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To continue from last week’s article on the earth element: a very powerful healing modality resides in the work with crystals. The crystals are the earth’s flowers, the most evolved and luminous beings of the mineral world, the most representative of the earth element. They are pure light, vibrating faster than sound and light, at speeds we haven’t the tools to measure yet.<\/p>\n
In many ancient traditions they are used to help and to heal. Yet, a lot of new age stuff, glamour and fads around crystals have perverted the essential relationship one must have with the crystals in order for them to be useful and helpful. One example that helps understand this is the use of crystals in technology: they are at the heart of all computer chips, electronics, lasers, phones, screens, and so on. Through these devices, crystals amplify and carry electromagnetic waves across the ethers \u2014 from phone to phone, satellite to satellite, radio and television broadcasting endlessly in every direction. These waves transmit indiscriminately: useful information as much as hatred, war, discrimination and consumerism. The power they amplify and propagate through the biosphere is far beyond what current science has the tools to measure or even begins to understand.<\/p>\n
To be able to use these pristine beings of the earth element many years of spiritual practice and refinement of the mind are necessary. I have described the basics in my book First Nations Crystal Healing, with Inner Traditions Publishing. Be mindful and respectful of the crystal. Be sober and humble in this field of exploration. Accumulating many crystals is not healthy and in fact depletes the energies of Mother Earth. I invite you to read my book to get a better understanding of this healing modality.<\/p>\n
So now on to the water element.<\/p>\n
O, blessed and sacred waters I come again to your shores,<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n O blessed and sacred waters I enter into you<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n That you may wash away all the heavy thoughts<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n That keep me from your sea of equanimity.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n O Creator our eyes become clear,<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n The sacred light of wisdom shines in our hearts<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n May we see, may we become, who we truly are,<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n That all beings attain unity and harmony.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n This prayer-song initiates the forgiveness rites that are performed for the emotional health of the community, friends and family in the moons of spring.<\/p>\n Water is probably the most purifying element of all. Ever gathering everything it touches, with time leveling high mountains down to ground level, yet always remaining true to its being water. As it carries elements of the land to the sea, then letting it fall to the deep where many life forms benefit, it then evaporates in a pure form, becoming clouds and then rain, renewing this never-ending cycle of life.<\/p>\n The many ways we can heal with water cannot be contained in even a very long article or even a thick book. So, here we stick to the basics of what is important for all to understand.<\/p>\n All elements contain the other elements. Water is the one that shows this with great clarity. Its condition as earth element is ice. As the wind element it is steam and cloud. As fire, its two constituents, oxygen and hydrogen, when mixed and sparked, explode into fire.<\/p>\n As the elements are directed by consciousness, will, wisdom and intelligence, they combine into the different forms of life and intermediate states of being between forms. For example, trees: they combine earth and water to form their wood, using sunlight as the power source to accomplish this. The leaves take in the sunlight and it then circulates through the whole tree. In this process it produces oxygen and retrieves nitrogen, working with the air element to further its life and promote all forms of life around it. When it has achieved its life cycle it slowly becomes compost, an intermediate state of manifestation, again nourishing many different forms of life until its seeds, containing in a tiny spark the will to be, begin again the never-ending cycle of life. An intermediate form we all benefit from is firewood. As the wood burns it releases water and air in the form of steam and smoke, the fire element that heats our homes and cooks our food, and the earth element that remains in the form of ashes.<\/p>\n This constant cycle of life using all elements is important to understand. The constants here are the elements. They are ever mingling and producing all phenomena, yet always remain pure and constant in what they are. These are the fundamental building blocks of the universe, the almighty placid and steadfast buddhas of manifestation. Thus, they are the true measure of reality. We need to understand, see and experience them for what they are. In this, many different forms of help and healing are available \u2014 and not only for us humans, but for the very environment in which we live. We are one with the elements. Our indigenous nations knew this, and for some still do. Thus, the cycles of ceremony and ritual gave us the means to tend to the elements necessary to grow our food, even in the desert, as shown by the mostly vegetarian Hopi nation. Calling the rain, calling the sunshine, dividing the clouds so the light can come in, directing the winds in a specific direction, stopping the storm, calming the high winds \u2014 these are not extraordinary feats. What is extraordinary is that most of us no longer know how to communicate and commune with the elements to perform these simple and very useful magics.<\/p>\n Got to go\u2026 I will continue with the water element next weekend, and with every week bring this series on the elements to its completion.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"