therapists,physician assistants and nurse practitioners, I cannot name any that I would personally see as a patient. Not meant as an insult at all, these individuals are highly educated individuals who have proven track records of being the best at what they do, however I choose to use a different method of healing. One I learned years ago before watching my father do what he did best.

My father healed people, he didn’t treat them. He used to tell me ‘ People get well if they want to get well, it’s my job to remind them why they want to get well’. He believed this. All of his patients will attest to this. He listened to his patients. He heard his patients. He knew his patients family, extended family and where they lived. If his patients child was sick he fretted with the parent, if someones parent died he cried with the children. My father wasn’t the perfect father, but he came close to perfection in his practice of medicine.

This is the treatment that I have spent many years looking for and couldn’t find in the ‘new and improved’ healthcare system. The system that patients have become numbers and as I would often hear in clinics’ herd em in - herd em out!’, where people have become cattle to be herded through a system with little or no choice.

This is the treatment that a small group of people are trying to learn how to replicate, these individuals are called holistic practitioners. These are the individuals who will work with the parts of you that the medical field no longer addresses. These individuals aren’t part of ObamaCare, because ObamaCare isn’t about healthcare, its about regulating an industry that obviously could not regulate itself.

We are all familiar with the auto industry bail outs, and the financial institution bail outs, this is just the healthcare bail out with a twist - lets propose this to the peoples advantage.

Because the healthcare industry loses money, and cannot manage their own budgets they have asked the government to bail them out and require every american to purchase insurance because they are losing money. How do I come to this conclusion? I have managed clinics, for several years. For both non profit and for profit, and with the current federal regulations it is near impossible for any kind of emergency department, ICU department, Pediatric Department or Urgent Care Department to break even, much less make a profit. This is not a mis - management in all cases, quite often these losses are budgeted and other department budgets are increased to make up for it. Very Simple 101 Healthcare structure. The federal government has regularly implemented regulations that are both costly and of no value to patient care, these are generally the issues that keep these departments in the ‘red’. So one way to allow the healthcare industry to flourish is to make sure that absolutely every individual in the United States is insured....whether they want allopathic healthcare or not.

What of those individuals who will no longer be able to afford their holistic healthcare after paying the new insurance premiums? What of the individual who is directed to a physician merely because he is new on the insurance companies radar, rather than one who is top notch in their field. What of the patient who has nothing on the streets, will the homeless people be rounded up and fined or put in jail for not having the health insurance?

It amazes me that others don’t see this as a way to undermine the naturpathic fields. If an individual is paying for health insurance they will naturally be directed straight into allopathic fields. I don’t want my medicine coming from the same scientists that are creating the genetically modified foods, seeds and corrupting our dna banks with their chemicals that they are testing on us. I don’t want my medicines coming from the campaign contributors that own our government. Not only do I not want this form of treatment, I do not want to contribute to it either. Will insurance premiums cover someones herbal supplements rather than prescribed medications? No, it won’t. How many of us will pay both our premium and our supplements? This new system of healthcare not only takes away our choice for our personal care, it cripples the alternatives that we currently have through economic bullying.

I am required to buy auto insurance, why am I angry about having to buy health insurance?

I have a choice if I buy a car.

I have a choice if I drive that car.

Where is my choice in Obama care? Where is my choice that we women have fought a generation to have- it is now being taken in an underhanded way. This will be the first of many many choices taken away with your bodies, minds and spirits.

If I am a woman who has the right to make choices about my body than why do we as women, men, Americans not have a choice about allopathic healthcare or holistic healthcare?

Lots more to say on this subject.....but it can wait til next time, remember, just my opinion, I really don’t care if you share it, approve of it, or are convinced that I have several screws loose. I still have a right to it. You also have a right to start your own blog... ;)-

Fire, the element, understand the elements role in your life

2013-01-29T09:41:00.000-06:00

Fire is the element associated with the Solar Plexus. In the ancient Vedic texts, Agni has 3 forms, fire, lightening and the sun.

Fire has been an integral part of civilization, in all cultures and religions. Fire can provide light and warmth for us as well as heat to cook our food upon. Fire can smolder and suddenly burst into flames, showing us it’s impulsiveness and unpredictability. Fire is a double edged sword, where we must have the heat from the sun in order to survive, that same heat will destroy us if we find ourselves too close to it.

It is seen as the force burning inside us, giving us the willpower to go for our goals, allowing us to find the passion that sustains us on our journey to the prize. Fire is the element that sparks and grows with fuel, when we feel that spark ( a desire) and we feed it ( with passion) we are able to use the fire element to push us onward towards our goals.

The other side of that sword is fire doesn’t know fear or doubt. Fire doesn’t know mercy or shame either. If it wants something, it will get it. Fire doesn’t stop until it loses fuel or is extinguished, it will destroy everything ( with the exception of most stone’s) in it’s path until then. This is symbolic of the solar plexus, as it too can be the driving force behind our success or the obstacle with which we are eternally recreating.Fire, unlike the other elements, does not exist in a natural state. Its physical form can only take place by consuming some other element. Fire is the transformer, converting the energy of other objects into other forms: heat, light, ash, and smoke. This transformation is important as we look at our chakra center that governs our sense of self, how we view ourselves and our own will power.

Fire is associated with inspiration, creativity, compassion, longing and lust. These are all powerful emotions that drive actions within our lives. These are the emotions of action, emotions that excite us, emotions that help us to make a move forward. Fire is also associated with anger, hate and fury, once again showing us the double edged sword of this element. These emotions are also emotions of action, emotions that can at times drive repetitive patterns within our energetic field so that we find that we feel out of control of certain aspects of our lives.

The story of the Phoenix is also associated with fire.The "Bird of Flames", The phoenix is a legendary immortal beast, an incarnation of the Burning God Foiros it is said, which rises again and again from its own ashes, whose eternal flame can never be extinguished.

There are many stages within fire, from a smolder, to a tiny spark, to a huge destructive force. Light a candle, watch the flame flicker in the wind. The flame can survive a small breeze, but not a strong wind. The wind represents air (logical thought), the flame needs a slight wind to survive and even grow, however while it is still very small, the wind can easily kill the flame. How many times have you gotten very excited about something, only to reason it out in your head and have the desire die down. This is an example of how the elements work within our lives.

The Dance of Shiva

2013-01-24T20:51:00.000-06:00

Within the Hindu Pantheon, Shiva is known to be ‘the destroyer’, or transformer, god of death. Husband to Parvati ( a version of Kali), Shiva is depicted as an aesthetic, he lives as a sage at Mount Kailash. Shiva is also said to be the ‘lord of time’ and one who grants many wishes for his devotees. He is also regarded as the most powerful god in hinduism, as well as being associated with the Rudra in the vedic tradition, god of the storm.

If we look at what destruction really is, we see that it can be seen as the first part of creation. Without the clearing of old structures, new ones cannot be placed.

Within the older vedic texts, Shiva is known as fierce but around 800 bc a great philosopher, named Shankaracharya revealed that shiva not only destroyed, but was also a great benefactor to those effected by his destruction. He reasoned that the energy of shiva was not to be avoided and feared, however embraced and consciously directed for the purpose of change within ones environment.

Shiva is believed to be at the core of the centrifugal force of the universe, because of his responsibility for death and destruction. Shiva is the dissolving force in life, however Shiva dissolves in order to create, since death is the medium for rebirth into a new life. So the opposites of life and death and creation and destruction are both depicted within the stories about him.

He is shown as both an ascetic yogi and a husband / father. These roles are typically mutually exclusive within the hindu society. As a yogi, he is depicted sitting in philosophical isolation and has all knowledge of everything and is the main aspect of life. As a family man, he has a wife, Parvati and two sons. His wife Parvati is known by many other names and is associated with the divine mother. She is seen as the source of Shiva’s creative energy and as a representation of his dynamic energy extending out into the universe.

Shiva is often depicted as dancing, this form of shiva is known as Nataraj, meaning ‘king of the dance’.

