Crystals

[Astrojewels]

Moonchild,

You are blessed to have such a great memory.

Just think of the obsidian as the beast within, but activating it and becoming aware of it will give you the power to control it. Obsidian is known as the ‘master teacher’ it is the stone that holds so much power but I do believe that you are truly able to use it and be enforced by its energy.

Obsidian is like a direct general of the army, no sensitivity at all. Direct and never worries of the consequences.

Obsidian demands respect, and prefers to be stored in velvet or on its own.

A technique to begin - prepare self with breathing and relaxation, sit upright and hold the obsidian in one hand and cover the stone with the other hand, this is holding in the outflow of energy from the electromagnetic body.

Then become one with the stone and tell it that you hold control of the power and you alone will respect and deal with what it provides. Then you must give a specific intention, all dark stones represent grounding and things that might weigh you down physically. So if you have an emotional issue with another person or an area of heath but can not come to terms with the mind-pattern behind the disease.

The only time you would use obsidian is to wake you up to something that you refuse to see or believe, so you ask the stone to provide memories or events that will show you the truth and how you can progress past this obstacle in your life.

Be cautious, the energy works rapidly and can be a bit upsetting to many, so after all techniques with the obsidian cleanse yourself with a double terminator quartz to ensure that you will stay grounded and not become bogged in the earth. Just ensure that you tell the stone you hold the power and all will be well.

Good luck

[MC]

Thank You.Will let you know what happens.

[veronica]

I have a question. I've been wearing Lapis Lazuli around my neck for about seven months. I'm not sure, but I think that I might be more depressed in the last couple of months because of it. I haven't been wearing it for two days and I feel a lot better. What do you think?

[Astrojewels]

Hello veronica,

The throat chakra works like a bridge between the heart and brow, therefore wearing the lapis constantly around your neck is bringing an intense vibration to that area. Lapis is mainly used for protection and stimulates the emotional-mental awareness, and this long term use could be actually blocking out the energy flow to the throat chakra, lapis is a soft stone and absorbs a great deal, so perhaps you are taking in more than you are releasing. And is the pendant you are wearing closer to the heart or the throat? If the pendant hangs down and is in the heart area, the color and tone will create the heart to flow inconsistently; this chakra will not spin constantly.

This will create you to feel emotionally vulnerable and not able to communicate normally, you know when you talk to someone and you think later what you should have said instead of what you did. That type of thing will happen.

But you have not lost or misplaced the lapis, which usually happens when a crystal has done its job, so maybe this magical stone is telling you to change some area of your life which is difficult but requires you to be emotionally strong.  You could wear calcite to balance the lapis.

wearing the lapis for so long, it has become part of you so you could always just sit quietly with it, hold it in the palm (that your write with), focus the energy as one (you and the crystal) and ask it in a gentle voice “why have you gave so much positive energy”, and “now all I feel is negative”, crystals are living energy and being so connected you will receive an answer, the first thing, person or event that comes to mind is the answer from your crystal.

[veronica]

Yes,I do feel as though I should be emotionaly stronger,but it is so difficult for me. My logical part tells me I should focus on other things in my life, while my emotional part doesn't allow me to do so. Emotions are driving me and I know that,but I cannot fight against that no matter how hard I try. I feel anger because things are not as I want them to be because I can see that the solution is very simple and it doesn't have to be the way it is now.

The pendant is hanging inbetween of my heart and my throat.

Maybe I should clean lapis lazuli more often,since it apsorbs the energy.

[Astrojewels]

Hi veronica,

99% of us have a war going on with our emotions and logic, I would say that the lapis is working because you are becoming aware of this conflict inside you. Next time you feel anger because of emotions, stop for a moment and logically go over why are you angry? Why are you responding and reacting? What is the ‘core’ reason that has activated you to feel this way? It is usually not that occurrence but something that has been affecting you for awhile and resurfaces each time the same emotions are felt, reactions are on auto pilot in the defense system. So controlling the reaction will enable you not to be driven by the emotions.

