44REIKI STONES/INTRO TO THE 8 SHAPES/(2 OF 2)SEE #25 ALSO/RAMONA MOORE

"A CRYSTAL IS A SOLID BODY WITH A GEOMETRICALLY REGULAR SHAPE"

MICHAEL GIENGER, CRYSTAL POWER, CRYSTAL HEALING.

THROUGHOUT THE AGES, PEOPLE HAVE NOTICED THAT MINERALS AND PRECIOUS STONES DISPLAY CONSPICUOUS AND FASCINATINGLY REGULAR SHAPES AND FORMS IN THEIR NATURALLY GROWN STATE.

IT WAS DISCOVERED THAT THERE WAS SOME INHERENT PROPERTY THAT WOULD CAUSE THE MINERAL TO TAKE ON A CERTAIN SHAPE--WHAT ALL GEOLOGISTS KNOW,

IS --ENVIRONMENTAL FACTORS--

JUST AS WE ARE SHAPED BY OUR 'ENVIRONMENT',

WHETHER BY OUR EXPERIENCES IN THE WOMB

OR THE WORLD AFTER EMERGING FROM THAT PROTECTED SPACE.

STONES ARE FORMED IN VARYING GEOMETRIC PATTERNS.

(1) THE MOST BASIC STONE WILL BE FORMED WITH A CUBIC (SQUARE) INNER STRUCTURE--

CUBIC MINERALS ACTUALLY FORM CUBES AS CRYSTALS (EXAMPLE: DIAMOND, FLUORITE, PYRITE).

(2) ANOTHER CAN BE FORMED AS A SIX-SIDED STRUCTURE, REFERRED TO AS HEXAGONAL--

(EXAMPLE: AQUAMARINE, EMERALD, MORGANITE).

(3) OTHERS FORM A TRIANGULAR INNER STRUCTURE, CALLED TRIGONAL-

(EXAMPLE: TOURMALINE) MANY TRIGONAL STONES CAN ALSO TAKE ON HEXAGONAL QUALITIES ALSO (EXAMPLE: AMETHYST, ROCK CRYSTAL, CITRINE, SMOKY QUARTZ, RUBY, SAPPHIRE, AND TOURMALINE).

(4) THE TETRAGONAL CRYSTAL SYSTEM INCLUDES ALL CRYSTALS WITH A RECTANGULAR INNER STRUCTURE. (EXAMPLE: ZIRCON, RUTILE, AND APOPHYLLITE).

(5) THE ORTHO-RHOMBIC (DIAMOND SHAPE) CRYSTALS FORM RHOMBIC SHAPED CRYSTALS--(EXAMPLE: PERIDOT AND TOPAZ).

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6) THE MONOCLINIC CRYSTALS FORM IN A PARALLEL-OGRAM SHAPE (AT AN INCLINED ANGLE) --(EXAMPLE: MOONSTONE, SELENITE, AZURITE, JADE, NEPHRITE, KUNZITE, MALACHITE, LEPIDOLITE).

(7) THE TRICLINIC CRYSTAL SYSTEM FORMS IN THE SHAPE OF A TRAPEZIUM--(EXAMPLE: LABRADORITE, KYANITE, SUNSTONE, TURQUOISE AND RHODONITE).

*(8)* THE AMORPHOUS STRUCTURE (MY FAVORITE) HAS NO INNER STRUCTURE, AS THEY ARE FORMED FROM CONDITIONS THAT ARE VERY EXTRAORDINARY.

THE REASON FOR THIS, IS IN THEIR TOO RAPID CREATION, SUCH AS IN THE CASE OF MOLDAVITE AND OBSIDIAN, WHERE THERE WAS NO TIME FOR CRYSTALS TO BE FORMED, OR BECAUSE TOO MANY SUBSTANCES ARE MINGLED TOGETHER, SUCH AS OPAL AND AMBER.

AS THERE ARE ONLY 7 CRYSTAL SYSTEMS IN THE WHOLE WORLD--

NOT COUNTING THE AMORPHOUS VARIETY---

SURELY THERE MUST BE SOME SIGNIFICANCE TO THIS ANOMALY--

BUT IT DEFINITELY SIMPLIFIES MATTERS WHEN WE NEED TO CHOOSE A STONE

FOR THERAPEUTIC REASONS...EITHER FOR PHYSICAL RESTORATION, EMOTIONAL RELEASING, OR JUST TO RELAX MORE COMPLETELY. THOSE WITH SLEEP ISSUES BENEFIT GREATLY WITH A REIKI TREATMENT.

IN MY EXPERIENCES WITH WEARING STONES, I NOTICED AN INCREASE IN MY ABILITY TO CONCENTRATE WHEN I WORE FLUORITE (CUBIC)...

AFTER LEARNING THAT IT INFLUENCES MENTAL FOCUS,

I BECAME CURIOUS AS TO THE PROPERTIES OF MANY OTHER CRYSTALS AND HOW THEY WERE FORMED,

AND HOW THEY AFFECTED THE BODY, AND MIND.

I BEGAN TO EXPERIENCE CHANGES IN MANY OF MY BODY SYSTEMS AS I BEGAN TO EXPERIMENT WITH DIFFERENT STONES DURING REIKI TREATMENTS ON MYSELF FIRST, THEN ON OTHERS.

