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Mantra: OM Nama Shivaya

• Om – Before creation, there was a void where no vibration existed. Out of this void came the vibration known as the sound of creation – OM.
• Namah- This literally translates as: to bow.
• Shivaya- This is Shiva, but it also means the Inner Self.

The mantra means: I bow to the Inner Self.

So you can use an additional intention when you chant it, if you are drawn to do so – you can intend for the sound to connect you to your Inner Self or your Inner Guru on a new level. It is much better to form a deep and abiding connection to this part of you rather than always look for wisdom and knowledge form an outside source.

There is a visualisation you can add while chanting – as you repeat the mantra, you can visualize yourself bowing to your true Inner Self, honouring them.

To Chant the Mantra

Please ground firmly before you start to chant because it will take you upwards very, very quickly!!! Also, sit with your spine straight so the energy can move freely in your system

Pronounciation: OM   na ma   shee vi ee ah

Direct the sound to resonate: the front of the midbrain/eyes with the intention of connecting to universal consciousness

Set your intention, take a breath and make your sound – doing any version of the mantra that appeals to you.

If you are guided to so, intend for the sound to resonate the brow chakra or even the crown as the mantra is a connection to the universal consciousness.

But, in the end, just do whatever feels right for you when you start to chant.

You might like to try all three and see how they all feel and work with the one that resonates the most with you. It is said to bestow deep spiritual experiences

You can also find versions of the chant on youtube if you feel you want to chant along with someone else rather than just do it on your own. Just find a version that you like and give it a go.

If you would like further information, can I recommend this article:

The Energetic Field of Om Namah Shivaya by Rodney Birney MD

https://www.scienceandnonduality.com/conversations/the-energetic-field-of-om-namah-shivaya/

This is my favourite quote from it: “The chant Om Namah Shivaya is a love song, to ourselves. A love song we sing to our own deepest inner nature. In this song we recognize that we are the source, like a hologram, a piece of god that also represents the whole. In the Siddha yoga lineage (from which this chant comes) it is considered to be the king of all mantras. The intelligent field of conscious energy of which the universe is made, and concentrates into the dense form we know of as matter, is represented by the god Shiva. Shiva is the totality.”

Have fun!

Bright Blessings!

Gailx

info@crystaldragongail.com

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Equinox is the mid-point between summer and winter solstice, the point of full change from the outward cycle of growth in the light into the internal cycle of growth in the dark….

And both light and dark must be honoured in your life. If nothing else, you have to embrace the fact that without the dark, there would be no way to see the light.

And, of course, without the light there is no way to see the dark. Both are needed in our lives… at all times.

But some people just do not like the dark and think it is a bad thing. It just is… and it is the thoughts and judgements you have about the dark – in all its many forms – that make it good or bad. Without being held safely in the earth – in the dark – the seed never germinates and it cannot appear in the spring full of new life and new possibilities at the start of the next outward cycle of growth. We need the dark… so maybe it is time for you to start changing your attitude towards it.

Here is a meditation you can use to bring night and day into your energy system – the physical representations of light and dark. You can use a crystal if you want to – any base chakra stone, placed on this part of your energy system will be fine. Or if you want to change your perception of the dark, you can always place a stone at the brow chakra. The best stone would always be sodalite – the stone of inspiration.

• Ground firmly, and, if you want, call in helpers and guides to support you as you work.
• Find a rhythm with your breath. A good thing to do it breathe in for four, pause. Breathe out for six, pause. Making your out breath longer than your in breath is a physiological trigger for the body. It helps your body relax.
• So now set the intention that you want to breathe in the energy of the night. Visualise the night, starting at dusk. See the way the light changes, gradually fading away from dusk to full night. Hear creatures leaving, or arriving if they embrace the night – badger is always a good totem for any night journey. You may want to call him in.
• Whatever you do – feel the stillness and the peacefulness that always comes at the end of the day, though you are probably usually way too busy or way too tired to appreciate it. You may not even notice because electricity has taken away this precious time of day. There is no transition from dusk to night any more, no light fading into warm, welcoming darkness. The light changes in the blink of an eye from light to dark when you flick a switch. Your body has no time to prepare for the change. It is simply plunged from one into the other. Maybe it’s time for you to honour the dark and the fact that it is the appropriate time for your body to rest and recuperate. Embrace it – give your body what it needs at this time… breathe in the night.
• Fill your body with this energy and, once your body is overflowing with this energy, start to breathe it in to the base chakra until that if full as well.
• Stay in this energy for as long as you want to.
• Now focus on the darkness in your base chakra… dark always turns to light. Night and day represent this. It is shown to you every single day. You probably never even think about it but it always happens. It has to! So now intend to turn the dark in your base chakra and your body into light. Do what the Earth does every single day, release the dark and let it transmute into light, let it become light. That’s what it does… every day… right in front of you!
• Set the intention to release the darkness you have taken in as well as release any dark energy you have stored in your body and your chakra system. Do it on your out breath and let it float away – with ease and grace. Also watch how the dark turns to light and send this transformed energy out into the world as a blessing to any who are in need of a blessing at this time.
• When all the dark energy has been released, it is time to breathe in the light… and breathe it into your crown chakra to balance your energy system after breathing into the base.
• Visualise the day, starting at dawn and see the light gradually returning until it is blindingly bright. See the way the light changes, growing and growing. Hear creatures leaving, or arriving if they embrace the day. Feel the energy of new beginnings, new possibilities that always comes at sunrise, though, of course, you are probably still way too busy or way too tired to appreciate it, even before your busy day starts.
• Just breathe the energy in, allowing it to replenish you on all levels. Let it fill you, flowing down to your solar plexus, which is the place where you hold the energy of fire… solar power and the energy of the sun live here because of that. Breathe it in and let it energise you, flowing to every part of your body.
• After a while, let the endless cycle continue and see or sense the light fading again, bringing darkness and greet it happily, honour it for what it does in your life, for the comfort it can bring and let it go down into your base chakra as before.
• Then repeat the process of breathing the darkness out once it has transformed into light as many times as you like.