Fritzof Capra in his article "The Dance of Shiva: The Hindu View of Matter in the Light of Modern Physics," and later in the The Tao of Physics beautifully relates Nataraj's dance with modern physics. He says that "every subatomic particle not only performs an energy dance, but also is an energy dance; a pulsating process of creation and destruction…without end…For the modern physicists, then Shiva's dance is the dance of subatomic matter. As in Hindu mythology, it is a continual dance of creation and destruction involving the whole cosmos; the basis of all existence and of all natural phenomena."

This cosmic dance of Shiva is called 'Anandatandava,' meaning the Dance of Bliss, and symbolizes the cosmic cycles of creation and destruction, as well as the daily rhythm of birth and death. The dance is a pictorial allegory of the five principle manifestations of eternal energy — creation, destruction, preservation, salvation, and illusion.

Within the legends of lord shiva we discover many clues to how we as humans can find balance between spirituality and life here on earth, creative powers as well as destructive powers. Within the stories of shiva we learn the cyclic patterns of the universe and learn to recognize these patterns within ourselves. Patterns that repeat within the universe are clues to aspects of ourselves and our growth here in this dimension. Shiva shows us that our true power lay in our power to transform, not our power to destroy, we are also shown that there is no difference in the two, other then the way we as individuals react to our own and others creations.

Shiva is known as the lord of time, as time passes all things are destroyed to be re-created. As we grow, we must destroy who we were in order to become who we are, then who we will become will destroy who we are. This is showing us the understanding that we are a new person in every moment. With each moment there is the destruction of who we were and creation of who we are.

According to legend, Shiva’s body is made from five mantras, these five mantras. These are represented as the five faces of Shiva and are associated in various texts with the five elements, the five senses, the five organs of perception, and the five organs of action.

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Ganesha

2013-01-09T18:34:00.000-06:00

How do you feel when you look at a picture or statue of Ganesha? That is how your root chakra wants to feel.

There are hundreds of parallels that can be made between ganesha and the root chakra, we will focus on just a few.

Ganesha is traditionally known to be the ‘obstacle breaker’. Mantras are said to Ganesha to help remove obstacles, blockages or anything that might be in your path.

My personal experience in working with this energy is ‘creating without obstacles’. The path that I found most effective when using this energy was creating my reality without the obstacles in the first place.

This is a pretty important energy to carry within your root chakra, remember your root chakra is your connection to the reality here on this earth, it is your perception of your reality.

Our perception of our reality can give us a good indicator of where our root chakra is on a scale. How safe and secure do we feel on a moment to moment basis. Ganesha is a symbol of our perception. As we learn to perceive our reality without obstacles, we start to experience a reality without obstacles.

The story of Ganesha’s creation gives us another perspective and more layers of similar energy. His mother Parvati, rubbed her sweat and sandalwood together, creating a boy of great beauty to guard her bath. As she took her bath, her husband shiva arrived and wanted to enter the bath, Ganesha stopped Shiva and in response, Shiva cut off his head. After some discussion with Kali, Shiva then replaced Ganesha head with that of an elephant.

Once our creations have manifested, they are meant to evolve, stagnation is not natural. This story shows us a few different lessons. We learn that both masculine and feminine are required for creation, as well as our creations must evolve, even after they are manifest.

Traditionally ganesha is used at the beginnings of all projects, all puja’s begin by invoking the energy of ganesh. This is another correlation he has with the root chakra. The start of the journey of your energetic system is also invoked through the energy of ganesha.

One last parallel, ganesha is within our root, guarding our window of creation. The root is the gateway into this dimension, it is how we percieve the reality we have created. All manifestations into this reality must move through the root energetically prior to being realized within this plane.

Just as Ganesha guarded the bath of parvati, he guards the doorway to our reality, our perception of it as well as our experience of it.

Crystaliscious Tennessee Adventure

2013-01-07T18:09:00.000-06:00

Road Trip!
Off to collect 'field diamonds'

So I heard of a super secret that rock hounds have in the Southeast area of the United States. I heard that there is a place that it accessible only a few months out of the year, where you can walk along the shores and pick up little shiny quartz points. The area is known for its 'beta' shaped quartz- that means they look like octahedron's, and elestial smoky points. Most of the stones found there are smaller than a dime, but beautifully shaped, fantastic clarity and they are found right on top of the ground! No digging required!

Sounds like a rock hounds dream huh? That is exactly what I thought as Joshua and I discussed preparations for our collecting trip. Two years later we finally made it to the super secret spot where the shores sparkle with little 'field diamonds'. You know, if it took two years to build up for us, it had to be one 'hum-dinger' of a road trip, and we weren't disappointed.

After two years of talking about going and hunting these sparkly little 'diamonds', we decided that it was time to bite the bullet, book a room and pack our bags. We left 3 days later. With temperatures in the high 20's to mid 30's we thought we would be smart about this. Cold temperatures are my biggest weakness, I prefer to stay under a heating blanket from the months of October through March, but hey, these are rocks we are talking about right? We made a trip to the Tractor Supply store to buy some warm essentials. First Joshua had to have some long underwear, I of course live in mine all winter. Considering all that was left were the uni body red Santa suit in XL, I think we got a wonderful deal that they were on sale as well. Very auspicious for our trip I thought. The hats were also on sale, nice brown hats with ear flaps and fuzzy lining, that should keep up warm on our rock hunting excursion, smirk.

We packed the essentials, extra socks, extra shirts and pants, gloves, hats, 2 coats each. We gathered buckets, shovels, pick axes and bags. Then came the shoe question. Anyone who knows Joshua and I knows we wear our vibram toe shoes EVERYWHERE. We heard it might be a little muddy, no worries, these toe shoes are state of the art designs to allow our feet to work at maximum capacity, smirk. We packed boots too, I packed my daughters real shoes and her rubber boots that she just had to have and never wore while Joshua packed his handy dandy Doc Martens, but we confidently wore our toe shoes out the door.

Joshua and I are pumped and excited. We haven't been this excited about a road trip in a long time. This was a road trip because we wanted to, not because we had to. Both of us were vibrating with the excitement every rock collector gets when the hunt is on. We could feel the little sparklers calling us. In a hurry and running later than we preferred we raced down the highway with visions of Indiana Jones in our heads and all the treasure we hoped we would have the opportunity to find. Our adventure became daunting when we saw the white car hiding behind the orange barrels that litter the interstate across the nation, we passed by him so quickly we almost didn't see him, but he saw us. The blue lights don't flash as brightly on sunny days, however the effect is the same. Seventy six in a sixty? I thought the speed limit was seventy...yes sir, orange barrels, thank you sir.

Pulling back onto the interstate both Joshua and I were determined to not let this ruin our road trip. After all speeding tickets seem to be the norm for him, right? How could that deter us from having a great time when we are doing something we have been talking about for two years.

After eating in a charming little pancake house owned by Mexican ladies, we found our way to the super secret site without any trouble. We had our map quest directions, two smart phones and exact GPS coordinates of where we wanted to start our hunt. The gravel turnoff behind all the foliage was visible when coming back for the second pass, and in we went!

What we found was rather strange looking for rural Tennessee, the landscape looked bleak, miles and miles of rolling red fields with a small body of water running through the middle of it. The shores look like a nice stroll on sunny afternoon in January. Smooth Red Clay for a far as the eye can see.

The Fields where we found our little treasures of 'beta' quartz

We jumped out of the car, legs stiff from riding so long. The sun was bright, the temps were cold, the wind was blowing. We bundled up in our jackets and toe shoes to 'scout' the area out. We get about 30 feet from the car and spot the area we are interested in, like a school of fish, Joshua and I both moved towards the area to our left, down a steep incline in the direction of the water. Within about 40 feet of the water we noticed it was pretty muddy. The water had not been so low for long, the ground had not dried out well. The toe shoes are hanging in there, we are confident that we can maneuver these fields with our cherished vibrams, as Joshua steps over a small gully and we both hear a strange sucking sound, followed by loud expletives from Joshua. He had sunk in the mud beyond the low ankle of the toe shoe. Raising his foot up for inspection, large clumps of red clay fell to the ground almost as large as the one left hanging on to his foot. As I looked at what was left of the toe shoe in horror, I realized that I was slowly sinking in the mud myself, in my precious toe shoes. With a squeal that is only found within the deepest recesses of our brain, I hurled myself to firmer ground before the mud could devour my cute fuzzy socks that are so warm in the winter. Looking at the water and the still smooth ground in front of us, I decided to head back up the incline and look around on what I thought was firmer ground.