Yes lapis does require constant cleansing, you can place it on top of a large citrine, wash under cleansed water then dry it in sunlight (not too long) or the moon light, there are many ways to cleanse a crystal.

Going by what you have said, I would say that the lapis is working in a positive, it is your friend.

Cheers

[veronica]

Yes,I know what is the core of my emotional state,even though I am trying to think logicaly,I still have fears from the past dissapointments. I think that I am aware of everything that I am going through,except I don't know how to let it go,I mean,the things from the past. I stopped weraing lapis lazuli for a couple of days,just to give myself a break. The feelings are still here,but it is less intense. Do you think that I should keep wearing it?

[Astrojewels]

It is really up to you if you want a break or if you want to deal with the issue head on and get it out of your system. Emotional issues that are deep in your thoughts tend to follow you like a shadow.  

There needs to be a pattern created, either work up or down, personally I go for the hardest and work through to the simple ones. When childhood issues are concreted in your thoughts, you are still analyzing it like you were a child; there is a need to re-structure that experience now you are an adult. Your emotions keep hold of that experience because when you were a child you did not have the logic maturity to analyze the situation, you established ‘opinion’.  

Everything has some purpose, hardship and struggles make you stronger and emotional understanding provides you to feel free. Everyone has issues, you are not alone.  

My biggest issue was the staunch behavior of my mother. When I was around 8, I was a very skinny kid and this big girl would take the good stuff from my lunch box, push me over, and pull my hair and all the other kids would laugh. It made me feel so bad, one day I was crying and my mum asked me why, I told her, she said nothing.

Then the next morning as I was going to school, my mum slapped my face so hard and told me that if I did not go to school and sort out this girl, (she said size creates fear, it is the size of your heart and not your body that matters) that I was not welcome to come home, at 8 the fear of those words made me take control of that bully, I whacked her so hard, she never treated me like that again and we actually went on to be good friends during our teenage years. To most that would seem cruel, and I really hated my mother for years because of her crazy Scottish mentality but my neighborhood required a no fear philosophy or you will be a victim.

It took me many years to realize how strong she was, the bravery she held being a single mother and the struggles we went through. It is my mother’s weird ways that has allowed me to ‘get over things’ because she constantly told me not to hold on, she said it would burn a hole in my soul, letting go of that major emotional issue changed my life and my mentality so dramatically it is hard to describe.

Go over those experiences of disappointment, ask why you had to go through it, ask what you learned from it, ask how this has created you to grow spiritually and mentally, and once you structure some type of understanding to it then it is not so hard to let go of.

[veronica]

You said that in the case I had lost my pendant than I would had known that it had done it's work. The thing is I wasn't aware that the pendant was doing it's job, it was only after I alreday realised some things that I wasn't aware of. Maybe I don't have to lose it anyway. In each case, I will try to comunicate with the pendant to find out what should I do.

I am aware of my problems,the core of my dissapointments. The problem is that the child within does not want to accept the logical part. I don't know why is that. It is like knowing that you can have a chocolate,but only in a couple of months and not now. I know there is a reason for that, it is only my that my impatience is my greatest enemy. Also,I think I am impatient because I am not satisfied with my current situation,so instead fo trying to accept the present and take the best from it,I am running in the future trying to avoid this.

Thank you for your answers, astrojewels.

[Astrojewels]

Impatience is an enemy to an Aries, I have Aries moon and mars, and impatience has been my enemy for many years, I am still working on personal goals to make it less intense, if you find the answer please tell me!
The child within does not want to accept logic because the sub-conscious has no concept of the future, therefore the pattern of you resolving issues or similar situations that happen in the future are translated through the ‘past’ pattern of judgment.
The conscious mind takes in the occurrence, the sub-conscious automatically sends a message that this is similar to another issue – this is how we resolved it when you were 9, so let’s try it again. Most of us are aware of the problem; it is changing the pattern of resolution that has been established during those early years, a quest entirely uphill.
You have it together, you will get there.