Ulexite VS Selenite | My Pet Peeve

Ulexite

I have to say something about this because this drives me absolutely nuts! It is one of my pet peeves with the world, and I do believe the cause of it is ignorance. Let this post dispel the ignorance!

There is this wonderful stone called Ulexite that I love! It is beautiful, semi-transparent, very soft and looks very similar to a piece of cloudy Selenite. And that, my darlings, is what drives me crazy. I get into an argument with people about this mineral often. There are those selling Ulexite as Selenite. There are those who believe that Ulexite is Selenite. There are those who can’t believe that this “low-grade selenite” is as expensive as it is. The thing is that they are VERY different stones.

Ulexite has a chemical composition of NaCaB5O6(OH)6•5(H2O), aka hydrated sodium calcium borate hydroxide and was discovered by Georg Ludwig Ulex in the 1800s. It is only transparent to white. What is special about Ulexite is that it has a secondary name, the TV Stone, because of its ability to project what is beneath it to the top of the stone. This means you can read through Ulexite. It acts as a natural fibre optic. 

Selenite has a chemical composition of CaSO4·2H2O, aka Hydrous Calcium Sulfate, and is a form of gypsum. It comes in various colours and types – from white to gray to brown to orange depending on the variety. Selenite comes commonly from Madagascar and Morroco whereas Ulexite is from the USA (California and Nevada), Chile, and Kazakhstan. Selenite has been known for a much longer time in modern day history – from at least the 15th century. 

seleniteWhile both stones look similar and can feel similar – both are often white, and both are scratchable with a finger nail being only a 2 on the Mohs scale they look quite different once you know them, and they act quite differently. Selenite is usually long and fibrous, leaving a soft trail of minerals behind it unless its cut and polished. Then it is rare to find one that is transparent in my experience, at least as transparent as Ulexite. The ultimate test for ulexite is if you can read through it, even at an angle in my opinion and how soft it is. When you look at the side of a flat piece of ulexite you can see that the fibres go up and down, not side to side or any other direction. This is the way the stone must be cut in order for the projection to occur.

Both will dissolve slowly in water too! So be careful cleaning those crystals!

On a metaphysical level they both do different things as well.

Selenite is well known for its connection to the moon – the name means stone of the moon. It was once believed that Selenite wax and waned with the moon. This mineral can tune us into Mother Nature’s own cycles – which is very important for city dwellers, provide us with clarity, strengthen intuition and help with dream work. It is a self-clearing mineral that will constantly clear your energy field and help calm the mind down. It has a very gentle relaxing energy to its presence.

Ulexite is known for its clairvoyant and telepathy abilities. It needs to be cleared and easily absorbs the energy around it to the point that it may break (this has happened with one of my pieces). Ulexite will help you develop your psychic abilities and can be programmed to call up on the Angels and other Guides. It will help you learn to read the energy around you, and help you learn to manage your energy.

I actually use Ulexite pieces to do very special psychic readings because of their ability to absorb the energy of the client to such a high degree that I am able to tune in like a radio to give impressions. However, these readings as of yet, are usually very abstract and symbolic – taking another’s subconscious language and translating it is a bit tricky.

Very different stones. Both are wonderful stones.

There is an article here about a form of gypsum that is being sold as ulexite as well (I realize now I’ve seen this before).

Major Sources:
Wikipedia: Selenite and Ulexite

May Crystal Forecast – Overview – Uncut Version | Power & Self-Love

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Empress of China

Crystal Forecast May 2014 – Overview

In this month of May I bring to you these words with the hope that they may guide your soul, calm your spirit, and gift you what you need in this moment. These words come from the greatest probability for those who will perceive these, and we call forth the words that will serve our healing and evolution as high as possible.

This past month has been a challenge and many are tired, exhausted, even when it seems that they do little. In the physical realms you may feel that you have done little, but you have done a lot in the energetic realms. I see reams and reams of energy, white light tinged with the softness of gold flowing through you and flooding the planet. We cannot help it – we are part of something bigger than us all and it cannot be denied as much as we would like to say that we are small at times. Our destinies are entwined with the Earth, and we participate in our own and her Ascension process. She is elevating to something greater, as are we.

Its why the call to the superheroes is coming so strong for us right now. Our planet, and us, need our superheros selves to come forward to help all Beings, not just themselves, ascend. And speaking of Ascending – there is nothing to do but just be. There is nothing to do but be in the present moment each day, and act from the goodness and trueness of your heart and soul. There is nothing else but for you in each moment to be a superhero. Superheros can have grand moments where the world has seen all the work that they have done, or they have a moment of stardom where they are acknowledged for what they do.