I trekked the hill, gathering more mud as I went. The toe shoes allowed me to get a good traction, when I could get the mud out from between the toes, it wasn't long before I noticed that my feet were no longer in toe shoes- they had become mud shoes, perfectly molded to my foot. So much for the confidence in the toe shoes.

The picture isn't bad for a
camera phone, upper
left had corner is
what they look like
on the shore

We finished out the afternoon, each finding a pocketful of little stones along the shores. The sun would shine brightly and the little stones would wink up from the sands and down we would bend to scratch around and see if there were any more. Most of the time we found them in twos and threes, where there was one, there were others near.I turned around, thinking that my feet were pretty cold with all that mud insulating them, I left the fancy hat in the car, the extra jacket in the car and the gloves too. I saw Joshua crab walking up an incline with his head bent, intent focus on the ground in front of him. I saw him reach for something on the ground, bring it closer to him, look at it and throw it back, again he would repeat this, however this time he put it in his bag, with a slight smile on his face that was quickly replaced with the intent focus of studying the ground while crab walking across the shores.

As the sun began to set we decided we should get our shoes off, find our map quests, phones and hotel. I sure was glad I had raided my daughters closet and grabbed her rubber boots. Joshua only had his Doc Martens, and although they had made it across Israel and back, they really weren't a match for the terrain we had gotten a taste of today. It was a fantastic coincidence to have a Bass Pro Shop just down from the hotel. If you have never been in a Bass Pro Shop in a rural area after driving 4 hours, crab walking across shores and sinking in the mud, you might want to try it. Grand entertainment for the real outdoors man, with boats, fishing supplies, hunting supplies, weapons and dead stuffed animals as the main source of eye candy, this is the kind of dream date any girl would love. The rubber boots at Bass Pro would have blown the budget of the trip- surprise. No worries, if Bass Pro can stay open in this rural area, then there must be a Wal-Mart nearby. We plan on finding it before heading back to the Super Secret Site tomorrow.

When we finally get to the hotel we are wiped, but still excited. We found our own little field diamonds! Our little black bags were tinkling with all the little stones as we poured them out on the table in the room. We perused our finds with a microscope, getting to know the inclusions in the little stones, confirming that some of them are really quartz, and not glass as we had suspected. It didn't take us long to fall out, with our loot spread across the table, our muddy shoes wrapped in kroger bags and dreams of diamond mines dancing in our heads.

Found the Rubber Boots!

Finding the Wal-Mart was easier than we thought- less than 10 miles from us, on a fairly straight stretch. Being in Wal-Mart on a Sunday morning looking for the rubber boots doesn't sound bad, but remember we are dressed for the winds of the red clay shore. I have on 1 pair wool socks, 1 pair cute fuzzy socks, long under wear, pants, two shirts over long underwear, 2 jackets, gloves, scarf and boots. Yes, I have boots on my delicate feet. Joshua is dressed about as heavily, I did notice sweat trickling down his neck in line. There is no restroom at the site, we decide that Wal-Mart bathroom is THE place to undress our layers and relieve ourselves for the last time for several hours. No more coffee.

After a quick stop at a shoreline we saw and stopped at we finally arrive back at our site. Today we are ready. Decked out for the cold, the wind and the mud. Shoreline here we come, be ready to be crystalisciouslized, smirk.

We both head in our own directions, finding them as we moved around the shoreline. Neither of us talking to each other, too far away to hear if we were. There weren't too many others out hunting. A man with his young daughter seemed to be looking at the shoreline, while another young family walked along the mud as if they were enjoying a Sunday afternoon away from the TV. The skies were overcast and the temperature was much colder today, the winds were stronger and I was glad for all my winter gear.

No worries! We have rubber boots!

I followed my eye on on the shore line, never looking up at the majestic views around me. I would see the tiny sparkles as the crystals lay on top of the dirt, waiting to be seen by humans. Some so tiny that we couldn't pick them up, but we could see the structure of the quartz. Some as large as a dime. I followed my eye, Joshua followed his. We met back up in the middle and decided to cross over to the other side of the large bridge that was there. As Joshua led the way I picked up little crystals he was walking over in his quest for 'the big one'. The closer we got to the other side of the bridge, the deeper the mud was getting. This was the area that we learned what that strange sucking sound is. No worries we have rubber boots on today - forge ahead, smirk. Joshua headed toward the stream while I headed for the edges of the shore. I found bright sparkly quartz laying in the mud on the shelf's of the shores. I would wander from one to the next, not really looking up, just keeping my head down watching for the hint of something that looks like glass.

So photoshop can't OPEN your eyes

I wasn't sure how long we had been out there, I was staying warm but noticed my legs were getting a little sore. Bending over for a few miles doesn't sound like it is really all that strenuous, however it was starting to kick my ass. I turned around, lifted my eyes above ground level and saw something magnificent. Joshua was standing in the creek with his hand held up and I could see the crystal from there. Wow! That's a big one! I scrambled to move in the direction he was, which was about 250 yards down the mudslide. Shouldn't be a big deal, it is kind of like roller skating. The less I move my feet the more they move down hill, I should be able to get there in about 3-5 minutes, teleporting by mud takes time.

I finally got downhill in the mud!

I finally arrived at the bottom of the hill! The bottom of the hill is where you must move your feet in order to keep from sinking. Woops! I sank about 1 foot down, quickly lost my balance and found out that this mud is cold on my butt! Very gross, and squishy as well, precious toe shoes my ass, I was now on my backside in this mud. Joshua looked at me from the middle of the stream, a crooked grin on his face and then he looked down at his own feet, which I noticed were about 8 inches deep where he was at. I realized I had to get up on my own. I think Joshua took a lot of pleasure watching that escapade, I was impressed he didn't get a picture. I bet if it had been the other way around I would have gotten a picture. That's why karma bit me in the butt a little later.

Walking the river shores in mud

But back to Joshua's stone, this is a sweet elestiated 1" natural smoky with enough inclusions to keep us busy for many many winter evenings exploring this stone. A magnificent beauty that is very rare, only a few large crystals have been found out here and we are betting this is one of the larger ones. Wow, I wasn't jealous, I was ecstatic! The best memory of the trip was knowing to look up just as he was seeing his find in the sun for the first time. A once in a lifetime kind of sight. The first human eyes touching a stone is as intense as it gets. Especially when you have trekked through a foot of mud in 20 degree temps to get it.

Those are our foot prints- or leg prints

After I freed myself of the mud without losing a boot, I made my way towards Joshua to see the stone up close. As I walked through the water I notice that my boots lost about 10 pounds, as the mud washed away in the fast moving water. The bottom of the water was pure mud, the sinking kind, but there were plenty of rocks lodged around so that I could cross without too much trouble. But once I got out on the little sandbar, wow I had to look around! What an amazing little place in the world! It was so quiet, but so loud at the same time. The mud seemed to absorb sound, like they say owls do when they are near. The running water was so clear, it tinkled loudly but was as delicate sounding as it was clear. I noticed a place where the water was running out of, I wanted to get closer. I made my way upstream towards the area that had some weird colors. Bright yellow, orange and green algae. Keeping my eyes peeled on the floor of the stream and slowly making my way towards my target I noticed that the mud was getting thicker, clinging even in the water. Sucking my foot in and filling in behind it like concrete. I backed up and found some rocks to walk on. I would cross over and come in from the other way.