If you discover any parts of your Four Body System that are holding darkness in a detrimental way, a way that limits you, or stunts your spiritual growth for any reason, pause in the cycle shown above and just breathe light in to the place where you found the blockage and breathe out the dark, the negativity. Just continue until you feel the blockage has cleared and go back to the cycle of breath allowing you to shift effortlessly between the light and the dark.

And don’t forget to honour all the things you judge as dark or bad in your life. They have made you what you are today.

Seriously, all the horrible experiences you have had throughout your many, many lifetimes (and that is not a typo – I really do mean lifetimes!) have allowed you to grow, to release a less than consciousness and embrace a more than consciousness. They have helped you to let go of hate and fear and embrace love – which is, after all, the greatest healing modality of all.

Without the dark, you simply would not be you. You would not have been able to discover all your gifts and talents, your strengths and, of course, your many weakness. We all have them!

And I want you to be very clear on this – embracing your vulnerabilities, not to mention all the things that make you feel vulnerable, is a powerful thing to do and it makes you a blessing to all on the earthplane. You show other people that it is a powerful thing to do, not a weak thing, and it allows them to do it as well. It enables them to grow and reach their full potential. This is a huge gift, and you are giving it away simply by moving forward on your journey. You hold the next level of wholeness for all the people behind you, allowing them access to it, and there will be someone ahead of you, doing exactly the same for you. How fab is that? Time to be proud and grateful…

So, find some time this weekend to welcome the light and the dark at equinox time, embracing both… and get ready to move fully into the inward cycle of growth ahead of us. At winter solstice you should be planting the seeds you want to germinate at springtime. What will that be for you… time to start thinking about it now! What do you want to magically appear in your life at Imbolc? Nothing will grow if you don’t plant that seed…

Bright Blessings

Gailx

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Equinox is almost here and the nearer we get, the more all the aspects of our life that are out of balance are being highlighted in a big way. The planet holds the energy of balance in a huge and very physical way when we have twelve hours of light and twelve hours of darkness and we cannot help but respond to this. The vibration of the quality of balance becomes so large and intense that it simply has to affect us in many, many different ways, depending on where we are on our journey towards wholeness. And we can take advantage of this by watching what comes up during the run up to the festival.

You can bring balance into your life in lots of ways. It’s different for everyone. We all lead very different lives, but if you want to use a crystal to help you with this quality and use its energy to discover where you are out of balance, where you benefit from more balance… or just to understand the quality in a new and deeper way and how your life would be if you embraced it on all levels…here are some recommendations:

CITRINE:  If you are out of balance due to an excess of negative energy in your life – the easiest and fastest way to deal with it is to use citrine, with the intention of using the high frequency vibration of the stone to transmute the negativity. It will clear absolutely anything. However, please be aware that you can clear as much rubbish as you like with this stone, but unless you investigate why you are generating it in the first place (ie what thought or behaviour patterns is triggering the negativity) and stop doing it – you will be using citrine forever and a day. Being responsible is the only way to bring lasting balance into your life and owning up to what you are doing to shoot yourself in the foot is the only real way to do it.

CALCITE:  To me Calcite is affectionately known as the feel the fear and do it anyway stone! It helps you move on by facing and overcoming your fear – orange calcite is enormously helpful if you have issues in your sacral area around self-love and self-respect. You can just use it in that chakra and let it work its magic. It is simply astonishing.

However, green calcite is seriously useful because when you sit with it, ask for its help and work with it with an open mind and an open heart, it will help you identify and release any old out-dated beliefs and ideas that are not working for you anymore. All you have to do then is decide how much you really want to get better and move on and start the release process in the most appropriate way for you.

It is ridiculously simply to work with green calcite. All you have to do is place the stone at the heart chakra and set the intention to breathe the balancing and calming energy in to your body through the chakra and just allow the soothing vibration fill the whole of your body, creating a safe space for you to work. Once you have attuned to the energy of the stone:

• Ask your calcite to show you what is keeping you out of balance or you can choose a card to find this out and get a heads start, going straight the next part.
• When you have an identified what thought or behaviour pattern you are working with, think about how it creates a pattern in your life and ask to be shown how this pattern affects you on all levels. Now consider and really, seriously own why it is no longer welcome in your life.
• Now ask the calcite to flow to every part of your body which has stored negative energy related to this thought or behaviour pattern. It could be in many places and then see or sense the crystal’s energy flow all around the pattern, the places where it is stored and slowly dissolve it until absolutely nothing is left.
• Now decide what thought or behaviour pattern you would like to put in the place of the old one and take a few moments to really visualise what your life will be like when you embrace this new way of thinking or behaving. See how it will change your life for the better.

Some blockages can be cleared in one session, other more deep-seated ones, may take several sessions with your lovely calcite. Just keep repeating the exercise until you feel you have cleared the energy and move on to the next thing you need to clear from your system. Please don’t try and do everything at once. You can use the technique as often as you like.

TURQUOISE: The keyword for this stone is wholeness which in effect is balance by any other name… if you are whole you are in a state of balance. So sit with the stone and ask it to show you what things in your life prevent you from being whole on all levels – physical, mental, emotional and spiritual… and then journey with your turquoise and see where it takes you. One of the many beneficial things it does (with a clear intention) is to allow you to see the true causes of happiness and unhappiness in your life, and it helps you to sort it all out.