Superheroes though are built slowly (sometimes quickly) in our physical world. They are built with each small choice that elevates others into being. They are built daily. They are built because of their integrity, their love, their hope, their beliefs, their values, and their hearts. They are built because each morning they wake up and say “I’m going to be the best that I can be, moment to moment.” and they will do that throughout the day! They will do what their heart tells them is right.

It is important to note that there are other ways of being a superhero but that is the way that is most needed at this moment in time. We do not need more people seeking power or greed for the single over the love and community of the whole. We do not need more people desiring that kind of power in the false hope it will free them. That power does not provide freedom – it provides you with more responsibility than you could ever imagine.

With this power comes discipline, a whole different way of life, a whole new way of looking at things. You begin to see things and know you cannot touch them to change them despite the suffering you see. You being to know things for what they are and cannot touch them for you know if you do you will take on that – whatever it is you changed from happening. You start to see destinies and you know that you cannot change that which may occur as much as your heart might yearn to. You must cause your heart to bleed deeply in compassion in a world that tries to keep the heart closed.

It is a cross not all need to bear. It is a cross that few need to bear. If it is not yours l

 et your love unfold from deep within all over yourself and keep flooding outwards to your dear ones. Let this love just erupt from you! The love that comes from being grateful to oneself, and the love that comes from taking care of oneself first and foremost. This is so important. So very, very important. After such a challenging and harsh month before this one, as the sun starts to shine bright on the coast and the clouds blow by you find out deeper what your love is for yourself.

This is the time to renew your commitments to who you are, and what you are doing. This is the time to reestablish your rhythm if you are off of it, or if you have none, establish one a new for yourself.

This is the time that you will note a huge gratitude for yourself coming as you take care of yourself in ways that are almost revolutionary to you. There is nothing to fear, but the message is this through Rhodochrosite today: A part of self-love stems from the gratitude we feel for ourselves when we make the choice to love ourselves.

The heart opens further and further and further each day. This month we will feel the stretches in the heart as I see the heart connecting and reconnecting with different chakras and parts of our energetic systems. As we shift so do our systems to match us. It is a wonderful world that we live in!

A reminder comes to us to look deeper into our love for ourselves and how that plays out. A suggestion comes from Rhodocrosite which is to write a love letter to yourself each day. The letters you write to yourself may not start out as love letters, but they will over time turn into letters of love. And then you will feel the connection between you and God/Source/Universe, whatever your terminology is for that Which Is Greater Than Creation Itself.

I feel that many of us will feel that joy of connectedness later in the month and that there will be an upliftment of the heavy energies that stream through us and around the planet at this time. It will shift and there will simple pleasure and joy for all of us.

Crystal Forecast: April 27th – May 3rd | Petrified Wood ~ Past Life Embrace

Petrified wood Round ButternutPetrified Wood, Past Life Embrace

I feel a calming this week again, another layer has been let go. I feel that which has been crystallized is released into the Ethers of Love. I feel that we are becoming more and more aware of who we are this week, and honouring who we are.

That is one of the key aspects of this week: the honouring of self and thereby the honouring of your ancestry and others. When we are able to truly honour who we are and the ancestry we carry we find that we feel more full and here on this planet. We feel the connection to so much more than ourselves. We are able to respect that which requires and deserves respect, and respectfully change the things that we can.

The more we honour ourselves the more we see the gifts that we have been given in this life and our previous lives. The more we are able to truly go into service for others using our gifts, and the more we carry forward the gifts of our ancestors.

Light the wood
Let the flame spray
All its life and sparks
All over the aching world
Its time to let go of
the ache and pain
Honour will
Release

Crystal Forecast: April 21st – April 26th| Blue Lace Agate ~ Calm Expression

blue-lace-agate-318-pBlue Lace Agate, Calm Expression

It is through the hue of blue that we find ourselves expressing. We find ourselves having a strong drive to create and to experience our own expression. We find ourselves looking into our self-expression more this week. What is true? What is authentic? Are we being as real as we can possibly be in our expression of Self?

I feel that this week will bring to the surface words – the way that we speak them, experience them, and know them. I feel that this week will show us how we operate in the realm of words and creativity.

Connected closely to the throat chakra is the sacral chakra and our sexuality. Our sexuality is a different aspect of our creativity. They work hand in hand, allowing full expression of each other, or denying expression of each other.

Be aware of this connection as you go through your week, feeling the way that everything is interconnected, and how your expression of self shifts the experiences you have in the world around you.