This is the largest one Joshua found

In order to be able to stay above ground - literally I had to walk back downstream, find a place where the ground looked stable enough to cross and make the leap. The immediate shoreline was some pretty serious mud, the kind that wants to keep your boots. I spotted my target and moved to ground that wasn't as deep in it's sinking - only about 4" down per step. The closer I got to the target the deeper I was sinking. But I had to see what this was. I knew to just keep moving, don't let the mud fill in behind me. But I wasn't ready for what I saw, not only did Karma catch me not looking, there was a little bubbling spring there, water was bubbling out of it pretty fast, and it was warm! I stood still, first mistake. But I had to wonder, is that where these little crystals come from? This little hole of warm water spitting them out? I turned around to yell at Joshua and realized I couldn't turn around. I was very stuck. It felt like concrete blocks on my feet. I tried to lift my right foot, nothing, I tried to wiggle it then lift it, that strange sucking noise and deeper I went. Ok, yes I panicked, but I bet you would have too. I got my left foot out, Joshua watching intently, I would have had the camera out. I dropped my left foot as far out as I could and really screwed myself. Not only was I stuck, I now looked like I was playing twister in the mud. Joshua was about 5" deep, hoping I could get out on my own. I was a foot deep and about to start crying, and I had to pee. After relentless begging and crying, Joshua tried to make his way over to me so he could pull me out of the mud. I would have had the camera out, but that is why it me in the mud. As he made his way to me, I think I grabbed his belt loop. It felt great to have something to hold onto, because I was in a very extreme position and although I could not fall over because the mud had me held tight, I sure was uncomfortable and I had to pee.After several attempts at pulling me out of the mud, we then try and get my foot out of the boot. First one, then the other. I can only assume that if someone had come by and seen this, it would have kept them amused for decades. I held onto Joshua's belt loop for dear life while the mud was trying to suck my foot to the inner depths of the earth itself. I struggled to free my foot from the boot, we have to remember that there are two pair of socks in there. As my foot found the freedom, the striped fuzzy sock stood out on the landscape as it waved around as high over the mud as possible while Joshua tried to free the boot and I held on, with one foot in the air and one foot stuck in the mud. I don't think Joshua thought it was as funny as I thought it was. It took some real effort to get those boots out of the mud. I was traumatized and quickly moved to higher ground after that episode.

We learned that this is nothing compared
to what the area has to offer

The day continued on, daylight was starting to shine at that strange angle that makes these shores look like they are made of little diamonds. We gathered as many stones as we could find while the light was still good. Joshua staying near the water, out of the mud and myself up on the higher ground on the shores where there was less likely hood of stepping into a pit of quicksand.

This was the first time I had worn "real" shoes all day in quite some time, my feet were noticing and missing the toe shoes. The mud weighed about five pounds, but felt more like fifty. My nose was steadily running, my fingers were numb, and I had to pee, bad. But I wasn't ready to stop just yet. I wouldn't make it back here for a long time, I wanted to make the most of the daylight. There was no way we were going to remove our muddy gear, get in the car, go find a bathroom and come back. There was no way I was going to pee outside, it was really cold out there! I trekked on, focusing on the little shiny stones that sparkle in the sun, some hiding under mud but most of them right on the surface.

The pocket I was putting the stones in was getting heavy. I had found alot of stones, some small, some large, but all Tennessee quartz.

As the sun started to drop Joshua made his way up a ridge of slate, cleaning his boots as he went, only to step onto the plateau and sink about two inches. It was time to head back to the car. Both of us still searching the ground as we make the journey back to the car we talk about all the great stones we saw and found. We laughed about the mud, we talked about coming back. Joshua was excited about some rocks he put by the car, they were a strange blue color, I had picked one up just like it but smaller and it was in my backpack. We bagged up the muddy boots and put "regular" shoes on, and the race was on to find a bathroom, a Denny's, and a place to pour out our bags. We forgot the strange blue stones outside of the car.

It was tasty!

We didn't speak the entire meal

We found the bathroom, then the Denny's and started our trip home. Sarah was in a panic, her hair straightener had died on her, and she has to go back to school from Christmas break now. Please mom, I love you, I need a straightener before tomorrow!
So off to find a place to grab a straightener before they close on Sunday evening in rural Tennessee. Easier than we thought with friendly helpful staff to get us in and get us out and back on the road.We are able to divert a fourteen year old disaster after sliding around in the mud all day. I would say that is a simply crystaliscious task.
Arriving home we are beat. But we have to check out our stones one more time. It's also essential for me to have a hot Epsom salt bath, my whole body hurts from fighting that mud. Joshua has driven the entire trip and I know he is tired and ready for bed. Time to come home, get some sleep and get back to our lives tomorrow. But our lives will be just slightly richer and our memories a little more vivid.

A big sack of little sparkling treasures

We had an overnight adventure. We trekked across the state, fought man eating mud, slid down treacherous hills of slate, almost froze our fingers and toes off, but we found treasure. And any treasure hunter knows, the adventure is the real treasure.

Our treasures from Jefferson County Tennessee

Many of these still have the clay on them
the stones from this area are usually very small
smaller than a dime, and shaped
like herkimer diamonds, many of these are 'beta' shaped

"Beta" shaped stones are natural octohedrons.
These little quartz are shaped like these small
octohedrons

Some of the stones have points and are little bigger
most of them are very small though, Joshua did
find a very large one for area

Merlin likes the stones, but is mad we were gone overnite

ok so Merlin is a little put out that we
thought he may use a litterbox.
How undignified could a cat be?

Most of the stones are smaller than a quarter
We got a few that aren't though.

still covered in the clay we found them in

January 5-6 2013 Jefferson County Tennessee

January 5-

2012-12-23T11:34:00.000-06:00

Celestite is a stone that interacts with our third eye in a unique and groundbreaking new way. Generally we think of the angelic realm when we think of celestite, or we think of how we are able to connect to the best of those that have crossed over. But my experience with celestite has been that it is a stone that reflects the symbolism of the lotus. The lotus shows us a true gem that comes out of the mud. celestite shows us that within the worst of our creations is a true gem waiting to be found and washed up.

Celestite is a stone that shows us that the gem could not form without the mud. This shows us that all of the things we think are wrong with us, all of the issues we see within ourselves are truly our very best resources. The vibration of this stone shows us how to use those things that we see as our worst, or most negative aspects to our own advantage when we are creating our reality.

Celestite helps us to visualize the parts of ourselves that we judge to be wrong, to be low vibration, to be things we should ‘fix’ about ourselves and it helps us to re create that vision. Using the celestite we are able to see new aspects and perspectives on the things that we had previously judged as wrong. Celestite brings the vibration of seeing who we are because of where we are, which is easily shifted to seeing who we want to be because of who we have been. This concept is one that assists us in the worldly wealth of intelligence. Intelligence isn’t about what we know its about how we use what we know. Intelligence cannot be taught, it can only be cultivated. Celestite shows us how to intelligently cultivate the person we want to be. Slightly different than sugilite that shows us we will be, celestite asks us to create that for ourselves, define our own boundaries, our own beliefs, and our own limitations of who we are.

Celestite is an invaluable stone for seeing new perspectives on old thought patterns. As we find ourselves tapping into the energy of the celestite what we find is that we are seeing the purpose of where we are, the experience we are gathering by the knowledge we are using. We see a new perspective on what our intelligence is, we learn a new energy of what our true resources are. Our true resources are the very things we consider our shadow selves, the very parts of ourselves we find hardest to accept. When we learn to see those parts of ourselves as the very best parts of ourselves we have mastered the art of alchemy. Using those parts of ourselves, once judged to be the darker side of ourselves, to bring energy in for the purpose of utilizing it the way we choose is an example of using our bull shit as our biggest resource.

As we learn to see our deepest fears about ourselves as our biggest energy boosts, we learn to use that energy boost in any direction we choose. It doesn’t mean that we no longer judge ourselves, it doesn’t mean we no longer see these parts of us as wrong, it means we recognize the value of the energy created by the very things we prefer to hold within ourselves. This means we learn that energy is just energy, it doesn’t matter what kind of energy we utilize, because when it is recognized as what it is, then we are able to see it for what it is, just energy.

Lepidolite

2012-11-28T17:33:00.001-06:00

Crystaliscious Perspective on Sugilite

2012-11-02T12:58:00.000-05:00

Sugilite is a stone that I often think of when I think of heart energy, however I have placed it here as a stone that most useful to our third eye. Part of how we see ourselves is created within our vision. The very deepest part of how we see ourselves is just a repetitive pattern that we have learned from intuiting how others see us. Sugilite brings this to the surface for us to look at how others see us and how that relates to who we actually are.

