bjorn said:
I like mine in that aspect but who cares how they look like.
The beauty lies in it's practical use.
And I can't imagine a more beautiful item to have. The crystals serve you in wonderfull ways. + if the crystals are used in unison it will serve also others on this planet. It's all very exciting.
BTW
Crystals with vibrant shining colors and the likes are usually very poisonous. Careful what you wish for if you are only able to appreciate outside looks ;)
Approaching Infinity said:
I think that it's a good opportunity for members to self-observe. By looking at their emotional reactions, we may be able to find out a bit about ourselves. Examples: sense of entitlement, lack of attention, external expectations. Basically, in a nutshell: internal considering.
It's not the end of the world that people react in these sorts of ways, but hopefully with time and will (and the crystal connection!) we can all get a better grasp on our machines. Every reaction we have is an opportunity to see ourselves and to recalibrate.
So as an exercise, it's probably a good idea to examine your (collective 'you' here) reaction to receiving the crystals, then consider how much blood, sweat and tears have gone into making them for you. Hopefully that will put it all in context.
This was my intention, learn more about me, to understand my reaction better and get a clue of why I got the crystal with that particular form if there was a reason, why the hard work of selection then? (I read the last session now). I don’t think my problem is that I can’t see the beauty of the things, as I said I’m very practical, if I try I could live traveling all around the world and stop worrying for the bad things, but in some way I’m tired of this theater (I don’t think I’m using my time in the best way neither). I don’t thing travel is a bad thing, I like it but what I feel is that I want to be more connected with the group, and continue to reading to learn more and see the best way I can contribute. Although a small part of me still feels I should travel and see the world, I even considered the possibility that it was some kind of depression that cause my rejection to experience several things throughout my life, and earlier this month, after my "complaint" about the crystals, I practically forced myself to travel to another country where I always had many facilities to do it and I never did. I think the travel was good for my work because I'm freelance, that’s the reason I forced myself to go, I enjoyed it too, but in the process I lost time and the motivation I felt to write more often in the forum before the trip and other related things, such as translations, EE, that happens with another things previously, I’ll keep watching. Sorry if I deviated
Keit said:
For example, I took some time to examine my crystals (which finally arrived several days ago, yay!!!) and here's what I noticed. In my case, the crystal that is highly charged for protection has a lot of intricate inner-webs and scars, while the other two (water crystal and personal crystal) are much more clear and are actually almost similar in their inner structure, with some differences. So they indeed appears to have different personalities. I am still getting to know them, but it looks as very appropriate for my personal situation that a home crystal will be like a seasoned and no BS protector
, and the other two like paladins, each with their own specialty
. Dreaming stone still requires grooving, but we will get there eventually.
It can be a hard work to cut through all the wi-fi smog we have here.
Keit’s remark make me think that my crystal for house protection is the one that came with what appears to be a wound, for this crystal I had my momentary reaction and… my room needs several repairs that I was delaying for months. Before knowing this group I though some craftwork were a waste of time, for example when I was a kid and something broke in the house and my dad asked me for help to fix it, it bothers me and I said him he should call the electrician, the plumber or whatever, I though that it was a waste of time if another person who work on that could do it, because I have more “important” things to do. Maybe in some cases that could be true but now I see it with other eyes.
What I said about travelling and this relates to the feeling I always had of wanting to do something productive for the world, that really “serves”, but nothing convinced me, it's like I didn't want taking the wrong steps, only now I have this clearer but it's something I have to observe more. That thought made me to avoid many experiences that could be considered fun, danger or good for some, and also be influenced by some people and things that I think it would have prevented me to get here or delay me at least, but it also made me shut up in myself and avoid me to value some small lessons, to relate more deeply with relatives or other people although they were different from me, to be a obyvatel as were said somewhere that I can't remember now, although I'm not useless neither.
As I told you, now my perspective changed and I have interest in learn about these little lessons in the proper time, how to fix things in my own home for instance... this I had already realized a few months ago, in April I had time for going to help in the Chateau and learn and share more but I was embarrassed to say it since I'm new and do not share much here but now I say it if there is a possibility next year :D
Chu said:
See above. Maybe it is precisely because you are missing some connection (which can develop little by little), that you get upset at the outside world for not conforming to your expectations (like the beauty of the crystals). Maybe if you try to see things as they are, a bit more, without moral judgments, then you can actually connect better with others who are on your path, and leave those who aren't to do their thing, without it bothering you so much. Just accepting it as it is. The Work is not easy, so we can't expect many people to suddenly "wake up" (when you know how hard it is to "wake up" AND stay awake, you know that it's not for everyone!). That's pretty unrealistic given the evidence. Not to say that it might not happen, but we shouldn't expect it, I think. That said, we CAN do our best, and see. So, the best you can do is, before criticizing others (and even the crystals, symbolically speaking), is to look inside. Are YOU really aware? Are YOU really doing your best in life? That's more productive than the rest and can get you somewhere, IMO.
I think the above has to do more with my reaction, but as I said before, in general, I think I accept the world as it is and I try to see the positive side in the misfortunes that happened to me or to be aware that it can happen anything, maybe that’s reason I feel that my life was very peaceful, with even 1% of misfortunes. What I sometimes have are irrational impulses, as when someone strongly hits its toe or the light is cut off and no work is saved, there I usually shout, or maybe that's one of my selves that does not accept the world how is it :D
It's like I understand the STS part of the universe, I don't hate psychopaths or bad people, just I understand that they exist, as the consequences of their actions, and other tragedies, although occasionally I can get upset, I understand that we can't change all that, but based on my feelings with close friends that sometimes I find it hard to control, I think I don't fully accept yet that someone maybe does not want to see how people suffer for the actions of others to make a change, maybe because I feel that could change.
When I saw a documentary about the Hiroshima and Nagasaki bomb a few months ago, I began to mourn as never before, I made the effort to restrain myself because I was with someone else but I couldn't stop, and I think my cry wasn't so much for the people who suffered that but for the people who justified this tragedy and are still justifying and ignoring similar things. I don't know if I only understand that people suffer and that it can happen to anyone or could be another thing, maybe lack of connection.
Chu said:
Are YOU really doing your best in life?
The answer is related to the response to Keit's appointment, is the dilemma in which I'm now, I'd like to do the best I can, I'm starting to have more free time and financial freedom, and I think I could do more, I talked about this with the spanish group and they helped me to clarify it more, I will write about this later if I learn something or not. Meanwhile I will really try to share more here, because every time I say this it's as if laziness seizes me or something happened, maybe the crystals help this time, too :)
A few days ago, she ask me if she can have her own crystals. I told her I will think about it and that I need to ask, without promising anything. I know she is only 9, but I can assure you that she doesn't see them 
. I am eternally grateful for your efforts and look forward to singing and using them 
