25REIKI STONES/(1 OF 2)INTRO TO THE 8 SHAPES/(1)CUBIC FEATURED/SEE ALSO #44/RAMONA MOORE

SEE IF YOU CAN IDENTIFY YOUR MOST CLOSELY RELATED PERSONALITY TYPE ACCORDING TO THE SHAPE OF THE STONE. ALSO, OTHER STONE SHAPES WORN FOR A PERIOD OF TIME, CAN HELP CHANGE OUR TENDENCIES. IN OTHER WORDS, IF A PERSON HAS A HARD TIME WITH CHANGE IN THEIR PERSONAL OR WORK LIFE, WEARING A STONE THAT HAS NO PRESET STRUCTURE CAN ALLOW THE PERSON TO STRETCH BEYOND WHAT THEY PREVIOUSLY THOUGHT WAS POSSIBLE.

I AM REFERRING TO THE AMORPHOUS STONES, THAT ARE SOMETIMES CREATED THROUGH CATASTROPHIC MEANS, SUCH AS OBSIDIAN, THAT IS FORMED FROM VOLCANIC LAVA.

MOLDAVITE IS ANOTHER, IT WAS FORMED WHEN A METEORITE SMASHED INTO THE EARTH, ITSELF MELTING WITH THE EARTH TO FORM A (USUALLY) GREEN GLASSY STONE THAT CONTAINS AIR BUBBLES. ANOTHER EXAMPLE IS WHEN LIGHTENING STRIKES THE SAND, CREATING A MELTED HOLLOW TUBE, CALLED A FULGERITE. THESE ARE STONES THAT WERE CREATED INSTANTANEOUSLY, RATHER THAN OVER MILLIONS OF YEARS, SO THEIR ABILITY TO CHANGE OUR PERSONALITY CAN BE FAR FASTER THAN A STONE THAT TOOK MILLIONS OF YEARS TO FORM.

OK..LET'S GET ON WITH THE REST OF THE INTRODUCTION.

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

AUTHOR MICHAEL GIENGER, 'CRYSTAL POWER, CRYSTAL HEALING.'

I WILL BE USING HIS BOOK, AS A REFERENCE, TO EXPLAIN THE DIFFERENT STRUCTURES AND

THE PERSONALITY TYPES THAT CORRESPOND WITH EACH ONE.

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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,

ARE 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.

JUST AS THE TENDENCIES OF OUR PERSONALITIES CAN MIMIC THE TENDENCIES OF THESE SHAPES, WE CAN LEARN TO USE THESE TO OUR ADVANTAGE.

I WILL BE INTRODUCING THE 7 BASIC SHAPES (PLUS THE AMORPHOUS) IN OTHER BLOGS.

THE SEVEN SHAPES ARE:

1) CUBIC

2) HEXAGONAL

3) TRIGONAL

4) TETRAGONAL

5) ORTHORHOMBIC

6) MONOCLINIC

7) TRICLINIC

+AMORPHOUS

GIVING YOU A BRIEF EXPLANATION OF THE CUBIC PERSONALITY/STONE SHAPE IN THIS BLOG SEEMS APPROPRIATE FOR NOW....

LET'S START WITH THE MOST BASIC OF SHAPES, THE CUBE.

CUBIC (CUBE #1) THE CUBIC STYLE PERSON IS MOST COMFORTABLE IN A SECURE, STABLE, PREDICTABLE ENVIRONMENT. THERE IS NOT MUCH ROOM FOR SPONTANIETY OR UNSTRUCTURED TIME SPENT DURING THE EVENTS OF THE DAY. ANYTHING OUT OF THE NORM (EATING AT CERTAIN TIMES) IS MET WITH ANXIETY.

THERE IS A PROPENSITY FOR RIGIDNESS IN ATTITUDE AND A DEGREE OF INFLEXIBILITY THAT CAN BE THE UNDOING OF THE PERSON, ESPECIALLY IN THE MATTERS OF HEALTH, OR LACK THEREOF. (NOT GOING TO A MEDICAL DOCTOR WHEN EXPERIENCING PAIN).

THIS ALSO INVOLVES THE EMOTIONS, AND MENTAL STATES THAT CAN KEEP AN INDIVIDUAL ON A NEVER-ENDING 'HAMSTER-WHEEL' OF BELIEF IN PRECONCEIVED PATTERNS.

THE CUBIC STONE CAN HELP TO BREAK THROUGH PATTERNS OF THOUGHT THAT CAN CREATE ENERGETIC FORMS THAT LODGE IN OUR BODIES AND MINDS.

THESE STONES ARE USED TO LIVING IN A RIGID STRUCTURE THAT IS SEEMINGLY IMPERMEABLE, UNMOVEABLE, AND UNCHANGEABLE.