Often times we get caught up in being the person that others expect us to be. We become the good student, the exemplary employee, the faithful wife, the loyal husband and we have not even thought about what the belief structures are that are supporting these aspects of ourselves. Sugilite asks us to not only look at the belief structures that support all of the different people that we are, but also it asks us to start the process of bringing all of the different aspects together working in sync and allowing us to be who we came her to be.

Sugilite gently demands that we be who we have become instead of being who we have been. This is the energy of Lakshmi, understanding what we have, and knowing the importance is what we do with it. With Sugilite we learn who we are in pieces and we we learn to fit each piece of the puzzle into who we are becoming. This is not as complicated as it sounds, it just using the mahvidya energy of Lakshmi, the energy of knowing who we are and who we are becoming and not focusing on who we have been.

Sugilite helps us create our vision of ourselves. This is a stone that is so useful when we have beliefs that teach us to judge ourselves by body type, hair color or skin color. Sugilite helps us to see who we are because of who we have been, and then we move directly into who we are becoming. Sugilite doesn’t let us wallow in who we have been, it very gently forces the issue that we are who we are becoming.

Sugilite is a wonderful stone to use when we are working with other’s expectation of us. Often times family members have expectations of us that we can no longer fulfill, they are expecting someone we haven’t been in a long time. However when we find ourselves having to deal with them we find much frustration because they are seeing us as we were, not who we are now. This is a good example of how sugilite works, it brings the aspects of ourselves that we have been denying to the forefront and asks us to move on these issues. It asks us to take a stand on who we are becoming on many issues, some with others some with ourselves.

Sugilite is a stone that captures you in the present you and pushes you into the future you. This is a stone that knows the importance of the dynamic energy working with the stability of who we are becoming. When working with sugilite we are working with our future self, we are creating who we will be.

~ Crystaliscious

Crystaliscious Perspective on trademarked stones

2012-10-28T20:17:00.000-05:00

Super Seven, Mystic Merlinite, Infinite. This names just a few of the stones on the market that are trademarked names of stones that are available in the world today.

Just what is a trademarked stone? Who buys trademarked stones?

“A trademark is a word, symbol, or phrase, used to identify a particular manufacturer or seller's products and distinguish them from the products of another. 15 U.S.C. 1127. For example, the trademark "Nike," along with the Nike "swoosh," identify the shoes made by Nike and distinguish them from shoes made by other companies (e.g. Reebok or Adidas). Similarly, the trademark "Coca-Cola" distinguishes the brown-colored soda water of one particular manufacturer from the brown-colored soda of another (e.g. Pepsi). When such marks are used to identify services (e.g. "Jiffy Lube") rather than products, they are called service marks, although they are generally treated just the same as trademarks.” ( taken from the following website: http://cyber.law.harvard.edu/metaschool/fisher/domain/tm.htm)

So a trademark is a marketing tool. A very powerful marketing tool in the metaphysical arena. These trademarked stones have been purchased in quantity, given misnomers, registered with the US patent and trademark office, then have had beautiful stories written about the recent ‘discovery’ of them marketed worldwide for the purpose of selling them. These trademarked misnomers prevent other vendors from selling the same material under the trademarked name although it is the exact same material, often times of higher quality. The individuals that acquire the trademark often justify this by stating that they are paying for mass scale marketing and they do not want other vendors benefiting from it.

These misnomers that become the trademarked name, and the name that these stones are marketed under - only in the metaphysical industry, often confuse an already very confusing issue. Gemstones historically have been a very tricky to identify from country to country. Thousands of misnomers have been used for many hundreds of years in order to sell material that generally isn’t what it appears to be. And now we have ‘new’ material being found and not only named but trademarked under that misnomer. Another interesting tidbit about these trademarked stones - there is no required testing on the material, it’s for the purpose of marketing only. This means that I can receive a specimen of a trademarked stone, even with a certificate of authenticity for that trademarked material - and that doesn’t guarantee anything about what the material actually is, the trademark is specifically to distinguish one vendors material from another vendors material.

Is marketing really a bad thing? Not really. Industry is industry and none of us would know what a diamond was if it were not for the marketing campaign of Debeers. This campaign not only made a diamond a house hold word, it created traditions worldwide that still stand today that diamonds are intertwined with the marriage rites. Although Debeers worked for the regulation of quantity of diamonds on the market, they have also been known to uphold lab testing of their products. The campaign was to put legitimate stones on the market and sell them. These trademarked stones , are they legitimate?

Most collectors of minerals will tell you no, however the metaphysical community seem to love the stories behind the trademarked stones. The stories are what sell the stones, that has been true from the beginning of time, when a beautiful red bauble was presented to a queen to when a merlin acquired a clear rock that gave him the power to see the future, it has always been the stories that sell the stones. So is the trademarking of these stones any different than the gypsy sales of the past? I guess it depends on why you buy the stone.

Some people buy a stone to put it on a shelf and show it off within a collection. There are others that buy stones to cut and polish them to see what they can make from them. Then there are those of us who buy the stone for the purpose of the learning what that stone has to teach. We are sometimes called the ‘touchy-feely’ crowd, the metaphysical crowd, the people that believe the stones have power. I am part of that crowd, I love the stones and I love getting a ‘ feel’ for a new stone. Why does it matter to me if someone re-names a legitimate stone, tells a story about it and sells it at an exorbitant price compared to the material of the authentic name? Because I am part of that crowd that loves the stone for what the stone has to offer, not the vendors story.

Many people that are shopping and browsing through the metaphysical industry are here because they have open minds, many are here because they feel accepted in such an open minded industry where a strict religious system leaves them feeling restricted from who they are. Countless people are here because they have curiosities about things they are unable to explain. While others are here because they are looking for a piece of themselves they don’t realize they already possess. When these individuals run into a trademarked stone, it is mis-representation of the material for the purpose of profit. Many of these individuals don’t come into the shopping arena armed with anything other that than the books written by the ones that own the trademarks, leaving behind a stream of frustrated vendors offering much higher quality material and lower prices without realizing that they are falling for an age old trick of the gypsies when searching for a stone with a specific name and set of properties. Often times these individuals even get angry when it is pointed out that the trademarked stone is lower quality and higher priced.

It only frustrates me to see people taken advantage of. Those of us who love stones, we love the stories too, should we have to pay more for those? Shouldn’t we be educated about our purchases as we would be in an electronics store? Shouldn’t we have the opportunity to see the misnomer under it’s gemological name, with the actual mine testing so that we know what we are buying? Just because we like to ‘touch’ our collections does that mean that we don’t need to deal with honest vendors with what we are buying?

I not only collect stones, I also teach about stones, write about stones and do sessions with stones. One of my goals is to always educate my clients about what they are getting when they buy a stone, what minerals are present, what that stone does for me, what I expect it to do for them. I never recommend a trademarked stone - why should I when better material is on the market that is a fraction of the cost? I can respect the marketing job done by the individuals who have done the trademarking. I also loathe the confusion they have created in an industry that already had much confusion present from centuries of misnomers around the world. I have heard that we would not have an industry to work within without these individuals who have done the trademarking - I don’t believe that. The gemstone industry has been strong for centuries, the practice of the trademarking has only increased the division within the industry - the division between honest vendors and those out looking for their ‘mark’ to make a profit. Those who believe that there has not been a metaphysical interest in stones before these trademarked stones are very gullible and are not very aware of history. The folklore of stones has been around since time began - with gemstones being one of the first valuable resources noted. Wars have been fought over gemstones, societies have been built around gemstones, economies have been and still are based on gemstones. Do these individuals who trademark these stones truly believe that they have done something new in the gemstone industry?

My goals are to educate those within the metaphysical communities on truthful and honest stones, prices and practices. I believe that more education is the answer to the issue of dishonest sales people with wonderful stories to tell. When people understand where stones really come from, how they come to them, I also believe they appreciate them more. I believe that those looking for a particular stone should be told the historical truths about the stones they are purchasing. I also believe that our integrity as an industry rests on the decision that each of us make each time we recommend a stone or sell a stone. Are we giving a historical story or a story that is made up for the purpose of helping one vendor accrue a profit? Because who’s story could be better - a dishonest vendor’s or the story the stone tells?