IT WAS QUITE A LEARNING EXPERIENCE WHEN HEARING THAT MANY OF MY CLIENTS CONTINUED TO WEAR THE PARTICULAR STONES THAT I HAD USED DURING THEIR TREATMENT, AS IT WAS ENCOURAGING THEIR BODIES TO 'ALIGN' WITH THE STONES' CRYSTAL SYSTEM OF FORMATION. YOU WILL BEGIN TO SEE WHAT THIS MEANS, AND WHY.

******AS WE KNOW REALITY IS SUBJECTIVE, WE CAN ASSUME THAT IT IS ONLY IN PERSONAL EXPERIENCE THAT WE EITHER BELIEVE IN SOMETHING, OR IT IS MERELY THEORETICAL.*****

AFTER REPEATEDLY EXPERIENCING MANY DIFFERENT STONES IN EITHER RAW OR POLISHED FORMS, WHETHER DURING THE REIKI TREATMENTS, OR AFTER, I CAME TO THE CONCLUSION THAT WE ARE VERY SUSCEPTIBLE TO SUGGESTION, AND ENERGY FORMS--OF WHICH STONES AND MINERALS CONTAIN.

THAT WE CAN BE INFLUENCED IN BENEFICIAL WAYS BY HAVING THEM IN OUR ENVIRONMENT, OR BY WEARING THEM FOR LONG OR BRIEF TIMES,

BECAME A REALITY FOR ME.

I HOPE IT WILL FOR YOU ALSO.

****THE WORD 'LIFESTYLE' BECAME A KEYWORD FOR THE DIFFERENT ARCHETYPAL FOUNDATIONS WITH WHICH I RELATED TO MOST TYPES OF INDIVIDUALS******

AS I WAS WORKING WITH A REIKI CLIENT THAT WANTED TO LOSE A LOT OF WEIGHT AND HAD VERY PERSISTENT IMPULSE ISSUES--

I FOUND THAT USING A STONE WITH A CUBIC FORMATION WAS USEFUL IN BEGINNING THE PROCESS OF BREAKING UP MENTAL PATTERNS THAT WERE MANIFESTING AS PHYSICAL PATTERNS---- THAT WERE VERY RESISTANT TO 'GETTING IN LINE' WITH THE REST OF THEIR NATURAL BALANCE ---THAT BEGAN TO ERODE AS A RESULT OF CHILDHOOD TRAUMA. AFTER JUST A FEW REIKI TREATMENTS WITH FLUORITE (CUBIC) CRYSTALS, THE CLIENT NOT ONLY BEGAN TO LOSE WEIGHT, BUT LOST A SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT WEIGHT FOR HER NATURAL STATE OF BALANCE--- TO THIS DAY SHE CONTINUES TO WEAR FLUORITE DAILY TO HELP KEEP HER MENTAL FOCUS.

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***IT IS OUR MENTAL/EMOTIONAL STATE---

---------THAT WILL DETERMINE OUR PHYSICAL TENDENCIES***

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INTERESTINGLY ENOUGH, IT IS THE AMORPHOUS STRUCTURE STONES (MOLDAVITE, AMBER) THAT I HAVE FOUND USEFUL FOR THE NORMALLY 'CUBIC LIFESTYLE'-- TO LEARN TO RELEASE THE NEED FOR PERFECTION,

OR TO ALWAYS BE 'SOCIETALLY CORRECT'.

THEY HELP BREAK UP PATTERNS OF RIGID THINKING, OF THE OVER-ANALYTICAL, AND OVERLY JUDGEMENTAL LIFESTYLE.

FOR THOSE WHO PLACE OTHERS' OPINIONS ABOVE THEIR OWN, THE CUBIC STONES GAVE THEM BACK A SENSE OF SELF-ESTEEM THAT WAS NOT DEPENDENT ON OTHERS' APPROVAL. THEIR NEED FOR PLACING SOME MUCH NEEDED BOUNDARIES FOR PROVIDING A SENSE OF SELF-PROTECTION WAS GIVEN A MAJOR BOOST WITH THE PLACEMENT OF CUBIC STONES -- BEFORE AND AFTER THE REIKI TREATMENT.

NOT ALLOWING OURSELVES A NEW WAY OF LOOKING AT THINGS, OF A NEW PERSPECTIVE--IS TYPICALLY A CUBIC LIFESTYLE'S HABITUAL WAY OF GOING THROUGH THIS WORLD.

THE LIFESTYLE OF ANYONE WHO DESIRES MORE STRUCTURE, AND THE FORMATIONS OF HEALTHY BOUNDARIES, CAN BE BENEFITED BY WEARING CUBIC-STRUCTURED STONES.

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I WILL BREAK UP THE REST OF THESE 8 LIFESTYLES IN MORE CHAPTERS TO COME--YOU CAN SEE THE CORRELATION OF THE DIFFERENT STONES' FORMATIONS--AND HOW WEARING THEM DURING AND AFTER THE REIKI TREATMENT IS CONDUCIVE TO A MORE IN-DEPTH RESULT--IN MIND AND BODY BALANCE.