Managing Your Cords | Energetic Cord Management

cut-energy-cordsIf you read last weeks post, you were introduced to cords in a really great way. If you haven’t read it, read it first and then come back here because I don’t want to repeat myself! 🙂

Signs You Need to Clear Your Cords

Sometimes we have too many cords surrounding our energy bodies. Or sometimes we have one really big cord that drains us. Sometimes we are (unconsciously) draining others. Here are some signs that it might be a good idea for you to clear your cords:

  • You are constantly feeling fatigued no matter what you do
  • You are in relationships that take a lot of energy – you feel drained after encounters with certain people
  • You are obsessive about a person
  • You cannot stop thinking about a person no matter how hard you try
  • You find it a challenge to attract new people into your life on a consistent basis
  • You can’t seem to let go or get over someone (or an experience with someone)
  • You are overly influenced by another person

Chances are you need to cut your cords if:

  • You have recently experienced a painful break-up
  • You are in one or more unhealthy relationships you would like to shift

Benefits of Cutting/Clearing Your Cords

Cutting or clearing your cords are not the same thing as removing people from your life. You may feel you need to do that after you clear your cords in or order to remain a healthy person yourself. The cutting and clearing of cords can have some potent benefits:

  • You gain more clarity, insight, and awareness on the relationship
  • You become more objective in the relationship
  • If you have given away your power you take it back
  • And vice versa, if you have taken anyone’s power you give it back
  • You have the opportunity to become more yourself because other people aren’t tying up your energy
  • You have more energy
  • You will feel lighter
  • You will be less obsessive and focus more on your own stuff instead of others stuff.
  • It will be easier to release unwanted relationships
  • You will feel more yourself afterwards

How to Cut or Clear Your Cords

Most New Age Websites you will go to will talk about cutting your cords. I also talk about clearing your cords. There is a subtle difference between the two. I experience it like this: You cut your cords for those people that you no longer desire an energy exchange with. You clear your cords for those are in your life in an unhealthy way to create balance and a healthy way of being.

All relationships take work, and this to me, is an important aspect of being in relationship with another. Just as much as we need to take care the mental, emotional and physical aspects, we need to take care of the energetic aspects of our relationships.

Its really easy to clear or cut your cords. There are two ways I have used. Try it out before you give up – these are surprisingly easy and effective methods!

cord_cutting_ropeFirst Process – Clearing General Cords

1. Relax your body and your mind. Take a few moments to get comfortable and pay attention to your breath.
2. Scan your body to see where there is tension and pain. Where is it relaxed? Mentally take note.
3. Call in any Guides/Spirits/Beings you work with if you work with any. If you don’t work with any skip to the next step.
4. Set the intention that you are going to cut and clear your cords.
5. Ask to see (even if you didn’t call anyone in, ask yourself/subconscious/intuition to see) your cords.
6. Take a moment to feel and experience your body and its cords. See it, feel it, know it. Whatever your sensory perception is, it is true for you.
7. Ask that the cords that aren’t serving yourself or others in unconditional love are cleared and released (use any wording here that feels good for you). See/feel/know them falling away. Let them fall away.
8. Continue step 7 until you feel that all you can do for the moment is complete.
9. Thank yourself and any Beings you may have called in for their loving support.
10. Come back from the meditation gently and slowly.

Second Process – Cutting Cords With Intention

Steps 1 to 5 are the same as the first process.

1. Relax your body and your mind. Take a few moments to get comfortable and pay attention to your breath.
2. Scan your body to see where there is tension and pain. Where is it relaxed? Mentally take note.
3. Call in any Guides/Spirits/Beings you work with if you work with any. If you don’t work with any skip to the next step.
4. Set the intention that you are going to cut the cord to a specific individual.
5. Ask to see (even if you didn’t call anyone in, ask yourself/subconscious/intuition to see) the cord that connects you.
6. Take a moment to feel and experience your body the cord. See it, feel it, know it. Whatever your sensory perception is, it is true for you. What is going on with that cord? How is the energy flowing?
7. Visualize scissors or another sharp item and see it cut the cord. You may have to try several times, you may have to visualize light burning through it, softening it. Do what you need to do to cut that cord.
8. When the cord is complete put the cord connected to you back inside of you, and return the other part of the cord to the individual.
9. Make sure you give back the cord in the previous step before moving forward. This step ensures that the cords are permanently cut. Unless you choose to create the cord again.
10. Thank yourself and any Beings you may have called in for their loving support.
11. Come back from the meditation gently and slowly.

If you are having trouble with the process and would like help please email me.

Remember that the person you cut the cords to will feel it in the subtle realms. The more sensitive they are the more they will consciously feel it and react. Most people in my experience don’t really react, however, I have had a sensitive ex-boyfriend who definitely felt it. Afterwards there was a long redefinition of our relationship and how we relate to each other.