Crystaliscious Grids ~ Time, Space and Body Grids

2012-10-23T11:15:00.001-05:00

There are many ways to implement the use of grids within your daily lives. Grids are a wonderful way to charge and bless food,water that we drink, plants, stones, altars, sacred space, pretty much anything you want to amplify that will fit inside a grid will benefit from the amplification of energy that is harnessed around it. Grids are wonderful around the bed to assist us with dreamwork. Grids can be used to clear a room of ‘old energy’ or even completely change the energy of a room! There is no end to the way we can use grids, it just takes some imagination.

Remember that grids work by harnessing energy for the purpose of creation. The energy that is built up within a grid over a small period of time is the energy that has been used to create worlds.

The most useful way I find to use a grid is to help me choose and change belief patterns that no longer serve me. By stepping up with grids I find that I am able to easily identify core beliefs that are hindering me from being the person I want to be, then move into what I want my new belief to be, and then my new practicing of that belief. Sometimes this happens over 2-3 different grids, sometimes as many as 10 grids will be used. The multiple grids help to identify underlying beliefs to the ones that I think are the issues. These grids are not all done at once, it is a growth process that they grow out of. Sometimes it can be done very quickly, sometimes it may take a little longer, it really depends on how ready the person doing the grid is to be honest with themselves.

Grids are also a wonderful way to meditate, we can use these grids for particular purposes such as increasing our psychic abilities, understanding our own belief structures better, sometimes just deciding who we want to be in that moment. When we enter into a grid and spend even a small amount of time, the amplified energy ‘tickles’ many of the vibrations within our own energetic field causing them to amplify as well. This phenomena allows us to find clarity on situations, create solutions to things we perceive as problems and heal our own energetic fields as well as our physical bodies.

There are several grids within our grid class that are meant to help guide you on your own journey working with grids. They are by no means the only grids that you should ever do. The best grids will be ones that you intuitively choose to work with and create yourselves, that is the one of the best thing about sitting inside a grid - it is a very empowering experience to say the least

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Crystaliscious Perspective on White Moldavite or Elestial Calcite

2012-10-22T13:34:00.004-05:00

Spring 2007 ~ I rushed out of work and traveled 32 miles at break-neck speed to get home and grab my newest stone I was crazy about. I knew it only by the name of White moldavite at that time. I had just purchased it from my favorite vendor in another state and felt a powerful impulse that I must have it with me for the evening activities. Juelle was doing a group channeling at the local metaphysical store, Cosmic Connection's and I had already confirmed my presence there.
As I arrived at the store and sat and waited for the show to begin, Juelle asked us how we were doing, I mentioned the stone I had in my hand and felt that it had to be there with me and that the work I was doing with it was teaching me about our DNA, how it is changing and how we can help to heal it. Juelle showed some interest in the stone and held it for a moment, gave it back to me and I felt the excitement in the stone that only a stone enthusiast can understand.
A few minutes into her talk she mentioned the stone that I had brought to the group, she even mentioned the work I had been doing with it. I squirmed in my seat, I wasn't ready to 'come out of the closest' with the activities I secretly did with my stones. I worked in a professional medical setting and still had some discomfort with people knowing how I really felt about stones.
At the break a young man came up to me and asked if he could see the stone, I handed it to him and he introduced himself, his name was Joshua. He asked if we could talk about the stone and I told him that my preference would be to speak outside where I could smoke, I again squirmed, smoking isn't something that goes over well. None the less he followed me to the porch and asked if he could hold the stone for the rest of the evening, he offered to let me hold his new treasure which he said he had just purchased as malachite on cuprite.
As we were returning to the group channeling I was stopped by someone, Joshua continued up the steps and I called out 'Josh, will you wait a minute?", he turned around ever so slowly and said ' It's Joshua to you."
Fast forward to 2009, Tucson Arizona, Late January, I had just arrived at the largest gem show in the world. Many things had changed since that day in 2007, I had only seen Joshua once more, I sold him a few stones, and gave him a gift stone of a very small white moldavite. A few days after he received the stones he called me and told me he didn't want to see me again, I wasn't really sure why but I knew that one day we would bump into each other again.
The job I had raced from went away and I was on my way to being a metaphysical store owner with a focus on the crystals. I cashed out all the resources I had and took the money to the gem show to stock my new investment. I had never seen anything like it, everywhere I looked there were tables and tents with glorious stones laying on the tables, on the ground even the hoods of cars. As I walked through the hotel lobbies, being directed into hotel rooms, I had a sense of the industry for the first time. I came to Tucson with a GIA diploma and 25 years in the medical industry, I left Tucson with an understanding of how huge the mineral industry actually is.
I had met friends in Tucson, who promised to show me around, they took to me one room in which I found the famed white moldavite. I stood there looking at it, not believing how inexpensive it was compared to what I had paid for the small piece I had. I bought up all that was on the table, only to watch them refill the table. I knew I would be the only one in the area with this material, I couldn't wait to show others what this material was and how it worked. I listened to the lady who told me the story of how this stone is found in the Mohave desert, by one single man who doesn't do anything to is other than scrub it with a brush. I was totally in awe of the stone and what I knew it had to offer to those of us who worked with crystals. Although I felt what I perceived about the stone was different than what others had written about it, I listened to them intently and made sure to memorize their interpretations of the energy of this stone as well.
I returned to Middle Tennessee and sold all the white moldavite that I had purchased in Tucson. All but one piece sold before I opened my store and that one piece that remained found it's new home during my grand opening sale, so I was on the look out for more material. Joshua just happened to walk through the door during the open house as well, funny how things happen, we are still together. I found a supply of this material in 2010 at a vendors open house after he returned from his quest to the Tucson Gem Show. I purchased all I could afford to bring back to the middle Tennessee area. I no longer had a brick and mortar store, although I did still deal in stones, classes and sessions. I returned home, set my boxes on the shelves. The next day something very strange happened. The shelves fell. All of the shelves that held all of the specimens I had left for sale and the boxes I had just purchased just fell over, out of the blue. The mess that I walked into was surreal. Tumbled stones had been in bowls that crashed, specimens were laying under specimens, wood shelving was under that, dirt from some plants that had been on the shelves covered everything. I took this as the sign I had been looking for that I was not a stone dealer, I had other things to do. I cleaned up the mess, had a garage sale and continued in my classes and sessions finding other avenues for my customers to purchase their stones from. The white moldavite was not forgotten though.
I had decided I no longer would put my energy into stocking and selling stones, it had to go somewhere, right? I started doing research on the energy of the stones and how that energy interacted with our energetic fields as humans. I used white moldavite extensively in this research with very dramatic results. I kept finding that this stone worked on the physical layer of our etheric body on the level of our DNA, that is where we find the beliefs about what we are as humans and what we are capable of as a human being. These are beliefs that we come into the reality with, we do not have to be taught these beliefs. One day during my research I was holding a clear calcite in my hand, I noticed it reacted much the same way as the white moldavite. It made sense, after all white moldavite is really elestial calcite, right? I made a note of it continued on to the next 'experiment' without spending too much time on this observation. Until I ran across an article on the Internet. This article claimed that the material sold as white moldavite was a fake. It is simply clear calcite. I didn't pay too much attention at the time but the words stayed in the back of my head. I see many articles about stones being fake. It isn't that they are fake, the stones undergo treatments that most individuals aren't aware of, treatments such as acid baths, heating to various temperatures and sometimes even being soaked in oils or dyes. I don't agree with the treatments but they have been done historically for thousands of years and I believe I just expect them.
I didn't think too much about this anymore, I continued with the work that I was doing, making notes, writing classes and working on a book about the etheric body. Then one day a vendor comes through town with handfuls of white moldavite. I felt edgy about the white moldavite now, even though I had worked with it and had very impressive results, I didn't want to look at it, or buy any. I also didn't feel confident in telling others to buy it. Joshua my partner sat down and meditated with it and he felt that he received the message that this stone is the premiere DNA stone, whether it is fake or not. I still didn't feel that we could honestly promote this stone until we knew for sure where it came from and how it was treated.
We decided to pull out our limited chemistry knowledge and play with some of the white calcite I had and see what we came up with. After about one hour of research we were able to pin down which acid should produce the desired effect on the white calcite. We went on our search to purchase hydrochloric acid, which we found out was the same as muratic acid that is available at pool supply stores. A friend of ours gave us a pint jar of this smoky pool chemical and labeled it because we wouldn't have time to do much with it for a few days. However as soon as we dropped the calcite into the muratic acid it bubbled and smoked and started to smell like sulphur, we then realized we should not have done this inside. We managed to get the bubbly concoction outside and added a few more stones, it started to fizz over the jar and out into the yard. As soon as the mixture stabilized we removed the stones and sure enough the ridging that the white moldavite is well known for had started to appear, a few more fizzy baths and we would have our very own home made white moldavite.
I couldn't decide if I was angry, disappointed, embarrassed, or all of the above. I thought of the people that I had sold this stone to in good conscious and now felt guilty. I thought of the work I had done in the healing room and now questioned it. I thought of the integrity that I try so hard to keep in the business I do with people and I felt shame. I thought of the trust I had in the people that sold me this stone and I felt humiliation for being duped. I thought of the stones in my healing room that I had paid enormous amounts of money for that were actually very inexpensive stones with an acid wash gone bad. I wondered how I could face the people that I had told this was an amazing stone to add to your healing room, that I had encouraged to spend their hard earned money on it, that I had promoted the qualities of this stone to. I added this to the list of 'snake oil' that 2012 seems to have been devoted to showing me.
All I can say about 'white moldavite' now is that it is a stone that actually does have properties, these properties as I have interpreted them work on the DNA level, possibly because it may be the DNA level of the stone that is damaged in the acid bath, I don't know for sure. I can let the people know that I sold this stone to that I am sorry, I will make sure in the future I know more about the origins of a stone prior to promoting it and encouraging others to use or buy it. I can also say that I would save my money that I would otherwise spend on this stone and buy a white calcite, the energy is similar, if you don't like it than dip it in muratic acid a few times, you will get your white moldavite at a fraction of the cost.
This won't make me stop loving stones, or stone people, but it will make me more wary. It also shows me that it is time for honest dealers, vendors and practitioners to step up to the plate and be more responsible about what we are selling to our clients. As someone who wants to continue to work in this industry I don't think we should overlook the dishonesty that we see with these modified stones. This doesn't mean we go on a witch hunt, it just means we educate our client base so they are not tricked by the dishonest people out there who are trying to make a quick buck. I for one will much more diligent in making sure I know what is passing through my hands or I am promoting to others, I hope others follow suit. If we educate our clients, those that are spending thier money on the stones, then we can be assured that these types of false advertising are no longer effective in an industry that seems thick with dishonesty and 'snake oil'.

