Stone Blessings & Musings

Jewelry with Divine Meaning! By Cristy Nix of Stone Blessings

Do you have a favorite piece of jewelry?  An outfit in your favorite color?  Pair of shoes?  Something that when you put it on, your mood automatically improves, and you think to yourself “Wow, that feels so much better!”  You feel great (not to mention you look fabulous), and the little black cloud that you could not seem to shake all morning is gone, “Poof” like magic!  What causes such a transformation?  And where can you get more? Well, I’ll try to shed some light or color on the subject.

I love jewelry!  Actually, I have an obsession with anything fashion-oriented.  I have a “black belt in shopping,” as my mom puts it, which I’m sure most of you can identify with.  I have learned in my study of stones that gemstones are what I like to think of as Mother Nature’s answer to mood enhancers.  Red Coral can give us motivation and the confidence to put ourselves out there. Carnelian is an energizing warm orange color and great for sparking creativity and manifesting want we desire! When we are moving in our natural flow of things (Moonstone & Mother of pearl are great for this), everything just comes a little more easily to us:  like getting a parking spot in a crowed lot, and up front too!  Then we have other days when we feel like we are swimming up-stream and nothing is going right.  How can a great pair of earrings change all that?  We are inspired to shift our moods and mindset using a trigger that creates joy in us. It can be a color, favorite article of clothing, or jewelry piece.  Gemstones naturally lend a helping hand in helping us connect to that “happy bliss”. Is it any wonder why my wardrobe is half turquoise since that is the stone of inner wisdom & strength! So, what is your power color?  Some call it color therapy, but I’m calling it shopping with a purpose!

After extensive practice in the jewelry and fashion industry, I have come to the conclusion that we are all drawn to certain colors for a reason: to shift our moods and mindset to one of a positive and joyful outlook.  In this frame of mind, we are able to create and attract positive outcomes to situations that usually have a potential to become sticky.  Gemstones have their own variety of colors and characteristics that can help us attract and create more positive things in our lives.  I have found that we are usually drawn to specific stones at one time or another because the stone’s energy actually combines and supports what we need at the time.  Like our favorite color of the month, our favorite stones change too.   So, wear your favorite pair of earrings with joy, and know that they are truly doing you good from the inside out!  What a blessing!

Ahh, bridging the communication gap of boundaries.

We all have in us at our core a basic belief system. Love one another as you do yourself. In other words respect your self & others as you yourself want to be respected. This sets the boundaries in motion. Do you love yourself? What are your core beliefs? Regardless of your religious affiliation, most of us believe in a higher power. Some of us don’t. But does that really matter if we do everything out of love? Treat everyone with kindness & consideration? Who cares where you feel this belief in you stems from. We are looking at your core….your roots where everything comes from. Many of us once we start to become aware of a more universal truth of love & compassion start to question our belief system. Being from a Catholic background, I feel some of us find a harder time bridging the gap of self acceptance the hardest first step. Being comfortable that this is ok and right with one’s own being is sometimes hard to swallow after a life of fear of reticule & guilt that we were brought up to believe. This perspective is the first shift into the light of awareness. Once we accept that what we are learning is an extension of what was initially taught to us as God-fearing children, that Spirit is open-minded & accepting of our new awareness, it helps us breathe a little easier. I know I truly dreaded telling my mom & dad that I didn’t fully agree with everything the church was teaching. Not that it was wrong, but that it did not resonate with me anymore. I feel my upbringing helped me create a strong foundation of love of self & others, and now will be done without judgment. That compassion has to be extended to self first before you can be it in all things. It is one of the hardest lessons, not to judge self. Always start at home, for home is where the heart is.

Boundaries can be a tricky thing when it comes to our beliefs since they are something we live everyday. What we have to realize is that not all people are at the same point in their awareness process that we are. Some are just beginning to get curious, some are still in the dark or denying the urges because they think it is going against god. I have found it necessary to be me fully in private, which is at home and with my core trusted friends (which has changed over the years as I became more aware). My biggest fear was telling my husband that I really didn’t agree with everything the church had to say on all matters. He was raised Christian, but in school mostly, so his family did not have the strong church bonds mine did. I kept most of my reading to myself. I started with reading about Angels then branched into Spirit Guides, and then I allowed myself anything else that caught my eye. It is still ongoing today for I feel we are always learning if we are open to it.

So, how do we set our boundaries. What are boundaries, anyway? They are what we do & say to others without compromising our own belief system. What to say when & to whom. How do you say “No, that does not sit well with me.” It has taken me several years to get comfortable with this process, so I’ll be as clear & concise as I can about it. The first part of your journey is all about you. Discovering what your beliefs are. Then how to live them alongside others without really advertising them. Meaning I will not force my beliefs on you if you do not force yours on me. Namaste, meaning the God in me recognizing the God in you. Our beliefs are our own inner guidelines to how we handle everyday information. How we interact with the world outside of us. Our boundaries are the limits or those outside guidelines. Our comfort zone if you will. My best answer for setting your initial boundaries is to keep your new information & awareness to yourself. Act like no else is even remotely aware that there is more to us than the usual day to day grind of moving through our daily routines. Once you get more comfortable with who you are becoming, then you will naturally want to share with others. Start at home. If they are not open to you, then generalize what you are feeling, doing but still stay true to what you know and are. A loving spirit in a human form. Find a group who believes or is open to your place of awareness. This is what support groups do, and there are all kinds of groups both locally & online were you can find support. Please be mindful that with all this new awareness you may need some protection of sorts.

Acceptance of self is the first step in accepting the world and finding your place in it.  Namaste!