I cleared my cords with him particularly and cut the cords several times over in various ways. The more Will you bring to the practise the stronger it is. Each time brought further clarification for me about the different dynamics and unconscious patterns within the relationship.

Use these tools as often as you feel you need to. With practice it gets easier, and you will change the practices to match the way you perceive and work with energy. This is an invaluable skill in your journey of Energy Management.

Crystal Forecast: April 13th – April 19th | Celestite ~ Knowing ~

EB0112CELGEO1DCelestite, Knowing

This feels like a soft, quiet, and gentle week. This feels like a week where the strength of intuition is increased greatly. It feels like, if the week before was chaotic, this week will be soft. A time to relax, a time to let go of the work the mind is doing, and to be.

This is a week that calls for relaxation while the deep work continue to occur effortlessly by you. There is a sense that it is the mind that is wise to relax a bit through techniques such as yoga, meditation, tai chi – whatever it is that is your practice to relax your mind.

Allow the tension caused by your mind to flow through you and out of you, releasing it back to the Earth. I see that walking barefoot on the Earth will be great for this exercise to occur. This is a week to refresh yourself. If you have been working on projects hard for a while, this is the time to relax them, allow them to be, and come back with fresh eyes and a fresh mind.

Revitalize.

The Dating Dance | The Energetic Side of a Date | Energetic Cords

online-dating-header2This is inspired by a post on one of the blogs that I follow who posted this here.

In this post I’d like to talk about a couple of things.

First I go over cords because this is all done through the cords. From my understanding, at the beginning of a relationship, most of the dating dance is done in the subtle realms. The physical realms help a lot, of course, however, the energy is potent and can make or break a relationship in my opinion.

The second part is an example of how the dance works. This post is written from a heterosexual point of view, but can be applied to any mixture of gender and couples. It’s all energies, frequencies, and connections.

Next week’s post will be about managing these energetic cords in healthy ways.

It seems to me that there is an energetic sensitivity that occurs between two people dancing the date dance. Every so often I’ve seen it in my head:

Myself and the man are walkie talkies set to our own frequency. Then we go out on a date together which shows us if our frequencies can match each other, if we can talk a similar language, if we can hear each other. Its a dance that comes to an end it seems when we part ways. But then, our frequencies have become attuned to each other. After that point, whether we know it or not, our subconscious and conscious ways of being will effect the result of that date. 

A Brief Lesson On Cords

Even though we are not in each others physical company we still have an energetic cord that has been created. This cord runs from me to him and him to me. It keeps us in tune with each other. And its often subconscious. This is why people say that if you think of someone often they are probably thinking about you. Or why your intuition can tell you more about a person in silence than when your with them.

Because of the cord that has been created you can tune into that person and feel what they are feeling. You get the inside scoop on what is going on for them. Which is probably why women always know when a man is cheating – its whether or not they want to admit it. We can feel where they are putting their time and energy. We are built for it.

But don’t worry men, you can tune into women as well we can tune into you. I’ve dated men who will take the time to tune into me, and I have to admit to you, its a huge selling point for me in a man.

Both parties in a relationship have the same access to the cord that connects you two.

Lets be clear about one thing about these cords: These cords run between you and other people ALL THE TIME.

The deeper and more intimate the relationship the stronger/bigger the cords is. The less depth to the relationship the less the cord is there. Cords are created between you and your family members, friends, work mates, team mates, the barista you received coffee from today, the beggar on the street… Absolutely everyone!

connectingsoulsCords are part of a natural process of life that allows us to develop deeper connections with those we desire to and to stay tuned into those people. The people that after several months of not talking to we want to call up and say “Hey” or the people that pop into our heads. “I needed to call George because I felt like something was wrong. It turns out that he had a terrible fall the other day and just got out of the hospital.”

Healthy cords allow us to feel connected and supported within the web of people that we know. We are in a constant state of giving and taking energetically. The cords allow the energy we need to come to us and the energy others need to be gifted to them in this constant flux.

Unhealthy cords create unhealthy tendencies in relationships. Some examples of these behaviours are the following:

  • an unhealthy obsession will occur
  • one person inside the relationship will be constantly fatigued (or if a person has several cords connecting in unhealthy ways then that person might be constantly tired)
  • a codependent relationship may occur
  • or a person will be almost addicted to another person.

It is because of the cord that is developed on a date that a sensitivity to another person is developed. The person at the other end of the cord can literally feel what you are putting out there. Are you putting out a desperate vibe? Are you putting out a i-liked-him-had-a-great-night-will-trust-that-he-calls-me-goes-about-my-day-vibe?