CHRYSOCOLLA: This is one of my very favourite stones. It can do so many things it would need a blog all of its own. But in relation to balance … when you sit with it and ask for its help, it will take you into a deep state of meditation and relaxation and help you see or sense what you need to do to re-align the body, the mind and the emotions. Then when you have acted on the information received, this has the knock on affect of increasing your self-awareness and self-confidence. It also enhances your personal power. I mean, seriously, what is not to like about that? And – another useful hint for working with chrysocolla – its greatest potential for healing is at the sacral chakra whatever is going on in your life.

PETRIFIED WOOD: The key words for this stone are new beginnings… it’s lovely to work with and the best way is just to place it between your feet if you are sitting (or just below your feet if you are lying down) and ask it to help you. It will do this by gently grounding you and pulling any excess mental energy down from your head, moving it through your body and into the ground. It is extremely effective for clearing your mind and that brings balance because it is usually the thoughts inside your head that cause all the imbalances in your life. Once you have identified the thoughts that are upsetting you, the stone will help you find balance and stillness. Wonderful!

SNOWFLAKE OBSIDIAN: This stone is associated with balance because it contains both black and white – light and dark. Perfect for equinox! It will, when used with intention, balance the yin and yang energies in your physical body. It does this when you place it at your base chakra and also, when used here, it will help you change your thoughts from limiting to encouraging. Quite how it does this differs from person to person, depending on what thoughts need to be cleared and how limiting they are in the first place. But if you are determined to clear them and bring about this type of change, snowflake obsidian is the crystal for you! However, obsidian never takes any prisoners. It is a powerful stone and it will show you your dark side, highlighting very clearly what needs to be changed to bring balance into your life. It could be an intense clearing process with this stone, so if you do not feel up to it, start with one of the other more gentle stones to begin with.

Of course, all crystals will in some way or other bring you into balance because they are holistic healers. But the ones mentioned above are just good for working with in the equinox energy.

Good luck!

Bright Blessings!

Gailx

info@crystaldragongail.com

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“If you accept a limiting belief, then it will become a truth for you.”

Louise Hay

How true is that statement?

The question is – do you want it to become true for you… on any level at all?

Crystals are an astonishing tool which you can use to help you look at the thoughts you have inside your head, especially the repetitive ones, not to mention the seriously negative ones.  No one is immune to this. We all have them. But what you need to realise and fully appreciate is the fact that they are harmful and you have to really own the idea that it is only you thinking them. No one ever forces you to have a thought, or to keep thinking it.. over and over again. It’s all down to you.

What you have to decide when you start to work on this level is – are you controlling your mind? Or is your mind controlling you? The answer is usually quite obvious when you start to look at what is really happening inside your head.

I would always start with fluorite which will calm you on all levels, as well as ground you, so you feel safe while you look at what you are doing to yourself. Really, in some cases – you are abusing yourself – mentally and emotionally by keeping some thoughts inside your head… and you need to stop!

One of the best crystals to work with when you do a life review like this is Lapis Lazuli. They key words for this crystal is self-knowledge… and that’s what you really need. If you know yourself, you will start to understand why you are thinking and behaving in certain ways. It will allow you to see the patterns you create in your life and learn to stop them repeating over and over again. It will also help you clear them because, as an added bonus, Lapis lazuli is also a deeply cleansing crystal.

One way of working with the stone is just to place it on the brown chakra and lay quietly while you observe what happens inside your head. Sometimes it’s a revelation when you work on such a conscious level with a powerful stone. But whatever you learn – even the bad stuff – is always information you can use to grow and expand into a new wonderful version of you!

When you have started to become aware of any thought or behaviour patterns which are not very helpful to you, you can ask the Lapis to clear the energy of the thoughts from your head… not to mention all the places it is stored in your physical body and subtle bodies. Then just lie quietly and let the stone work. Breathe the energy in through the brow chakra and let it spread out to fill the rest of your body. If you are drawn to place it on another chakra, or a specific part of your body, just go for it. Any stored negative energy you can clear from any part of your Four Body System will always be beneficial.

When you get the sense the Lapis has finished the cleansing process, you can also ask for the reasons (or root causes) of any of the thoughts that you found to slowly and gently rise to the surface of your mind, so you can start the process of healing and changing on a much deeper level. You can still use Lapis when you find out what needs to be done, but if you are drawn to use another crystal – just go for it!!! You will always know what is the very best thing to do for you.

Time to start actually believing that!

Clear Quartz brings clarity to the mind, so you might want to consider working with this stone and your Lapis.

Other crystals that you might find useful to work with – in any combination – are:

Citrine – this transmutes any negative energy it into positive energy and this stone is incredibly good at doing this!! This process will be enormously helpful to start the clearing process, but it will only change negative into positive. It will not actually help you stop generating the negativity if you do not take a long hard look at what you are doing to create it in the first place. It gives you a good place to start, though.

Aquamarine – this crystal emits the frequency of peace. So it is useful if you want to stay calm and relaxed while you work. This will, of course, ensure that any anxiety or tension generated when the negative thought patterns start to rise to the surface of your mind won’t be so challenging for you.

Malachite – at the solar plexus while you are working will be seriously helpful. It acts like a hoover (when used with intention) and it will suck out any negative emotional energy that surfaces in this chakra while you are working. It is much easier than having to deal with it!

One last crystal which is good to use for any type of clearing work is Black Tourmaline. Not the prettiest of stones, I’ll grant you, but it is both powerful and effective… and, really, everyone should have a piece!! Not only is it excellent for grounding – it can actually activate grounding between the base chakra and the centre of the earth when used with the right intention – but it is a protective stone, so it will help you feel safe and secure while you focus on releasing any negativity in your system. It will also keep you safe and secure – what more could you ask of a crystal?

