posted April 13, 2013 09:51 AM            

I wish I could burn incense etc. My smoke alarms here are too sensitive though. And can't be turned off as attached to the mains.

posted April 13, 2013 04:15 PM            

That is really nice that your friend brought you that crystal from Africa.

posted April 13, 2013 10:42 PM            

I still have that amethyst rock and sometimes I sleep with it under my pillow. I don't think it's true that it makes your dreams interesting EVERY TIME but sometimes it would. I like to meditate with many gems and rocks I have. My favorite is amethyst and rose quartz

posted April 13, 2013 11:13 PM            

But I got really into it a few years ago. I bought a gem healing book at a shop with a rose quartz...not even knowing the meaning of it. And it was cool to read later, how rose quartz can enhance our lives. I really did pick a good rock for me at the time.

I've been trying and experimenting with different Gem's, and seeing what happens and how I feel when I wear them.

Pretty much everything I've tried has seemed to enhance my life in some way.

there was only one that I've tried and thought never again. (had lots of mental break downs)

and in the summer I got into meditating, and placing gems on my forehead really does enhance the experience.

posted April 15, 2013 06:17 PM            

Virgolotus, awwww, How cute!!

When I was around 7-8 years old, we moved out of state, and I was grieving for the loss of my rocky environment.

So, here I was in a newly developed suburban neighborhood,-- it was bald!! No trees, no rocks, no streams. Had cement gutters and giant bare sports fields with running tracks that would get refreshed from time to time with new gravel.

I was a rock enthusiast as a kid... my dad limited me to ONLY 4 shopping bags full!

Loved my geology set I got for christmas one year. Neighbors used to tease and say 'there goes the little miner' because I'd go on adventures and use my small hammer-- I'd test rocks wherever I'd go! (Was painfully embarrassing that they'd watch!)

When I was older, I'd go visit the mineral collection at the University every week... Felt soothing to me to be around them, and their beauty under special lights in the displays was breathtaking.

I only have a few pieces right now... One of my best (and first) pieces is a black tourmaline from Brazil (around the size of my fist). Also have a piece of rose quartz the same size.

Have 4 other tinier stones (size of thumbnail) --
Brown Tourmaline (for self-healing, emotional strength and self-acceptance); Aquamarine (courage, stability, and helps with communication 'getting things off your chest'); Blue Kyanite (strengthens the voice, heals the throat and larynx); and a pinky-nail size ?Alexandrite.

Have a thin small purple amythest the size and design of a small sea scallop shell.

Rocks are so beautiful...

When I've read small books and manuals about formation of rocks, crystals, the earth's volcanos and underground rivers, I feel amazed over and over again.

For me, thoughts and images about rock formations have been a metaphor for human character development, and spiritual growth. The mysteries of earth's rocks and aquafirs always opens my heart! Astounding!

I miss my old visits to that university's mineral collection.

My experience with crystals then is more Whole Earth type environmental and room-displays.