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ALL STONES CAN HELP TO MOVE ENERGY THAT HAS BEEN STUCK FOR YEARS,

BY REPLACING THEIR OWN ENERGY NEAR OR DIRECTLY ON THE SITE OF IMBALANCE. (PAIN)

THE ENERGY OF PAIN IS DISCORDANT AND CHAOTIC, IT IS EASILY MOVEABLE, AND REMOVABLE ,

IF IT IS GIVEN SUFFICIENT SPACE IN WHICH TO FLOW OUT OF THE BODY.

THERE CAN BE MULTIPLE AREAS OF BLOCKAGE IN THE BODY, THEY MUST BE ADDRESSED INDIVIDUALLY, AND WITH CARE.

BY ALLOWING THE ENERGY OF REIKI TO ENVELOP THE ENERGY OF THE STONE OR STONES, THE MUTUAL FORM OF ENERGY THAT FORMS BETWEEN THE TWO, IS ABLE TO REDIRECT THE ENERGETIC FORM THAT IS HOLDING IT IN PLACE.

THIS IS ALL ABOUT ENERGY, AND WHEN WE UNDERSTAND THE BASIC PRINCIPLES, WE ARE IN CHARGE, NOT THE IMBALANCE. (PAIN)

ONCE WE REALIZE WHAT IS HOLDING THE IMBALANCE IN PLACE, WE CAN THEN BEGIN TO REMOVE IT, BUT NOT UNTIL.

******THE REMOVAL OF THE CAUSE OF THE PAIN IS A REAL POSSIBILITY, IF AND ONLY IF,

------THE PERSON IS WILLING TO ALLOW IT TO LEAVE.*******

THIS IS ONE OF THE MORE IMPORTANT PRINCIPLES OF HEALING--AND REIKI--

WE MUST BE WILLING TO LET GO OF THESE PATTERNS OF THINKING THAT HOLD THESE MIASMS IN PLACE. IT ONLY TAKES THE BELIEF IN THE PRESENCE OF THESE IMBALANCES TO HOLD THE ENERGY IN PLACE, PERMANENTLY.

(1) ONE STONE WILL BE FORMED WITH A CUBIC (SQUARE) INNER STRUCTURE--

CUBIC MINERALS ACTUALLY FORM CUBES AS CRYSTALS

(EXAMPLE: DIAMOND, FLUORITE, PYRITE).

I HAVE EXPLAINED BRIEFLY THE CUBIC'S FORMATION AND INFLUENCE DURING A REIKI TREATMENT IN THIS ARTICLE.

(2) THE HEXAGONAL FORMATION OF STONES ARE SIX-SIDED IN NATURE.

(EXAMPLE: AQUAMARINE, EMERALD, MORGANITE).

INTERESTINGLY ENOUGH, THE SHAPE OF THE HONEY BEE'S CREATION IN THE HIVE IS SIX-SIDED. ISN'T NATURE AMAZING?

I WILL EXPLAIN IN EACH SHAPE'S ARTICLE, THE INDIVIDUAL PROPERTIES OF THE SHAPE'S ABILITY TO AFFECT THE OUTCOME OF THE REIKI TREATMENT, WHEN THEY ARE USED.

(3) OTHERS FORM A TRIANGULAR INNER STRUCTURE--THE TRIGONAL SHAPE.

(EXAMPLE: TOURMALINE)

MANY TRIGONAL STONES CAN ALSO TAKE ON HEXAGONAL QUALITIES ALSO

(EXAMPLE: AMETHYST, ROCK CRYSTAL, CITRINE, SMOKY QUARTZ, RUBY, SAPPHIRE, AND TOURMALINE).

I WILL EXPLAIN IN MORE DETAIL EACH SHAPE'S ARTICLE, THE INDIVIDUAL PROPERTIES THAT CAN AFFECT THE OUTCOME OF THE REIKI TREATMENT, WHEN THEY ARE USED.

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

I WILL EXPLAIN IN EACH SHAPE'S ARTICLE, THE SHAPE'S PROPERTIES THAT CAN AFFECT THE OUTCOME OF THE REIKI TREATMENT, WHEN THEY ARE USED.

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

I WILL EXPLAIN IN EACH SHAPE'S ARTICLE, THE INDIVIDUAL PROPERTIES THAT CAN AFFECT THE OUTCOME OF THE REIKI TREATMENT, IN WHICH THEY ARE USED.

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

I WILL EXPLAIN IN EACH SHAPE'S ARTICLE, THE INDIVIDUAL PROPERTIES THAT CAN AFFECT THE OUTCOME OF THE REIKI TREATMENT IN WHICH THEY ARE USED.

(7) THE TRICLINIC CRYSTAL SYSTEM FORMS IN THE SHAPE OF A TRAPEZIUM--

(EXAMPLE: LABRADORITE, KYANITE, SUNSTONE, TURQUOISE AND RHODONITE).

I WILL EXPLAIN IN EACH SHAPE'S ARTICLE, THE INDIVIDUAL PROPERTIES THAT CAN AFFECT THE OUTCOME OF THE REIKI TREATMENT IN WHICH THEY ARE USED.