Also, as it is a stone of purification, if you have a piece of Black Tourmaline, it is rather like having a sponge that will soak up all the negative energy it finds in your Four Body System! Specifically, though, it will clear the emotional body of negative thoughts, anxiety, anger and feelings of unworthiness. Used with this particular intention it is extremely powerful.

So, as you can see, Black Tourmaline is always handy to have around…. well, as long as you actually use it! Looking at it and admiring all the fabulous ways it can help you won’t be as useful to you! Though if you have it near you at night, it will help you sleep. It is truly wonderful at multi-tasking, this stone!

And, as a bonus, it can align all your chakras when you have finished working – as long as you ask, of course!

So, is it time for you to start looking for any limiting beliefs you might have lurking in the dark corners of your mind? I think so! If they are left there, they will only create a life that you don’t actually want, and, seriously, why would you want to do that?

If you are not used to working with crystals, you can use a Reiki II symbol to help you with this. The mental/emotional healing symbol will work in exactly the same way as the Lapis if drawn or visualized at the brow and used with the same intention.

HSZSN also works extremely well on the brow chakra when you are clearing your mind. It is, after all, far more than just a distant healing symbol.

Although there are many other healing energies available on the earthplane right now, and all of them are fabulous, in my opinion, Reiki is still the best tool for self-development on the planet, especially if you are only just starting out. Think about that…. and see if it appeals to you! It will certainly, without a doubt, help you on your journey towards wholeness!

But, in the end, whatever you decide to do – as long as you end up controlling your mind rather than just let it control you – is just great! Just go for the thing that works best for you and run with it!

Bright Blessings

Gailx

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I know I have written about labradorite before, but as we approach equinox and the energy of balance is heading towards us like the proverbial freight train, it is always handy to be reminded of something that can help you come into alignment with this particular quality and the frequency it holds.

Re-balancing is always important in autumn (and, of course, spring, when there is another equinox). It is the foundation for all the internal work we need to do as the dark times approach, so we are ready to do all our internal work over the winter. That is what will allow us to bounce back next spring. The time for outward growth is coming to an end at this time of year and we should start planting the seeds for what we want to grow in our lives during the following year.

If you use labradoite to keep your Four Body System clear, it will mean you are more likely to achieve balance… or less likely to resist once we are fully inside the energetic window created by twelve hours of light and twelve hours of darkness… true balance – on a physical level. So this is why the other three – mental, emotional and spiritual are compelled to change as well. Energy always seeks to balance itself. At the end of the day, it will always come back to physics!

So why not take advantage of this time of year to bring the quality of balance into your life in a very real and potent way? Mother Earth is providing the energy and holding it for us as a gift – wouldn’t it be rather rude if we refused it?

So how can labradorite help you:

• If you place a piece at your crown chakra it will align the physical and energetic bodies… always helpful considering everything we’ve been through lately. We could all do with aligning our systems and this is such an easy way to do it.
• If placed on the solar plexus with the intention of clearing and aligning the whole chakra system – that’s what it will do. You’ll certainly feel more balanced afterwards as well.
• Wear or carry a piece to create an energy barrier to stop any low vibrational energy from other sources lowering your vibrational rate, especially if you have just cleansed and aligned yourself nicely after using the stone. It will just hold you safely inside the nice space you have created for yourself. Staying well clear of outside influences is always useful, especially if you are prone to pick up unwholesome energy from other people.
• If you want to stabilise your system, place a piece between your feet to activate the earthstar chakra. You’ll feel much better afterwards!
• Using it at the brow, crown and soul star chakras will always raise your vibration, making you feel far more comfortable if you are on an ascension journey. It will also bring transformation into your life… fabulous!
• Wear or carry a piece and allow the vibration of the labradorite to fill your aura, protecting it from all those pesky lower vibrational energies and preventing energy leakage. It also stops others from tapping into and draining your personal energy. It also maintains your baseline energy level, stopping anyone who has trouble with the work/life balance from becoming completely depleted.
• Used at the brow it can trigger spiritual expansion and allow you to connect with your helpers and guides more easily, as well as higher aspects of yourself.

Easy way to use Labradorite – hold a piece in each hand with a smokey quartz between your feet to anchor you firmly while the labradorite raises your vibrational rate and let both stones work for your highest and greatest good! Or if you only have one piece that will do just fine. Just see which hand the crystal wants to be in while you work with it… and it you don’t have a crystal – a piece of jewellery with the stone in will be just as effective.

If you place a piece under your pillow at night it will mean the energy of labradorite will be present in the whole of your Four Body System for longer periods of time each day – always beneficial.

If you want any more information on this remarkably useful and lovely stone – the other blog is here:

http://crystaldragongail.com/?p=313

And, between now and equinox, even if you don’t do anything else, use labradorite in meditation and ask to become aware of all the things which are out of balance in your life, so you can use the prevailing energy to come back into balance again. The energy of any equinox is always strong and it will highlight anything which is unbalanced in your life… so why not get ahead of the game and start looking for them now and clear them, so it is less stressful when equinox finally arrives!
Bright Blessings

Gailx

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Well, after the portals, eclipses, light code downloads, powerful new and full moons, together with the energy shifts that went with them, what we all need now is to relax and have some down time before the energy window for the Equinox in September opens. It won’t be long!

And, as moonstone is the stone of new beginnings, it will help you have a nice new beginning after all the rubbish you have cleared from your system.