Crystaliscious Creation with Saraswati

2012-10-19T08:31:00.002-05:00

Saraswati is the deity that is associated with the sacral chakra. Once again there are hundreds of parallels that associate these two and we will only go over a few of them.

The sacral chakra is where all creation begins. Each and every human began their journey here on earth within a sacral chakra. The sacral chakra is located just below the navel.

Saraswati teaches us the vibration of the beginnings of creation, this doesn’t mean that we will learn a philosophical version of how this all started, ( but you might), it means that you start to recognize the singular vibration of creation. This is an extremely valuable skill for everyone to have.

What it means to you is that as you become familiar with recognizing the singular vibration of creation, you can start seeing where in your life you have been using this skill in an unmindful way. What you will notice is that you have been building the foundations of your reality with the building blocks of your perception. The root provides the platform, the sacral provides the interface with creation.

The stories of saraswati are varied, with a substantial decline in her ‘status’ after a period of history when the saraswati river dried up, coincidently there were many sects breaking off from the vedic sect, forming new traditions around the same time in history. I suspect that due to the creative genius that is the energy of saraswati, the leaders of the religious community were threatened by a congregation that understood they could create for themselves and downplayed her role to musical, artistic, studies and linguistic type talents.

Where Ganesha shows us to create without obstacles, Saraswati just shows us to create, there is no judgement of obstacles, it is still a creation. There is no objectivity within the vibration of creation, it just is. There is no discrimination or discretion within the vibration of creation, it just is. There is no desire in this vibration, it is just a simple vibration of creation that hums in the background of the entire universe, some people call it the ‘void of creation’.

The passion, desire, discrimination and objectivity within our creations are all separate form the singular vibration that is creation. Saraswati shows us through a myriad of stories that this is so, generally showing how emotions such as anger, fury and revenge can spur on the vibration of creation as well as emotions of passion, thirst for knowledge and love. The stories are designed to show us that we should keep our thoughts pure so our creations are pure.

It is also quite telling that the chakra that saraswati is associated with also has every one of the elemental Sanskrit letters corresponding to it as well, with the exception of the earth element. We spoke about how the earth element is the foundation for all the other elements, now we are going to talk about the other 3 elements and how they correspond with the sacral.

For creation to occur, something must spur it into motion (water) we must have a desire ( fire), we must have a thought ( air) and we must be able to push them (fire) into the flowing motion (water) of creation.

The actions of 3 elements are required for any creation to be put into motion, through thought or action.

Saraswati shows us that the vibration of creation is a fundamental frequency found within all of us, human, plant and animal alike. This frequency is consistent whether we are focusing on it or not. We are creating in every moment of our lives, whether we are focusing on it or not. Saraswati also shows us that the story does matter.

There are many stories about saraswati, one that is quite entertaining is how her husband brahma was wanting her by his side he was ready to conduct a ‘yagya’ and the wife must be present. Saraswati was off creating something (life perhaps?) and Brahma became angry and took the first peasant he found to be his wife , her name was guyatri. When saraswati found out she cursed all of those present, those curses have steered reality for 700 generations! The story was intended to show us that creation has no bounds or discretion, and the story has been lived out by 700 generations, so we truly see there are no bounds or discretions in creation.

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2012-10-16T10:17:00.001-05:00

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Rhodochrosite

2012-10-13T23:57:00.000-05:00

Rhodochrosite is a stone that is about assisting one to let go of what no longer is helping us. This could include beliefs, habits of thought, or even others that are within our reality. Rhodochrosite assists us in identifying what is at the root of our fears and judgements of ourselves so that we can move on from them. When we work with Rhodochrosite we typically find ourselves reliving old painful memories, many times of childhood, but often times memories we aren’t even sure we recognize. These memories are just rhodochrosites way of asking you to look at what it is you are carrying around and decide if it is the way you want it, if not then change the way you see it. That is Rhodochrosite's greatest gift to us, it assists us in changing the way we see past events so that we can leave them behind, once and for all!

When we are finding ourselves within an emotional windfall, sometimes completely overwhelmed with emotions, maybe even paralyzed at times by them, Rhodochrosite can help us to identify and each emotion and categorize it so that we can calmly run through the list and decide what we want as if we have created a check list. This is a very valuable tool when one is working with the limiting belief that we have to heal our inner child, that there is a part of us that isn’t worthy of the forgiveness and compassion that we give to others or when we are repeating patterns of trauma within our reality.

Working with this stone can help us to see that we are perfect as we are, our inner child helped make us who we are today, that inner child has triumphed over and over within our lives with each success, whether large or small. Our inner child cannot be wounded if we see the perfection of who we are, Rhodochrosite gently helps bring us into this frequency of beliefs.

When one seeks to forgive others, we are still seeing that something was wrong. Rhodochrosite helps bring you beyond forgiveness, for yourselves and others. Rhodochrosite can help one to see the actions behind the perceived wrong that has been done, and understand who’s creation and who’s limitation it truly is, when this understanding exists there is no need for forgiveness, because there is no longer a perception that any wrong has been done.

Rhodochrosite will also make us aware of where we are repeating patterns of trauma within our lives. Many times we have difficulty in our early years and we learn and keep that pattern over various subjects within our lives. By working with rhodochrosite it will bring these patterns to the fore-front in order for you to look at them, realize the pattern and make decisions on how to make that pattern more efficient for your life.

Rhodochrosite makes no bones about it, it isn’t about ‘getting rid’ of anything it is about finding the better frequency of beliefs within those subjects. If one use rhodochrosite with the intention of eliminating anything, it may leave the user with a tough row to hoe. Energy is Energy, rhodochrosite shows us how to master these vibrational thoughts and beliefs, shifting them from something that causes pain to a whole new perception that brings relief then joy.

