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17 Ways to Enhance Your Sensitivity to Crystals and Gemstones – Part 1
by Eric Justin of OneOriginStarseed
Desensitization in our modern world is the result of excess stimulation on many levels. Our technological progress has enhanced our ways of living in countless ways. But at what price do we pay for this enhancement? It can hardly be denied that we have been rapidly becoming disconnected from our original bond with Mother Earth and Nature. For the Crystal Alchemist, reestablishing our connection with nature and restoring our natural positive sensitivity to life is essential and cannot be overemphasized. Here are 17 core ways to restore our bond with nature and open up to life once again…
The Missing Element
In energetic alchemical practice, either with or without crystals, the basic principle is to refine the energies of the body and mind, and bring them to further and further levels of purification. The more refined and subtle one’s energies become, the more life sensitive and in touch with nature we become.
The word sensitive, often has an unfavorable image attached to it. When the average person in today’s world thinks of sensitivity, they may imagine a person who easily has emotional outbursts or breakdowns, and has a hard time coping in their daily living because of this. This kind of sensitivity is not really desirable, and is a bit different from the natural life sensitivity that someone of spiritual awareness tries to cultivate.
Taking an honest look at the modern world, we can applaud many of the amazing advancements and breakthroughs that have brought us to such futuristic and convenient ways of living. The level of our advancements has reached such heights, that many of us could not have imagined it, even just a short while ago. Convenience and advancements have not come without a price however. Overreliance on our unnatural creations, has brought us to a point where we are rapidly losing our connection with the natural world from which we all come from. Since this connection sustains our physical existence while living here on this planet, to blindly proceed in this direction looks bleak.
The balancing aspect of a rapidly evolving external world, can only be the strengthening and brightening of our internal world. The balanced growth of our external world, can only occur if our internal growth walks with it step by step. For the sake of external advancements, for far too long, we have ignored our life spirit, along with our respect for and connection to our natural environment. This is why when individually we reach a breaking point where our external world loses its meaning in complexity, and we feel lost, the only direction is to turn inward.
The recent resurgence of interest in a natural lifestyle that embraces the old ways and are in touch with nature, is an internal awakening that many of us are drawn to. Attraction to the usage and energetic properties of crystals and gemstones is one such example of this awakening.
How Can I Cultivate Crystal Sensitivity?
Perhaps one of the biggest reasons some individuals are unable to recognize the energetic effects that crystals and gemstones have on us, is that by living in the modern world, where we are constantly bombarded by stimuli of the senses, we have become numb to the subtle phenomena of the natural world that we all come from. Many of us require constantly increasing levels of daily stimulation in order to feel like we are alive. This has resulted in a systematic desensitization of the natural world for us on all levels.
It is no wonder that logic has overcome the magic of a natural life, and that things that were once sacred to us, have been relabeled as pseudoscience or a fantasy. We have put our artificial creations on a pedestal of higher importance than our natural origin. But for those who truly wish to reawaken to the magic of natural living, all is not yet lost. Just as we lost our conscious connection to nature step-by-step, that connection can be reclaimed through conscious living in ways that realigns us and awakens us once again to the wonders of the natural world.
For those of you that feel in your heart the truth of this message, the following 17 methods are for you. By diligently practicing them, your internal world will light up once again, and not only will you become aware of the energetic properties of crystals and gemstones, but your entire worldview could most likely be transformed as you realign yourself with our natural origin. Here are 17 ways to help restore your awareness of the subtle natural phenomena that are alive in each moment. They are in no particular order…
Purify Your Diet
This is a major downfall for many of us. The level of a person’s conscious clarity and intellect, is directly related to their digestive health and the food they eat and drink on a daily basis. Your body is a car for your spirit while living a life on Earth. The quality of fuel one puts into their vehicle, will without a doubt affect its performance and longevity. This cannot be emphasized enough.
A person who has eaten pretty much whatever they want throughout their life, and doesn’t pay attention to the quality and purity of their food, will never realize just how much a poor diet can affect, not only the clarity of their consciousness, and the sharpness of their intellect, but also the quality of their relationships, work efficiency, energy levels, health, life motivation and so on and so on.
By eating clean, healthy, organic food that is as close as possible to its natural state, a person’s life will naturally be enhanced on more levels than they would ever imagine. One whose diet is full of heavily processed, chemically laden, preserved, fried, sugar loaded, meat centered food, will lose a large amount of life sensitivity and become dull in ways that will undermine the level of life sensitivity they have. It does not mean to say you cannot enjoy some junk food here and there, but it is best to make it an exception rather than the rule, and to make the larger scope of one’s diet healthy and natural.