There is no way you can actually be the same person you were even a few months ago, and the really good thing about moonstone is that it is extremely helpful for anyone who adapting to change, especially change related to the structures within your life – on all levels. There is a good chance that most of the things that have been supporting you – in many cases for years – have indeed changed dramatically recently. Let this lovely stone help you recalibrate your energy system, so you can cope more easily. It has a balancing energy and we all need to come back into balance… especially with the next shift being Equinox, which always brings you back into balance. We might as well start preparing for that shift right now!

So, one of the best ways to use moonstone to relax is to construct a body layout with the crystals.

There are several ways you can do this… and, of course, you can lay the stones anywhere you like. There is no rule that says you have to use them this way… or any other way! You can always wait for your own guidance. But this will at least give you a place to start.

All you do is place the stones and allow yourself to relax… and, the allowing is the most important things you can do! We often don’t relax because we don’t let ourselves do it! How daft is that?

Also, as this crystal is associated with the moon, you can also imagine you are lying in the moonlight and let this soothing energy fill your body, along with the gentle energy of the stone to enhance the relaxing effect. After only a short while you should feel it. You should feel very calm.

Relaxing Layout – 5 moonstones

This layout is to restore equilibrium… and, who doesn’t need that at the moment? It is also helpful if you want to tap into your intuition more easily.

There are two versions of this layout:

• one stone above your head, one on either side of your body beside each hand and each foot.
• one stone above your head, one on either side of the body at the shoulder and the hip

Chakra Layout – 7 moonstones

• one on each chakra

Solar Plexus Chakra – when you work with moonstone here in meditation, it will help you to identify any old emotional patterning that no longer serves your highest and greatest good, so you can clear it from your system. I would do this with moonstones around me as well to make sure the energy field is also cleared of the same energetic patterning. That way you get rid of a lot more rubbish (see below).

Energy Field Cleansing – as moonstone cleanses negativity from the aura and the subtle anatomy, just lie down and place any amount of crystals around your physical body with the intention of doing this. Lay down and let the crystals work.

The energy of moonstone combines well with many stones, so you can, of course, choose to place additional stones on or around your body if you feel drawn to do this. My recommendation would always be labradorlite because it is a deeply cleansing stone. It is also a stone which helps with transitions in your life, so it will work well with the new beginnings of moonstone. The labradorite becomes the stepping stone carrying you from the old to the new of the moonstone. Always handy!

However, moonstone energy also combines well with – sunstone. Amber, golden labradorite, moldavite, jet, amethyst, and garnet.

Whatever you decide to do, it you are drawn to work with moonstone – it will always help!

Have fun!

Bright blessings!

Gailx

info@crystaldragongail.com

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Ong So Hung

This sound is so simple, but incredibly powerful, mainly because when you chant it, it helps you really appreciate your innate connection to …..well, just about everything!

Also, while chanting the words it allows you to acknowledge your own creative power, your unique Divinity and your connection to all conscious beings – so that includes: plants, animals, crystals and, of course, all those very lovely light beings! When you relax into the sound and the connections it forms around you – it can be quite a profound experience. You can also find it gets rather crowded around you when you start to become aware of all the beings who are with you and quietly supporting you… all day every day!

All you really have to do is set a very clear intention of what you want the sound you are making to actually do… sound + intent = healing or result. Thank you, Jonathan Goldman!

It is also wise to remember it is called sound healing, not singing healing.

You absolutely do not have to have a perfect voice, or even a nice voice to make the most of your individual sound.

It’s quite simple. All you have to do is – take a breath, set your intention and open your mouth, letting your sound out. Even bad sound is still sound… and every sound you make is, in fact, sacred sound. It is an expression of your heart, through your throat and voice, whenever you make sound. You know that really, even if it hasn’t occurred to you on a conscious level before. You only have to listen to your voice when you are happy, sad, angry, frustrated. Your voice is different every time and the energy that generates the sound is always coming from your heart, even the bad stuff. It’s still there – stuck in your heart waiting to be expressed. Sound can help you do this in a safe way.

If you’re not always comfortable expressing anything like this… chant while holding a piece of chrysocolla. Helpfully, it contains both the blue and green rays which will help you express the heart chakra through the throat chakra with ease and grace. It is a lovely stone and it always ready to help. Its key words are – sacred sound. So, go and get a piece and start making sound.

So, why Ong So Hung when there are loads of mantras and seed sounds and even vowels which soothe the heart? Well, to be honest, I just like it and it’s my blog! But you can use many sounds:

AH

YAM

MA

SHANTI – this is absolutely lovely! As is – OM SHANTI SHNATI SHANTI

SO HUM (OR HUNG) – this is SO relaxing you may well just nod off!

These are just a few examples, but words you use are not as important as the thought you have before you open your mouth. That always determines what your sound does.

So, let’s explain Ong So Hung

Ong means – the creative consciousness

So Hung means – I AM that.

So when you chant this mantra you are basically saying – I AM the creative consciousness. Many people think of it as communicating on a very deep level that you are, in fact, in every cell in your physical body, the universal creative consciousness. That’s a thought and a half, isn’t it? Go with it!!

As with any mantra, repeating it, gives it more power. This is because the more you chant it, the more the mantra resonates inside you and outside you. It gets into your physical body and your subtle bodies and your aura. And, you eventually come into resonance with the sound of these immensely powerful words. You start to vibrate at the same frequency as them, so your vibrational rate rises every time you chant the words until it is elevated to a much higher level of awareness and connection. Let’s be honest, who wouldn’t want that?

There are all sorts of articles on this particular mantra and you may find that there are instructions for how many times you need to chant it or for how many minutes or which mudra you need to use while chanting. You can go with that if it appeals to you, but the way I was trained – well, it goes straight back to your intention. The thoughts you have determine what your sound does, no matter how long or how many times you chant them, or what position are you are holding your hands in.