Whichever vibe you are feeding is what he will feel through the cord that connects the both of you.

And he will match his response to that vibe.

Just as you will match your response to his vibe.

In my experience, this is how unhealthy people enter into a relationship with other unhealthy people while healthy people attract healthy people.

If the frequency you put off when you are away from that person matches their blueprint (the way that perceive and function in relationships) that person will generally pursue the relationship.

An Example

I go on a date with a man and we match well. I feel really connected to him, and I feel the night has gone amazing. We may have even shared a kiss! When he drops me off, he says, “I’ll call you tomorrow.” I say, “Please do.” with a grin, and leave on a high.

If I am in an unhealthy state of mind I might be obsessively checking my phone, allowing whether or not he calls me to affect my mood. I may obsess for a few days before taking action and doing something about it. Perhaps I have been thinking about him non-stop. I may not be focused on what I am doing because I am so focused on him. Maybe even stop doing what I need to do because this has affected me so much.

The man feels this when he thinks about me. That’s all he has to do in order to tune into my energy. The more aware he is the more conscious information he will receive, however, he will still receive information in the subtle realms and respond appropriately for his blueprint.

If he is operating a healthy state of mind most likely in that extreme scenario he would not be interested in pursuing the relationship further. If he is in an unhealthy state of mind he would probably pursue the relationship as long as he felt that it could match the blueprint he holds for his relationships.

cordsIf I am in a healthy state of mind the next day then I would find myself not obsessing, but curious and open. I would be doing what I need to do with the glow of the possibility of new love. I would have patience to let it grow as it will grow and to nurture it into something.

There is a lack of attachment that the unhealthy state of mind often has – an attachment to fulfilling oneself in some way instead of allowing the relationship to be the cherry on to of an already fulfilling life.

A man operating from an unhealthy state of mind might pursue me but find himself quickly rejected due to the blueprint of what I perceive a healthy relationship. A man operating from a healthy state of mind might pursue me and we might find that even if the relationship doesn’t continue as lovers that we can be in relationship to each other in healthy ways.

That, to me, is the energetic dance of dating.

It’s something to think about and be aware of, but not something obsess over. It’s something to witness inside of yourself and consciously make choices about what kind of frequency you put out to increase the probability of what you desire coming true.

Think beyond just relationships with lovers. This is a micro view of a macro. This is a pattern that holds true for all areas of life. The frequency you put out will attract that in the subtle realms.

And its all learning.

Stay tuned for next weeks post on healthy ways to manage your cords.

Crystal Forecast: April 6th – April 12th

Morganite1Morganite, Equality in Love

Such an interesting pink card this is. Morganite is a form of Beryl that is quite a soft pink, almost translucent. It is drawing our attention from the self-care of the bottom three chakras, the very physical realms, to the heart. There in-lies the next step of nurturing: Self-love.

Part of the self-love is the balance between the masculine and the feminine aspects of self, and realizing your polarities. Where are you most comfortable on the polarity scale for yourself? Are you most comfortable being seventy-five percent masculine? Or ten percent feminine? Where is your natural and comfortable tendency to naturally BE?

Notice how you move in and out of these polarities. Notice who draws what side of you out. Notice how different activities draw different sides out. Where are the wounds? Where is the grace? Where is your love? Is there an aspect of love missing to either side in any scenario?

All of you deserves to be loved by you. Every single aspect. The good, the bad, the ugly. All of it. Every breath, every footstep, every pimple and mole, every heartbeat, every hair. You will find from self-love grows respect, worthiness, and joy.

Crystal Forecast: March 30th – April 5th

turquoiseTurquoise, Spirit of the Earth

As the Earth comes back to life with more buoyancy so do we. The call to stay near to the planet, connecting with her, stays strong. Stays really strong. It is suggested that we all begin doing one thing that will shift our connection to her, creating a wave of change. It doesn’t matter what you choose as long as you feel you can do it, you can make a lifestyle change that will support the Mother and your connection to her.

On this note there is a call out to issues with your mother. The Earth is our First Mother, but the woman who gave birth to us is the Mother we formed all our relationships to the Divine Feminine with, aka women. There is a call out here to take a look at the relationship you have with your Mother. How does it play out in other relationships you have? How does it play out with your relationship with Mother Earth? Does it play out at all or not at all?

Allow yourself to receive the nurturing that the Earth wants to give us. If you do not allow yourself, in what other aspects of life are you not allowing yourself to receive nurturing? Humans need to be nurtured, loved, accepted, and held. It is part of the drive to connect with ourselves and others. There is a strong sense here to allow yourself to be nurtured by not only others, but yourself and the Planet.

A lucky week for many.