While I haven't received any questions here as yet, I have been asked a few questions over the past week that I'd like to respond to in my blog space :-)
The first question was from a woman I was assisting as she was choosing her first quartz point palm crystal on Monday afternoon. Her question was, "If a crystal speaks to me intuitively when I hold it and work with it, and this contradicts what the books on the subject of crystals say, overall, how do I determine exactly what that crystal's purpose is in my life?"
My answer:
"Crystals carry ancient knowledge & information via their energy vibrations, and therefore, each crystal, while having an overall basic purpose(for example, quartz is a superb crystal for clearing and cleansing any and everything) will contain its own tidbits of wisdom and guidance. So, while I do deeply respect and honor those authors who have worked hard to assist us in identifying and catagorizing stones and crystals into a system that we can grasp, I always recommend that my students choose a crystal based on the energetic 'pull' they may feel from a given stone...or not.
There have been times when I referred to a book after being drawn to a particular stone(Judy Hall's beautiful books come to mind), which has helped me to identify that stone and find out what it is generally used for in healing and meditation. But... my next task was to then choose from a selection of 5 or 10 of the same stone....what did I do then, you ask? Well, sometimes there was only one of said stone. Easy enough. If it seemed to pull at me, whispering 'take me home', the deal was sealed! But in the case of choosing from a basket of stones, I would simply clear my mind, shut out all external stimuli, and place my receiving hand(usually the left if you are right handed) over the basket...and wait a few moments. When the time felt right, I'd begin to gently pick up a stone or two, holding it in my palm, and then I'd wait again, to see if the stone rendered telepathic messages, vibrated, got warm or cold, felt friendly or indifferent....etc. Eventually I'd 'just know' which crystal wanted to go home with me. Sometimes no stone would feel right. Sometimes several would beckon.
So, while using reference material to learn about stones is something I recommend, I also suggest that one allows a stone to choose them once a stone type is decided upon. Trust me, you won't be sorry, and you'll never make a bad choice of a healing partner/stone when you align with it energetically and listen to what it has to say to you throughout the process of merging with the energy of the stones."