But that is in my little world. If yours is different, feel free to go with what is comfortable and meaningful to you. Everything works magnificently with sound! So just chant the mantra and set the intention that you want it to clear your heart and then open after the release process is complete – always at the most appropriate level for you at the time you are making your sound. It can be both healing and soothing… tremendously so in some cases.

But, whatever your sound does, you will always feel better after making it. Some people experience feelings of great compassion, warmth and love using the mantra. Others report feeling both vulnerable and courageous at the same time. At the end of the day, it doesn’t matter… it’s your sound, your journey and your healing and release process, so everything is great.

When you first start using the mantra – or any sound in your heart – you may bring up feelings which have been trapped there for some time…. sadness, grief, disappointment, sorrow. This is normal because the mantra opens your heart, allowing you to access everything you have buried in there… and we all generally have a lot! All you have to do is acknowledge the feelings and allow your sound to soothe them. Some people even allow the sound to guide them through the feelings. You’ll know what to do if this happens to you.

A good thing to do if something sad comes up is to adapt your intention to something like – each time I make my sound I release…….. and it floats painlessly away on my breath with ease and grace. This will enable you to clear the uncomfortable feelings much faster.

At the end of the day, Ong Sohung brings an exquisite peacefulness to your heart. It soothes the heart and it brings an amazing feeling of being connected to the Divine…. whatever you perceive that to be. It also connects you to your own Divinity. It is quite lovely.

And, an added bonus if you really don’t like using your voice – you can chant it silently. Fabulously, silent sound still works…. as long as you have set your intention before you start repeating the mantra inside your head.

 

So, there really is just no excuse for not using sound. So, why not just give in gracefully and give it a go! If all else fails, just go to youtube and find someone who has recorded the chant and chant along with them if that makes it easier for you!

Have fun!

Bright Blessings

Gailx

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8/8 is called The Lion’s Gate because the Sun enters the constellation of Leo at this time of year. There is lots and lots written about this particular portal because it is powerful. It coincides with the heliacal rising of Sirius, the brightest star in the sky, and Sirius is so important because it is considered to be the spiritual sun for this part of the galaxy. So the blue light it emits is extremely potent for anyone who is currently on an ascension journey and the Light Code downloads which also occur at this time of year are also designed to push you straight out of your comfort zone and move you onwards and upwards – quite literally as far as your vibrational rate is concerned!

This high frequency light… in all its forms during this busy period (starting on 26^th July – peaking on 8^th August – closing at the end of August) is designed to re-calibrate the whole of your Four Body System… as long as you allow it, of course… and when it is embodied in your energy system it will then allow you to access much higher levels of awareness.

But, please be aware that this is an extremely powerful portal (or stargate) and the incoming energy is profound. Also, if you align with it rather than resist it, it will provide you with an astonishing and remarkable opportunity to grow. It is designed to make you expand.

The only word that can really be used to describe this whole period is intense – to the point where everything can feel more than a little bizarre if you are a very sensitive individual. All you can do is hang in there… and make sure you ask for help if you need it. You all have teams of helpers and guides who stand ready to assist you, but you do actually have to ask them!

My advice – ask right now for help and support over the whole period! And, ask for whatever if for your highest and greatest good. Also, make sure you ask your helpers and guides to align you with any incoming energy whenever it appears and re-calibrate the whole of your Four Body System after each light download. There’s going to be more than one!! That way you will feel a lot more comfortable over this highly energetic period.

You may also find that anything attached to your old 3D consciousness could come up for review – old thought and behaviour patterns and many, many memories brought up by the energy of the eclipse last week. It will be difficult to deal with if you find you have an attachment to the old emotional energies, but just look at the things that come up for you and try and move into detachment and non-judgement. These are two very powerful states that will allow you to examine everything without reconnecting, and they will enable you to release anything which is outdated and no longer resonates with you – on all levels: physical, mental, emotional and spiritual.

Release whatever you can, so the spaces taken by the negative energy in your system can be filled with something more beneficial and certainly something of a much, much higher vibration. And remember, the more you clear, the more space you have for the high frequency light that will be available to all on the earthplane at this time.

On way of clearing your system is to work with Lady Nada and the Eighth Planetary Ray. There is a blog with cleansing meditations – http://crystaldragongail.com/?p=346

Three crystals you can use during this period to help you to download, the incoming energy, integrate it and re-calibrate afterwards are…

Lithium Quartz – This high vibrational stone will help all three stages of this process and it is particularly helpful if you use it on the brow chakra. In some cases – if you are visually oriented – you may even see the Light Codes when working with the stone here, which is nice! Not that it works for me because I sense things, but many people have been able to describe the codes if they function another way. But, basically, while the lithium quartz raises your vibration, taking it up to a level where download and integration is a lot more comfortable, it will also keep you nice and calm during the whole process. Also, some of the minerals in lithium quartz have a very grounding and balancing effect on your energy system, so they help to anchor the Light Codes into your system. This is enormously useful!

Kyanite – because this stone is striated the groves act as a channel for the incoming energy – how amazing is that! I love it! Just put your kyanite at your crown and let it work! It also helps you to ease into a meditative state, which will enhance the download process. And, additionally to all this is clears low vibrational energy from your system and clears and aligns the chakras – all of which makes integrating this new energy much, much easier.

