meditation with crystals

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Not everyone makes clear separations between meditation,

visualization, journeying and

visions and the distinctions are sometimes unclear. Meditation is

usually centered on

focusing and is not the same thing as zoning out or daydreaming though

these can also have

value.

Meditation often opens the way for journeying or visions and may include

visual

sensations . Guided visualization usually refers to a relaxation or

meditation form in which

one is guided through a series of experiences in a story like form.

There is also a file on meditation in general

<http://solarraven.com/z-3-meditation.html> in the crystal workshop

pages .

Meditating with crystals is to use crystals in general meditation or

specific meditations to

enhance deepen or in some other way assist with the meditation.

 

Clear quartz and other crystals and stones have been used to assist and

as a focus for

meditation for a very long time . Just focusing gentle attention on a

clear quartz crystal can quiet the mind and help bring mental clarity

for problem solving.

 

When you have a particular problem take a few minutes to think about and

define the

problem then gaze deeply into your crystal. Just allow your thoughts to

come and go as

your mind stills you may find a solution if not when you end the

meditation just let the

problem go quite often a solution will pop into your head later .

 

Program single terminated crystals to help you meditate or to deepen and

enhance a

particular meditation form . You can program a crystal to help you reach

deeper higher

states of meditative awareness this is said to greatly shorten the time

it may take for you to

achieve these states (these may still take years ) These states are not

to be thought of as a

goal of meditation and if you meditate with a crystal for this purpose

it is advised that you

limit your use to about one third of the time you spend in meditation

weekly .

Other crystal programs could assist you with meditation such as programs

for relaxation

or mental clarity and those to assist you in experiencing a particular

spiritual state or plane

such as bliss, or oneness with the divine, or unconditional love for

example.

You can program a crystal to enhance any standard meditation such as the

diamond heart

meditation in the files or other meditations.

You can program a crystal to hold the energy of a particular Tarot card

or spiritual passage and hold the crystal while meditating on that card

or text.

(Crystal programming) <http://solarraven.com/file-13-programming.html>

 

Sit with or hold a crystal chosen to harmonize with the form of the

meditation

rose quartz or kunzite for love and compassion meditations for example,

citrine for bringing your personal will into harmony with your soul

purpose and recognizing that purpose ,

green stones and /or amber or shells and fossils for meditations on

nature. There are many lists of stone properties that will offer

suggestions as to appropriate crystals for directed meditations.

 

You may also use a crystal or stone as a focus to gaze on while meditating

Place the crystal at a comfortable distance so that you can easily gaze

on or into it

relax and gaze into the stone, when your attention wanders just return

it to the stone

if it feels natural after a few moments you may close your eyes and

continue meditating

if you feel tension anywhere take a couple of deep breaths and relax

again and continue

until you decide to finish by opening your eyes and gazing on the

crystal again .

 

Some people will tape an appropriate crystal to their brow to enhance

meditation.

or place the stone in or under a headband . a string of beads or a

pendant could also be used. You may prefer just to hold a crystal or

stone to your brow for a bit and then hold it in your hand or in your

lap or set it down nearby.

Clear Quartz and many of the blue and aqua and violet to purple

stones are commonly

used to activate intuition and spiritual connection but almost any

stone can be

meditated with, some more effectively than others . Some stones that

are not of value for you will be good for another person to use in

meditation.

 

Generally it is a good idea to use your intuition to determine if it is

of positive value to work

with any particular stone at a given time this way. Do not use a crystal

if it does not seem

harmonious. Some people lie down to meditate and place crystals at the

feet and crown or at various points on the body often over some of the

chakra points.

 

Many people like to sit within a circle of stones or crystals when they

meditate.

 

On occasions when you find it difficult to calm your mind for a

traditional meditation

you might find a variation of an altar or mandala making form relaxing

and healing

this is to take a large number of your stones and crystals and setting

them in front of you

then after taking a few deep breaths just move them around and form them

into patterns

before or around you this is a form of active contemplation which can be

of as valuable as

receptive meditations .

 

Crystal Haven

This combines visualization with a meditation, select a fairly large

quartz crystal and begin

with it in front of you or in your hands . Breathe deeply, a traditional

chi practice suggests

that women imagine the breath rising from the Earth and men imagine the

breath flowing

down from above. Gaze into the crystal breathing slowly and deeply

imagine the crystal

expanding and becoming larger imagine it growing to expand gently around

you so that

you are sitting within the safety of the crystal the light coming into

the crystal illuminates your entire being and fills you with peace and

love, stay within the crystal breathing in the light for as long as you

wish then allow the crystal to move away from you and return to its

natural size.

 

Toning crystals are useful in any meditation form which uses sound such

as chanting toning

even listening trance and meditation music or drumming toning crystals

often look like small flatish laser wands but are identified because

they help you when you tone or chant perhaps by allowing you to hold

notes longer or in some other way.

 

You may find a pair of singing crystals often these look a lot like

small lazar wand crystals

when they are gently rolled together in your hands these would make a

musical bell like

sound that can help you enter meditation and deepen trance or

visualization states.

 

Many of the crystal books have suggestions for stones to use in

different meditations

there must be well over a thousand suggestions for meditation with

crystals in the most

popular books alone.

some suggestions are

Celestite for Angel meditations

Fluorite can help with soul retrieval

rainbow garnet for monadic contact (the all knowing oneness)

Selinite for access to akashic records

Other stones recommended for meditation include Amethyst, Yellow

Calcite, Celestite, Azurite, Labradorite, Chrysocolla, Blue Tiger's Eye,

Lapis Lazuli, Turquoise, Blue Fluorite, Quartz , Hawk's Eye,

Apophyllite, Geodes

 

We have separated meditating with crystals from the practice of

meditating on crystals

Meditating on crystals is to meditate directly on the crystal to find

information about

working with them or for some other directly crystal related reason.

This practice is sometimes called Attuning to crystals and is very

useful for familiarizing oneself with the crystals energies and ways

to work with them .