In Crystal Alchemy, conscious crystal usage is of utmost importance. True proficiency and mastery of crystals and gemstones, will only come to one who can remain life sensitive, and aware of the variables present, and changes that occur, in each moment. With internal stillness, the external conditions will speak clearly of themselves, and one will instinctively know the proper conscious response to each occurrence. Intuition will enable correct action, but intuitiveness is only there for the one who maintains the energetic purity of their system to at least some degree.

What exactly is the connection between conscious crystal usage and the Crystal Alchemist? What does it mean to be a conscious user of crystals and gemstones? If a crystal enthusiast buys a gemstone accessory for a certain life enhancement, and then wears it day after day without energetically cleansing it, nor spending any time to observe or test what changes have occurred in the state of their energy since wearing it, can this person be called a Crystal Alchemist? What if someone reads that a crystal has a certain effect, so they put it in their pocket as a habit day after day, and believe it’s working, without experimenting with the variables to test its efficacy? Are they really using their crystal with conscious awareness, or has it become just another habit that they become numb to after a while?

First one needs to be life sensitive, and honestly observe their own cycles of energy to develop awareness of the subtle. Honest attention will show you the conditions as they were before implementing a certain crystal into your practice. Acknowledge that clearly!

Know what you have read about the properties of a certain crystal, but admit to yourself that you don’t know its true yet in your own experience. This will properly highlight the crystal under observation. Acknowledge that clearly!

Then test your crystal by committing to wearing it in cycles of a few days to a week at a time, and then off for the same amount of time. Observe changes in the different variables of your body, mind, emotions, relationships and external life during the two alternating cycles. This will make it clearer and clearer what crystal invokes which type of effect on you. Acknowledge that clearly!

This approach is the gateway to Crystal Alchemy, and requires the alchemist to be fully present and involved in the entire process, without putting things on autopilot. Beliefs are put aside, preconceived thoughts are put aside, and expectations are put aside. We let the direct experience and observation of changing variables speak the plain truth to us. By building one’s conscious experience honestly and in a straightforward manner, alchemy becomes a living process whose roots will penetrate into every aspect of your life. This is the true value of living consciously.