Rutilated Quartz – would be my choice for working with all this new energy. It is one of the very best stones to integrate energy at any level – physical, mental, emotional or spiritual. Also one of its key qualities is attunement and being attuned by the crystal to any incoming energy makes it much easier for you to embody it. And, as well as helping with the whole download process, the crystal also contains cosmic light and it a powerful tool for promoting spiritual growth of any kind – not just acceleration from Light Code downloads. It will help you work with releasing any negative energy you may have in your system before you download anything as well. It simply dissolves it, due to its high vibrational rate. The other huge advantage to using rutilated quartz is that as it clears negativity it supports your energy field during any emotional releases, keeping you in a nice, safe space while it continues the clearing process and clears your aura of any rubbish that might be accumulating there.

And, last, but not least – on a physical level – using rutilated quartz is good at the moment because it helps with exhaustion and energy depletion. Any big energy shifts will make you feel extremely tired, so this particular variety of quartz will help you deal with any debilitating symptoms.

At the end of the day – this is your journey and the way you interact with any of this incoming energy will depend on where you are on that journey and the choices you make before you allow the Light or the Light Codes into your Four Body System. Choose wisely!

But, one thing you should consider doing on a regular basis, besides grounding, because you need to be stable to allow more and more energy into your system. Make sure you earth any excess energy. They are two completely different things.

Bright Blessings!

Gailx

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Amazonite – what a stone! And it is particularly useful for us at the moment because one of the main things it does is to help you discover what your personal truth is. It then aligns you with all aspects of this very personal truth and then helps you express it. It is one of the best things you can use to find your Authentic Self.

Of course, some people find truth is difficult. It is not always an easy thing to come to terms with… on so many levels. But at the end of the day, we have to be true to ourselves otherwise… well, what is the point? We can’t live someone else’s truth, though many of us have tried… and failed! It’s a completely ridiculous idea really, and using amazonite on a regular basis will help release what someone else thinks is true for you and find out what is really true for you. It will help you clarify what particular truth resonates with you.

Also by using amazonite, the stone will actively support when you need to speak your highest truth. It will enable you to communicate your thoughts and feelings both harmoniously and truthfully and it is extremely helpful if you find it difficult to tell the truth. It allows you to move beyond the fear of being judged for what you want to say or do as well as the fear of causing a confrontation and it helps you find new and, often exciting way to express yourself – on all levels.

It also enhances your ability to communicate more effectively by allowing you to really see how the words you use on a regular basis have created your current personal reality, and after your sudden realisation of what you have been doing, it will show you how to change what you say to get what you really want.

A good example would be if you always talk about what you want in the future tense. It fools you in to thinking you are going to manifest the thing because you are constantly talking about it and thinking about it. But, unless you start talking in the present tense and bringing it into your reality in the NOW with your words, it is never going to happen. Future tense puts it firmly in the future and unless you have a handy time travel device, you can never actually be in the future. You can only exist in the present so speaking solely in the future tense will never allow anything to manifest in the present… unless you change what you say!

Amazonite does most of its real work in the throat and heart chakras (including the higher heart or thymus chakra) and this is why it allows you to express what is in your heart – usually with great honestly to yourself and others. Placing the stone on these chakras will help you enormously, especially if you have two stones and can do them both together. If not, one at a time is fine!

Amazonite is also a very calming stone, so if there is any anxiety around speaking your truth, it will help diffuse this and allow you to deal with the anxiety. One of its many benefits is that it helps you to remain calm and unemotional.

You can use it with lots of other stones to enhance communication, but I would recommend chrysocolla above all of them. The key phrase for this stone is sacred sound and it carries the blue and the green ray, allowing for enhanced expression of the heart through the throat. They work incredibly well together.

Apart from mediating all the usual ways with amazonite, one easy way to expose yourself to its beneficial vibrational rate for long periods of time is to build a simple grid and leave it running. All you need is one amazonite and some clear quartz points – the minimum is four but you can use as many as you like really. You’ll know what’s best for you when you build your grid.

Clean all the stones and place the amazonite in the centre and then place the quartz – point out – around it. Then ask the quartz to absorb the vibrations from the amazonite, hold them within its crystalline matrix and amply them. And, finally, release them into the environment, filling the room where you have built your grid with the energy of amazonite. And, you will have the added bonus of the clear quartz energy as well! Always helpful as the key words for this stone are – clarity and power. These are seriously useful qualities if you want to be courageous and speak your truth.

The only other thing you need to do before you build your grid is to decide what you want to do with the energy. As the stone being amplified by the quartz is amazonite you have two options. But as clear intentions always get clear results, I would only use one of these at a time:

• Learning what your personal truth is and learning to express it harmoniously without any kind of anxiety and fear
• Using the energy for stress relief, allowing it to soothe emotions and bring calmness and peacefulness to the room where the grid is.

Another way to use the grid (or a single amazonite) is to simply gaze at the stone and ask for the energy it is emitting to dissolve any negativity in your Four Body System. But because the stone works particularly well with the emotional body and it soothes the emotions, pay particular attention to what comes up in these two areas and use the energy to disperse anything you find.

All you have to do really is sit with the stone and allow it to help you. It will empower you as you search for all aspects of your Authentic Self and give you the courage to keep doing it because it is not always easy being truthful with yourself.

Another totally different thing amazonite does which is extremely useful – it will block geopathic stress, and, fabulously, it will absorb microwaves and cell phone emanations, and protect against EM pollution. Place it near computers and other electronics, or carry it if you use your phone a lot during the day. But, always, PLEASE, cleanse the crystal every night. It doesn’t like having its matrix cram packed with all that rubbish. It will do a marvellous job of saving you from all those horrible vibrations, so you need to be mindful and look after it… and always be grateful!

So, if you don’t have a piece of amazonite… go and get some!

Oh, and you can use the simple grid structure with any stone in the middle. It’s just a basic design, and the quartz will still amply the vibration, filling the room with the energy where ever you have placed the stones.

