CRYSTALS: Pointing In or Out

QUESTION: Hi Sheila, I just read that in a healing grid you should have the six quartz points pointing away from the center pyramid crystal. It said that it sends the energy from the center crystal (I use a pyramid) out to the Universe. Which way is the best?

ANSWER: Hi, thanks for your question. Which way you should point your crystals depends on what you want to do with them. If you are wanting to release energy from your aura to the universe, you will point your crystals away from your body. If you want to absorb positive energy from the universe, as enhanced by the crystals, you will point them towards you!

CRYSTALS: Clarity & Courage

QUESTION: Hi Sheila! A belated congratulations on your one year anniversary! I have a crystal question or am looking for crystal advice i guess :) Lately i've been very stressed out and overwhelmed with work and feeling depressed, maybe because of all the stress, and feel kind of like i'm questioning everything in life, where i am, if this is the job i want, regrets about what i haven't done with my life...wanting to change and express myself but feeling "stuck" inside of myself or unsure how to express myself. Feeling kind of lost and like i'm drifting. Maybe it's all a result of the stress of work, but i feel like i can't even think straight. Are there certain crystals that would be good to help with clarity and self expression and knowing yourself? Also overcoming fear and helping to just be yourself i guess? If you have any thoughts i'd love to know if you have any ideas. I hope you are doing well and enjoying your summer! I really like the new site you and your family have :)

ANSWER: Hi dear friend, thanks for your email. It was actually only our one month anniversary of our social network! It does seem like a year though with all of the positive activity!

I was "sleeping" on your question last night and this is what came to me...It's best if you start a one month ritual like I did with the money multiplier practice. This way it will help you to focus and really ingrain the crystal energies and affirmations into your body. I "saw" you lying down with a piece of Fluorite Crystal on your Third Eye (right at your forehead), Quartz points or just one piece of Quartz at your Crown (right above your head), holding Bloodstone crystals in your hands and wearing or placing a piece of Tigers Eye at your Heart.

Fluorite is for focus and concentrating. It has a very organized and collected energy, which you need right now for your Mental Chakra, which sounds like it is in chaos. Chaotic energy leaves you feeling confused, stressed and frustrated because you can not find a way to zero in on the solution to your problems. Quartz is an energy enhancer and working with Quartz at your Crown Chakra will help to connect you to your path in this universe. Our paths are clearly laid out, but as earthly humans, we allow mundane things to distract us and make our paths a blur...

I would suggest a Fluorite Slab or any flat Fluorite that you can place on your forehead comfortably. For Quartz, I really see you working with pointed crystals, with the points pointed towards your body, allowing the universal energy to flow into your aura.

Bloodstone is a stone of courage and sacrifice. This crystal often sacrifices its own colors to its patients, so you may see a change in color if you are really lacking in this energy. It is also a great circulator of blood, detoxifying your body and organs. I see you holding Bloodstone balls or eggs in your hands. If not, you can even use small tumbled pieces, but as usual, the bigger the better. Meaning as big as you can get without it being cumbersome.

Tigers Eye is another stone of courage and confidence. It is also a great business crystal, so if you're working with problems having to do with your job, this is a great on in allowing you to come to terms with what you really want to do and then giving you this confident energy to make it happen. When doing this layout, you can have a piece of Tigers Eye on your Heart, but I also recommend wearing some Tigers Eye jewelry during the day if possible. If not, then keeping a piece in your pocket to hold when you need to.

And, of course, you will first clean, charge and program all of these crystals before use. Set a start date and commit yourself to practicing this maybe 2-5 minutes each day with a strong positive affirmation. For example, you could say "Thank you for giving me clarity of mind and the confidence to pursue my dreams" You would, of course, alter the affirmation to whatever makes sense to you. Keep repeating it mentally or out loud. You can even make other positive affirmations as you go along. Intuition will take over. Every practice session will be different. You could even start a blog on your practice. That is what helped keep me motivated on my money multiplier practice, knowing that others were waiting to hear how and what I did each day. If you don't have a blog, you can start one right on your satincrystals.ning.com profile, where there are plenty of others interested in your success!

If you have further questions, I'm happy to answer them for you!

Sheila :)

CRYSTALS: Sore Throat

I have had this annoying cough all week. And as things go, sometimes I don't actively pursue a healing regimen, figuring my body will take care of curing itself and being generally distracted by other pursuits.

Finally, last night, my throat became sore, so I picked up and programmed a raw Quartz point to heal my sore throat. I held the faceted point towards my throat and allowed the energy of the Master Healer crystal to do its work.

Quartz is a great crystal in correcting the source of misalignment in our auras. I could actually feel a rush of energy flowing from the crystal to my throat. I may have imagined it, but this is where you must always start, TRUST in what you're feeling.

After five minutes of holding this crystal in place, I put it back down, not expecting to feel anything. Gradually a warm, tingly sensation developed and swirled in my throat. I felt like I had just taken a cough drop, the way the chemeicals feels when they are curing a sore throat. I was mildly amazed of the similarity of Quartz to a Cough Drop.

This sensation lasted a good few minutes, and I knew that I was on the road to returning to a perfectly balanced Throat Chakra.