a group setting, you will see that usually within seconds of each other, the healers will back away and place their hands into the prayer mode.
Gems are similar. In my own self-healing, after “napping” along with the stones, I will suddenly wake up feeling refreshed. I will know that the energy shift has occurred.
Likewise, when I work on others, sometimes I will feel the energy taper off. In several cases, I have seen some stones literally fall to the ground when they are finished working!
It is truly interesting. I encourage you to experiment for yourself to discover what works best for you.
HOW TO WORK WITH GEMS AND STONES
First, we will discuss how you should work with stones. I discovered a wonderful Cayce reading, which I have split into pieces here because it brings up so many important points about how and why stones work.
Selecting the Right Stone
Q: How will I know when I have found this stone that is most useful for my purposes?
A: When there is found that which is sufficiently clear for the transmission of light and that which may be held in the hand for five to ten minutes and then set aside and listening hear the movements or the vibrations given off from the emanations from self.
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The Cayce readings explain beautifully what I’ve been trying to tell people for years—that to a certain extent, the stone chooses you and not the other way around. You simply have to listen and pay attention to how you feel, and then you will know which one is right for you.
I love shopping for rocks. It’s one of my favorite hobbies. Whenever I am around a bunch of mineral specimens, I am like a kid in a candy store. When I first approach a collection of stones, I reach out to pick one up. When you pick up the first stone to which you are energetically drawn, your soul is talking. On an innate and energetic level, you have connected to that stone for a reason.
And if you’re faced with many choices (as I am), you may often put the first stone aside in favor of another that may be more physically attractive. Don’t do it!
As the Source says in the above reading, give it some time, pick it up, set aside both the first stone you saw and then the more attractive one, and think about which one is actually speaking to you. Invariably, it will be the first piece you selected.
Trust yourself to make the best selection. If you quiet your mind and access your higher self, the right choice will be clear. You might question yourself. “Is this right? Should I get something else?” If possible, go ahead and take both, but if you must pick only one, choose the one that buzzes in your hand or gives you an especially positive feeling.
What about Physical Properties?
Q: Should it be translucent to light?
A: Should be transparent, or sufficient for the light to pass through.
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I found this part of the reading to be extremely exciting. I’ve worked with nearly all of the gems in the mineral kingdom over the years because I can’t stop myself from buying them! Some of the stones are translucent, and some are not. Different stones will bring different feelings to people. In the above section of this reading, Source discusses a translucent stone because light passes through it, intensifying the healing.
Many stones vibrate to notes on a musical scale or to colors in the rainbow spectrum. When light passes through the gem, the healing properties are indeed better utilized by the body.
Clear crystal is especially receptive to light, which we will discuss later in the book. Crystals are powerful to work with because they can be used alongside any other stone to amplify the energy and speed up the healing.
I recommend using clear quartz crystals with any of the physically denser stones so that the light will pass through your piece and enter the stone you want to work with, amplifying the desired effects. Try this combination and watch your results improve!
In combining crystals with other stones, you will be more likely to feel the energy. Not everybody is sensitive to healing energy. Some of you are visual, some are auditory, and others are touchy-feely types. The fact that you cannot feel a stone working for you does not necessarily mean that it isn’t working.
I have perused many readings where Cayce recommended stones for people, and they wrote letters back to him saying they felt more mentally at peace while using the rocks but did not necessarily experience any actual energy from them. That is fine!
Just know and believe that it works. Trust that if you are guided to a stone and actually use it, you will benefit from the energy whether that information is in your conscious awareness or not.
How Do I Use Gemstones?
Q: Should this touch the skin wearing it?
A: To be sure. Usually worn, of course, around the neck or over the body, close to the vibrations from the heart or from the breast itself in its vibrations.
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Again, the Source tells us what I’ve been advising—that yes, the stone should touch your body. The vibrational frequencies of any stone will affect you more if they contact the skin. Nonetheless, wearing them this way for one reason or another is not always possible.
Many of my clients are men who will not be caught dead wearing necklaces or jewelry, so they often carry around tumbled pocket stones in their hands or pockets. Tumbled stones are great because they can be taken out from time to time and rubbed during the day like worry stones. Whether or not you touch the stones physically, they stay in your energy field and positively influence it. Any time a stone is near you, even if it touches cloth, it affects your energy field. If possible, wear stones against your skin and, as mentioned above, over the heart center so that the vibrational benefits will move throughout the entire body.
What Is the Best Place on the
Body to Place or Wear a Stone?
. . . You are used to influence the stone to an effect, either upon those to whom it may be given or to bring for self the ability to aid in its abilities as raising the vibrations for self. Hence would come over this particular portion, or if desired, for the better training of self—held over that portion of the hollow on the left side above what is commonly called the collar bone.
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It is interesting to note that I have spent a lot of time recommending sodalite as a stone to balance the thyroid. The soft area above the collarbone is the ideal place to lay the stone during a healing session on a massage table.
Reading this information from the Source makes me feel more than ever that we can indeed tap into an actual consciousness in the world of gem healing. Gemstones contain wisdom and healing that surpasses our conscious awareness.
Is One Setting Better than Another?
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