Finding a balance between what one eats and one’s lifestyle, is a major part of the first step of external alchemy. Purification of one’s diet is often a challenging task to undertake which requires a lot of trial and error, attention, and energy, but the reward for successfully finding higher and higher levels of balance is truly great indeed. For one wishing to heighten their level of life sensitivity and increase the potency of their consciousness, purifying the diet is one area that is mandatory and cannot be overlooked.
Expose Yourself to Nature on a Daily Basis
Nature is both the source, and the destination. Anything we wish to achieve or accomplish on this planet, cannot be possible without her backing. We are fooling ourselves if we think otherwise. Once we lose sight of the Mother, our superficial creations that we overly pride ourselves on, will not last very long. Falling from the grace of nature with an abundance of unnatural pursuits and artificial ways of living, is the very origin of every single calamity we have brought upon ourselves over the brief span of time we have inhabited this planet.
Nature contains the original blueprint for all physical life. She updates this blueprint constantly, and it is up to us to keep in touch with her to constantly upgrade to the latest version. It is her living vibration that our physical body needs a constant reminder of, in order for it to continue to function properly and with ease. By simply coming in contact with nature for a bit of time each day, we keep ourselves in-sync and in touch with all the updates required for all of life to continue to cycle in harmony together as a single unit.
For those who live in urban areas without access to larger spans of nature, make the best use you can of nearby parks and trees. Spending time sitting up against a tree or directly on a lawn area could more than suffice for your minimum nature requirements. In your home, keep potted plants around and if possible, maybe start a balcony garden or one in a planter outside your window. Take frequent trips outside of the city to nature areas and spend the night, if possible, in a place where many stars and celestial phenomena can be seen in the night sky. Doing this will serve your body, mind and spirit in ways that extend further than your physical life.
Crystals and gemstones as offshoots of nature, naturally embody the Earth energy they arose from. They exude natural vibrations that can enhance any living space, and add a very needed touch of natural energy to benefit all who live in that dwelling. Keeping crystals and gemstones around you in the places you work, eat, sleep etc., will help contribute greatly to the natural support that many of us lack by living in urban areas. Just make sure to bring your crystals and gemstones back into nature as well every so often, so they also can resync with her vibration.
By having regular physical contact with nature, one’s life sensitivity and health will be greatly enhanced, in addition to further developing one’s intuition. Being in sync with our Earthly Mother means to be enveloped by her grace. One who is in harmony with nature, will realize things in their lives go much more smoothly and their efficiency and energy levels on a day-by-day basis will find more than significant improvement.
Reduce the Number of Crutches You Have
Here, we are not referring to the crutches you may imagine someone using if they break a leg. Crutches used for purposes like that are necessary and justified. By definition, a crutch is anything that we may lean on from time to time when we need to balance ourselves. A crutch can be anything really, just as long as it provides some form of balance for the individual. Examples of things that can used as crutches are food, hobbies, medicine, games, people, substances, music, books, TV, computers etc. But just as when the leg heals, we stop using the crutches, so too should we stop leaning on certain things when they have served their purpose to give us balance in a situation or at a point of time.
On their own, no single one of these things may be inherently bad for you. The problem is we tend to lean on certain crutches in our lives more and more, to the point that if the crutch was ever snatched away from us, we would fall. When we have a large number of crutches propping us up, we increasingly lose our balance, and ultimately, we lose our freedom as we identify with the things that are propping us up. Some crutches in our lives can be obvious to recognize, whereas others may be a bit more difficult. Ultimately, only the individual knows and can judge what the crutches are in their own life.
The goal is that the only crutch one ultimately leans on, is the strength of one’s own spirit. What are you leaning on? How much are you leaning on it? Work to lean a bit less on these things and one’s life sensitivity will for sure increase.
To be continued in Part 2 . . .
Hey everyone… My Name is Eric Justin… I started this blog as a way to help clarify many misunderstandings and misperceptions which have formed around the use of crystals. I aim to promote their positive life-empowering potential in an honest and straightforward way. In addition, I am here to help promote ancient practices of energy cultivation, which can be used by all people to help establish balance and stability in their unending life journey of self-discovery and self-mastery.
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