*(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.

I WILL EXPLAIN IN EACH SHAPE'S ARTICLE, THE PROPERTIES OF EACH SHAPE'S ABILITY TO AFFECT THE OUTCOME OF THE REIKI TREATMENT IN WHICH THEY ARE USED.

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

NOT COUNTING THE AMORPHOUS VARIETY.

WHEN MAN SHAPES A STONE, EITHER BY A HAND TOOL, OR A MACHINE, THE RESULT MAY BE QUITE DIFFERENT. A STONE THAT IS ONLY BARELY POLISHED ON THE OUTSIDE, WILL EXHIBIT A SIMILAR ENERGETIC FREQUENCY AND WILL BE ABLE TO SEND OUT ITS ENERGY IN ALMOST THE SAME PATTERN AS BEFORE IT WAS ALTERED.

STONES THAT ARE 'FACETED', MEANING MANY SURFACES ARE CREATED TO FORM A CERTAIN SHAPE, AS IN A 'DIAMOND' CUT, OR A 'BRIOLLETTE' CUT, WILL THEN BE ABLE TO EMIT THEIR ENERGY OUTWARD AT EACH ONE OF THE INDIVIDUAL SURFACES EQUALLY.

A STONE THAT IS POLISHED INTO A SPHERE, EMITS ITS ENERGY EQUALLY IN ALL DIRECTIONS.

A STONE THAT IS ROUNDED ON THE TOP, AND FLAT ON THE BACKSIDE, IS KNOWN AS A CABACHON. (PICTURED BELOW). THEY ARE MORE EVEN IN THEIR ENERGY DISTRIBUTION, WITH A SOFTNESS THAT EXHIBITS THEIR ENERGY IN A UNIFORM PATTERN.

WE CAN CHOOSE A STONE FOR THERAPEUTIC REASONS...

EITHER FOR PHYSICAL RESTORATION, EMOTIONAL RELEASING, TO INCREASE OUR ENERGY, OR TO RELAX MORE COMPLETELY.

THOSE WITH SLEEP ISSUES BENEFIT GREATLY WITH A REIKI TREATMENT WITH STONES DURING AND AFTER THE TREATMEN, WHICH WILL ENHANCE THE ABILITY TO SLEEP MORE SOUNDLY.

IN MY FIRST EXPERIENCE WITH STONES, I WORE A FLUORITE (CUBIC) STONE, AND DISCOVERED THAT IT DRAMATICALLY INCREASED MY ABILITY TO FOCUS, ALSO HELPING ME RETAIN INFORMATION.

AFTER EXPERIENCING THAT INCREASED MENTAL FOCUS WHILE WEARING FLUORITE,

I DECIDED TO STUDY THE PROPERTIES OF THE MANY OTHER CRYSTALS, HOW THEY FORMED,

AND HOW THEY AFFECTED THE BODY AND MIND.

FOR A THREE MONTH PERIOD, I DEVOTED ALMOST ALL OF MY TIME READING AND STUDYING ABOUT THE WORLD OF MINERALS, I WAS MESMERIZED.

WEARING EACH STONE FOR 24 HOURS, PUTTING THEM UNDER MY PILLOW, AND DRINKING WATER IN WHICH SINGLE STONES HAD BEEN PLACED FOR HOURS, BECAME MY NEW PROVING GROUND FOR THEIR EFFECTIVENESS. I DISCOVERED NEW PATTERNS THAT I WAS CHANGING, AND ENHANCING OTHER ONES, THE STONES BECAME MY ALLIES IN LIFE, AND CONTINUE TO BE NOW.

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.,

WITH SUCCESS THAT WAS NOT ONLY VISIBLE, IT WAS LASTING.

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 LEARN ABOUT THE DIFFERENT FORMATION SHAPES IN THE UPCOMING ARTICLES.

******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 ENERGETIC BEINGS. MINERALS ARE FORMED THROUGH ENERGY TRANSFERENCE, RETAINING SOME FORMS OF ENERGY (WATER, AIR, FIRE, EARTH), WHILE RELEASING OTHERS DURING THEIR MILLIONS OF YEARS OF FORMING.

THROUGH VOLCANIC UPHEAVALS, EARTHQUAKES, WINDS AND DELUGES OF RAIN, STONES ARE FORMED AND SOMETIMES ERODED INTO SOFT SHAPES. WE CAN BENEFIT BY PLACING THEM ON OURSELVES TO 'ENTRAIN' THE BODY AND MIND, TO REMEMBER THE ALCHEMY OF THE TRANSFORMATION THAT THEY WITHSTOOD TO BECOME THE FORM THEY EXHIBIT TODAY.

THAT WE CAN BE INFLUENCED IN BENEFICIAL WAYS BY HAVING THEM IN OUR ENVIRONMENT,

OR BY WEARING THEM FOR LONG OR BRIEF TIMES, BEFORE, DURING OR AFTER A

REIKI TREATMENT, 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.