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2012-10-10T07:43:00.000-05:00

Crystaliscious Perspective on Sunstone

2012-09-30T21:19:00.000-05:00

Sunstone is a feldspar associated with our solar plexus, helping us to understand the energy of this area of our energetic fields.

Sunstone is warming to our physical bodies as ginger, the plant is. Sunstone helps us to find the space within us that defines who we are in the moment, find that part of us and stay there. When we know who we are in any given moment, there is never anything left to fear.

Sunstone is a stone that we can use specifically to work on beliefs about who we believe ourselves to be. So often we grow up allowing our environment to define us, it isn’t unusual to find ourselves enmeshed in patterns just because we are allowing our beliefs about who we are control who we are being.

When one works with sunstone, all of our barriers to our true inner sun are stripped away, leaving a clear slate for defining who we want to be. By clearing away the patterns of training we are able understand that we are not here to find ourselves, but to create ourselves.

As we understand this,we are able to make changes within these structural beliefs without major repercussions of other structural beliefs collapsing, causing chaos to take over areas of our lives.

Sunstone is a stone that backs up its challenge to us, to re-create ourselves at will, with an impressive vibration of creative flow. Not only will sunstone assist us in staying positive in our creation of who we want to be, we are able to allow the creative flow to just happen, without thought or resistance or force. This is a valuable tool for those who find themselves choosing to express their creativity through the way they live their life. The vibration of sunstone helps us move in the direction of creating the things we want, while showing us that worry will create those things we are worrying about. Sunstone definitely backs up it promise of being a stone that helps to keep us in our happy place.

This stone not only shows how to find that place within ourselves, it helps us to sustain and grow that place within ourselves.

Working with sunstone will also increase one’s synchronicity within their life. It isn’t apparent whether sunstone increases the actual number of times one has a synchronicity in their life, or if the awareness of the synchronicities is enhanced by the use of this stone.Either way many people report that this is the case when they have used this stone over a short period of time.

Orange Kyanite ~ the crystaliscious perspective...

2012-09-29T18:31:00.001-05:00

Orange Kyanite wasn’t discovered until 2007 in Tanzania, so there isn’t very much metaphysical information already out. I bought my first piece in 2009, it’s second year to be sold at Tucson. I then had to go back 2 days later and buy as much as I could afford to bring back.

I knew that this was a very special stone, even though I had not had the opportunity to work with it and I knew no one who had ever seen it before. It was the first opportunity that I had to work with a stone that was ‘new’ on the market and had yet to be defined by other’s experiences with it. I quickly learned that this new variety of kyanite, that is colored by manganese, packs a wallop as good as any of the other kyanite species, and that wallop seems to be just what our society needs!

Orange Kyanite is a stone that helps us to bring in the vibration of appreciation so that we can learn this vibration within situations that we may not appreciate too much. The appreciation of the material things we have created as well as an appreciation of the expansion taken because of our emotional creations as well. This stone helps us to understand that we have nothing to let go of from the past, the past evolves into the present which is the platform from which we create our future, appreciating the process and where we are in this process in multiple situations in life.

Orange Kyanite also brings a vibration of creative expression that other stones have not quite brought to the table just yet. This is a new level of creative expression that goes beyond a painted canvas or beautifully composed song. This is the creative expression of your very own perspective, the channels to express your own perspective into your reality open up with the use of this stone. As we learn to express our own perspective, our reality starts to change to match that perspective. Orange Kyanite is proving to be a mega stone for teaching the process of actually putting into action the concept of creating our reality.

With further work with Orange Kyanite, I have found that not only have I learned to appreciate the reality that I am coming from, I am learning to appreciate the part I played in that reality. The next step to appreciating what we have gained is to appreciate how we gained it. As I am able to clearly see and accept my part in where I am coming from, I have the present moment as my platform to create my future. Orange Kyanite has an uncanny knack to make sure that the entire time you work with this stone that you continue to come back to ‘ I have the present moment as my platform to create my future’.

Orange Kyanite is a stone that brings in movement, movement into areas where we have lost our passion, lost our desire or forgotten how we started this stagnation. Very quickly after picking up a piece of orange kyanite you will notice a new appreciation of who you are, where you are at and where you want to go. A very gentle experience for all, orange kyanite never seems to be too ‘harsh’.

I totally forgot about this blog!

2012-03-04T18:40:00.002-06:00

Can you imagine that I completely forgot about the existense of this blog?

I have started other blogs, linked them to the website and totally forgot that this one existed. Putting it on favorites....stay tuned!

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Law of Attraction

2010-01-13T12:24:00.000-06:00

I have a very interesting story to share about how I have manifested some incredible experiences in my life very recently.
I co-host an Abraham Hicks Meet-up group that meets once a month. In December I left the meet-up to arrive home and see that my vehicle was gone from my drive way. I knew without having to check that the ex had come to retrieve the car since it is titled under his name.
This upset my daughters quite a bit due to the fact that this impacted their experiences as well since this was the only vehicle that I had access to at that time. As you can imagine there was quite a bit of negative conversation going on within minutes of leaving the meet-up.
I then had a flash of creativity, I thought " I just left the Abraham Hicks meet-up and I am being asked to really walk my talk here.....how can I turn this around?" So here I have the first idea, turn this around. I then started telling my daughters that this is just a good example of how we are being asked to create our reality and what did we want to create? I prefer to feel good so I am going to look for the best possible thing and work my way up. The best possible thing I could see at that moment was how terrible the ex looked to anyone seeing the situation, then the next thought happened to be " well that seems to be the last tie with the ex, the very last thing he can take, wasn't so bad as I thought it would be." So that moved me up a notch. The next step I managed to make is knowing that this was definitely perfect, I didn't see how it was perfect yet but I knew it was perfect. All of these thoughts transpired before the police were at the house to see what could be done.
The police were not able to help me, I had to wait for a court date. Sounded pretty bleak until a good friend said that they could help me with transportation as long as I needed it. This showed me how wonderful my friends are and how lucky I am. I also felt a slight "niggle" about allowing my friends to inconvenience themselves for my sake, but had no other choice so went with the flow.
For about 4-5 days I had access to a vehicle without a hitch every time that the need arose, it was pretty astounding. I still had that "niggle" about putting other people out. The "niggle" turned into a real pity pot on the 5th day or so and I made the statement " Da^# i# I want a car!"
I blew off some steam, had a cup of tea and forgot about my tantrum.
Within 2 days a very good friend comes to me and tells me that they have a car for me that I can have. Wow! I can have it? So, the little "niggle" jumps up in my face and says " You cannot possibly consider taking a car for free from someone....that is unheard of!" but what comes out of my mouth is " what a generous offer, let me think about it and I will get back to you". Sound ridiculous? I saw the offer as a manifestation that I created, however it wasn't on my terms now was it?
The offer was made once again and I finally saw what the universe was telling me. You asked for a car, I'm trying to give you a car and you won't take it.
Why did I have a problem receiving my manifestation? I have worked with the law of attraction for years, I am a loyal Abraham follower, I co-host an Abe Meet-up for goodness sake! How could I not be ready to receive my manifestation????? How could I not be walking the talk? How could the universe have to tell me twice?
I still had reservations about accepting a gift that is worth so much for no exchange. I realised that this is a major block to prosperity. I can't expect to do manifestation work then dictate how those manifestations appear in my life. I realised this was something I probably need to look at and let go of, if any of my manifestations were not being realised it was probably because I was not receiving them as they came along.
I am still working on letting that completely go, but I was able to ask the universe what could I do in order to accept this gift and feel good about it. The answer came immediately through an idea, trade. Trade what? Well she is rock collector, I am a rock dealer. So you can know that my friend now has a very beautiful specimen and I now have a vehicle in my drive way.
The best part of this story is how by using material that I have at my fingertips to stay in a good feeling place during this whole ordeal, manifest use of a vehicle(thanks to great friends), manifest a new vehicle ( now titled in my name!) and see a very valuable part of manifesting in receiving. I have learned that when I want something to happen for me I must be ready for it to happen and not dictate the way it happens. We all have heard that in the past, but this experience really shot that one home for me!