Bright Blessings!

Gailx

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A lot has been written about this powerful variation of quartz, so feel free to check out all the details if you want to. But with the massive energy shifts due this month, I want to focus on what it can do for you to help you get through them and come out ready to work with the energy of Lions Gate on 8^th August.

I would definitely be using the stone before the 25^th – the Mayan Day Out of Time. The energy associated with this day is always the energy of letting go, so if I were you, I’d start the release process now, so there is less to let go of on the day itself. It’s always easier!

The qualities of citrine are personal power, self-confidence, responsibility and will power, which is why it resonates with the both sacral and solar plexus chakras. It helps you to become aware of who you really are on all levels and it also encourages you to become that person, to embody your true, Authentic Self.

Of course, any yellow stone will be helpful at the solar plexus chakra, but the joy of using citrine is that it does not hold or accumulate negative energy. It transmutes it and grounds it. It will, continually, take any negativity you generate and turn it into positive energy. It is a massively useful and efficient stone…. and, really, everyone ought to have one!

It works on both physical and energetic levels, transforming negative energy in any form – thoughts, feelings and behaviour patterns – into positive ones, seeking them out relentlessly where ever we have carefully buried them in the Four Body system. It is also particularly useful to help you achieve self-empowerment and for allowing you to reach a state where you have a really, really healthy self-esteem. How good it that?

The best way to work with citrine on your solar plexus chakra is just to place it there for fifteen minutes and ask it to help you see what energy you have stuck in this part of your chakra system. Then ask the crystal to clear it.

It really is that simple, though if you have lots of separate issues lodged in this chakra, it might be best to do fifteen minutes for each thing to ensure everything is completely cleared.  The citrine is completely capable of just clearing the chakra of everything, but what is the point? If you do not take the time to learn what you are doing to generate negativity in this area by asking to be shown this information, you will just re-generate it and have to do the exercise all over again. It is always best to go to the root cause rather than just deal with the symptom – which is presenting as the blockage.

And, while you are working with the solar plexus chakra, it is also useful to use the citrine to clear the sacral. After all, how can you expect to be empowered and self-confident if you have no self-worth or self-love in the lower chakra? Sometimes it’s even best to start at the sacral before you move on to the solar plexus. Just tune in and see what is right for you. You’ll always know!

It can also be used at the heart to clear out any emotional rubbish you have stored there. Just sit with it for the fifteen minutes, holding whatever intention is best for you while you are working with the stone. Also at this chakra, the energy of citrine will help you learn to accept joy into your life, which is a fabulous thing! Who wouldn’t want to take fifteen minutes out of their busy life to do that? And, if you find you won’t do this… well, maybe it’s seriously time to start asking yourself why….

At the brow it will clear both your inner and outer vision, allowing you to see clearly on all levels. It is particularly helpful here. It will also clear the crown and you will probably find it helpful to work with both these chakras together.

Lastly, since we are all exhausted quite a lot of the time at the moment, citrine can be used at the base chakra to boost both the energy levels of the chakra and the physical body. It’s the same fifteen minutes and all you have to do is sit with stone in the chakra and hold the intention of breathing all the lovely citrine energy in to the  chakra and breathing out any negativity you may have stored there.

You can also use the stone on the adrenals and the thyroid, if you are really tired. Personally, I would also use it on the kidneys to replenish the chi the body stores in that part of the body. It will be your intention that does all these things. Make it very clear so the energy reaches the right place and does the right thing.

When you are specifically using citrine on the solar plexus, it will help you access deeper levels of your personal power and will power, it will increase your self-respect and it will help make a deeper connection to the brow chakra – when used with this intention.

You can start by checking the energy levels of the chakra and if it feels over energised – use a citrine point, and place the stone on the chakra with the point going down to the base. Your intention will be to earth any excess energy in the chakra.

If it feels under energised, place a tumblestone in the chakra and ask for the crystal to clear it and re-energise it.

If it feels as if you have loads of negative energy stuck in the chakra, use a tumblestone in the chakra and your intention will be for the stone to clear it.

Another way to work with citrine is to lie down and place the crystal at your crown and see or sense the crystalline energy radiating out of the stone, flowing down to the crown chakra. It will automatically flow into the central channel from this point.

Let this happen and set the intention that once the central channel is full of the citrine energy. it slowly radiates out into all the chakras, clearing them. Then, when you feel the chakra system is cleansed and balanced by this energy, set the intention that you want the citrine energy to radiate out from the central channel into the physical body, the etheric body, the emotional body and the mental body, cleansing them as well.

Another meditation you can use to work with citrine energy combines visualisation with physical stones. You visualise a sphere of citrine energy at your crown, letting the energy spread out to fill your aura and cleanse it.

You also place a citrine stone on your brow and sacral chakras, letting the energy cleanse the chakras for a few moments and when you have fully attuned to these three sources of quartz energy, visualise a beam of golden light flowing from the sphere above your head, going down and connecting the brow chakra to the sacral. The brow is the higher octave of the sacral, so they are connected any way. This deepens the connection.

You will find that using citrine this way is particularly helpful of you are having trouble concentrating, struggling with low self-esteem  or if you are feeling overwhelmed by worries and responsibilities. It will, without a doubt, if done regularly, also improve your self-confidence.

Lastly, the energy of citrine is really helpful for anyone who is sensitive and or who has a tendency to be overwhelmed by outside influences. If you wear or carry the stone, it will increase the amount of light you hold in your aura and your subtle bodies, making it harder for low vibrational frequencies to take hold in your system.

All in all, it is a wonderful stone, so I’d be rushing out to buy some right now if you don’t have any!

Bright Blessings!

Gailx

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