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Can you hear the giggling crystals?
Washing crystals, like washing pets, can be a very enjoyable pastime. It might on occasion be possible to intuitively tune in to the gurgles and screams of laughter and happiness emitted by the crystals, as they cavort and frolic in the rainbow energies of water and light after some period of dusty ennui!
What I mean here, is that the human mind is always full of tricks, some of them quite pleasurable, as ‘uppers’, without harmful side effects. A lot of our interaction with our environs is in the nature of projection of thoughts and feelings that can be perceptibly mirrored back to us, with without a reality basis. Washing or cleaning a dusty object, to see it come to life and sparkle under our hands, is a very satisfying and creative activity. And who knows, there may be a happy sentience to the crystal that communicates its joy by tickling our corresponding cerebro-spinal plexuses to life in return!
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For me, washing crystals is also a time of chakra cleansing, especially the heart and higher chakras. I allow some of the joy and frolic to clear out the musty cobwebs and dullness from within, as I peer into the crystal nooks and crannies for the last remnants of dust and dullness.
All rocks, boulders, cliffs and crystals, like plants, share this strong affinity for water. Many avid gardeners speak of stones that ask to be watered along with the plants, the grass, and the bird baths, in blithe attunement to the rejuvenating powers of aqua pura!
Charging the etheric body with cosmic radiation
There is the analogous sacred Vedic ritual of arghya while performing the daily sandhya in ritual practice, which involves an offering of water to the Sun God, the solar deity overhead: Water is filled in a copper vessel and raised overhead after bathing in a stream, lake, river, or the sea, accompanied with holy chanting to invoke and imbue ourselves with the divine Solar energy.
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With a copper pitcher held aloft in hands raised high overhead, droplets of water are released in a gradual flow in front of the body, into the flowing water at the feet. Each drop of water turns into a rainbow prism radiating solar energy all over the freshly washed body, for good health and overall well-being.
Water is thus innovatively used in place of crystal prisms, to split the Sun’s rays into health-giving rainbow colours, applied to our bodies from head to toe. This ritual also serves to attune the body to powerful cosmic energies. So also, wearing crystal beads while swimming in water or splashing under waterfalls can magnify the positive elemental energies for good health!
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The next step after cleansing, is to charge the crystals with subtle yet powerful energies by exposing them to sunlight and especially, strong moonlight on days around the Full Moon each month. This is like party time for the crystals, which is something for you to experience with an open mind and an innocent heart.
An important note concerns using the flame of an oil lamp, or better still, of the sacred vedic fire ritual (agnihotra), to boost the effect of charging or programming crystals with particular intent, as also done to empower mantra chants. Fire has the quintessential power of amplifying manifold the effectiveness of subtle vibrations, as recognised in most older civilisations, and this understanding can be put to creative use in contemporary work with crystals also, whether for healing, scrying, exploring past lives, creative visualisation, telepathy, dreamwork or in developing possibilities of astral travel. Candles can serve well, although oil lamps in earthenware or copper are considered best for such rituals.
Your best crystals deserve to be displayed on gold or silver filigree stands with silken finery if you can afford it! I can’t, and so I experiement with stoneware, ceramics, wood and ordinary decorative metals like brass and copper to display the crystals. Colourful satin and velvet fabrics to cushion the crystals are another source of joy, while in some moods and locations, they are best left in the rough and raw of rock manifestation!
Friends of crystals
Crystals interact positively with plants to bring peace and harmony to the environs, and we can be endlessly
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creative in combining these two natural sources of positivity and purifying energy to synergistic effect. However, the electromagnetic field of crystals may be too strong for plants if placed in direct contact in the pot itself. Thus crystals must be kept near but not too close to the root space of the plants, or the latter may die.
Crystals interact exceptionally well with certain ‘sacred’ plants that are known for their healing powers, both in cleansing and recharging, and in magnifying the natural healing properties in the environment. Such plants include herbs like basil, and plants of the ficus genus, such as ficus racemosa (Audumbar, which is an iconic representation of the primordial guru Dattatreya), ficus bengalensis (Banyan) and ficus religiosa (the Peepul or Bodhi tree).
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