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Thanks for this, Fudugazi. Much appreciated.
Fudugazi said:Crystals can help you connect with your spirit guide (or anyone else, for that matter) if you programme them to do so, and then use them in meditation or journeying.
The first step is choosing a crystal that helps open the third eye, such as lapis lazuli, sodalite or amethyst.
Next, you attune yourself to the crystal: after grounding yourself, you hold the crystal in your non-dominant hand until you feel its pulse or vibration (make sure it's not your heartbeat you are feeling: check your own pulse first to tell the difference). Once you feel the pulsation of the stone, place it on your third eye, and "draw it in" - that is, feel the vibration of the stone coming into you on the in-breath, and spreading throughout your body. Once you've done that for a few minutes, start feeling how your own body is taking the vibration of the stone, and can project it out on the out-breath. Working like this with your breath and the pulse of the stone, you start feeling how your body, mind, breath and the stone are all working together.
Once you've reached that (it sounds complicated but it isn't - it shouldn't take you more than 10 minutes) - you can start programming your stone. This time holding the stone in your dominant hand, project the image/sound/feeling of what you want to achieve into the stone. Work with your breath and the vibration of the stone and of your body as before. Do it until you feel the stone responding. You should feel a subtle change in vibration. Thank the stone
Once you are attuned to your stone and have programmed it, you can now use it to connect with your spirit guide in meditation (or, if you practice it, shamanic journeying), by setting out the intent to encounter your spirit guide as you settle into your meditation. You can hold or tape the stone on your third eye as you do so, and keep it there during the whole meditation. You can encounter your guide in different ways: you might see him, feel his energy, hear him, smell him, feel his touch, or any combination of the above - keep your senses alert and don't prejudge how he will manifest himself to you.
Okay, added, and thanks!Fudugazi said:You're welcome, Marion! I would add this if you want to sticky the post, to make it more complete:
wizzle said:My preferred stone for this sort of exercise would be labradorite with amethyst or lapis running a close second. But any of the blue or purple stones that you favor work well.
A great book about how to meet your spirit guide is "The Inner Guide Meditation" by Edwin Steinbrecher.
This is a fabulous stone - a blending of gold and clear quartz, which produces the most beautiful translucent golden-blue crystal, with tints of green - it looks like the Mediterranean in a creek on a sunny day... just let it take you where it will, and hear what it will transmit to you. I call it my mystical radio . That's one I never needed to attune to - the minute I put it on my silver chain (it's a beautiful large pendant), I knew that stone, and it seemed to know me.MorningGlory said:Aqua Aura--- it helps with enhanced communication and connection with spiritual realms.