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A crystal is not only a quartz crystal, but any stone which has the characteristics described below.
Without going into an obscure explanation which few of us would understand, a mineral is crystalline if the atoms or ions that compose it are arranged in a geometrically precise pattern of atoms which are held together by shared electrons.
If you didn't understand that don't worry about it. The important thing to understand that this orderly pattern also ensures that the energy emitted by a crystal is equally orderly and consistent. A crystal's vibration and energy pattern is steady‑which is one of the reasons that crystals can help to steady the often-erratic energy patterns of humans.
On a sensory level, the sight of them appeals to and reawakens our senses, both physical awareness and a sense of wonder. Through our awareness of its hidden treasures we become more appreciative of our physical world.
On an energetic level crystals work in a subtle way to unblock psychic and physical energy. Imagine for a moment how heavy you feel when you're depressed or feeling tired or bored or just stuck.
All of us have areas in our lives where energy is blocked, such as prosperity, love, general health, creativity. These blockages express themselves in the physical body. When we place crystals on these areas (i.e., the throat area for creativity), their high vibration help to raise the vibrational frequency in that area.
High vibration doesn't mean making you feel jittery. When people are feeling hyper or want to calm their thoughts for the purpose of meditation crystals can help to achieve quiet. The primary purpose of crystals is to help restore energetic balance and to open energy channels so that energy flows smoothly.
Crystals have been found in Neolithic graves and barrows. They were widely used in ancient Egypt, Mexico, Russia, and Africa, and among Native American cultures.
There are many ways to choose crystals: for their beauty, because you are drawn to a particular color, or because the description of a crystal's energies appeal to you either intuitively or because its characteristics correspond to an issue you are ready to work on.
It can help to make a list of what is missing or what you'd like to have more in your life. Then look at descriptions of crystals.
When you first get a crystal, in order to make it yours you want to remove from it all energy which is neither yours or the crystal's. After you've been working with it for a while you'll want to remove any energy you may have released into it.
Please see my tips on cleansing crystals.
When we charge a crystal we fill it with a particular kind of energy. It could be Reiki energy, the energy of the new or full moon, the energy of an affirmation, or many other possibilities.
There are many ways. You can simply sit with a crystal in your hand and make feeling its energy part of the meditation. You can place crystals on body areas which correspond to chakra points. You can also meditate with crystals to which you are drawn, either holding them or, again, placing them on your body.
Chakra is the Sanskrit word for wheel. Chakras are spinning wheels of light found in the aura, an electromagnetic force field which surrounds every living being. The energy of the aura is that of our thoughts and feelings, and the chakras concentrate and coordinate the flow of these energies in and from the physical body.
Each chakra corresponds not only to a physical body point, but to areas of life, e.g., first chakra - survival, fourth chakra - love. When we have blockages, such as a fear about our ability to survive, this may result in a blockage of energy flow through that chakra.
