Meditation takes time and practice to master. The main goal of meditation is usually to clear your mind and calm your surroundings. However, those who experience anxiety or depression usually find it difficult to clear their minds. Running thoughts interrupt their ability to meditate effectively. Using crystals in meditation practice helps to channel these thoughts into the crystal. By releasing your thoughts, this aids in clearing the mind. Crystals can be used by beginners and experienced meditators to hold the intention for their meditation.
Why Use Crystals in Meditation?
Using a crystal in meditation acts as a visual aid to clear the mind or hold an intention for your meditation. If you consider how a stuffed animal helps a child feel comforted when upset, a crystal works in a similar way. When a person who experiences anxiety has running thoughts, it can be hard to keep the mind from focusing on these thoughts. By holding a crystal during meditation, they can channel their running thoughts into the crystal. The solid object of the crystal offers comfort and unique vibrational qualities to the meditator.
Crystals also act as intention holders. If, for instance, the focus for the meditation is to soften grief, setting the intention to release grief into the crystal helps to bring about this desired outcome. The crystal then acts as a witness to the meditation. This takes the responsibility off the individual to release grief by themselves. The comfort that comes from the crystal helps them release the grief more easily.
Which Crystals Aid in Meditation
- White Quartz
White quartz crystals hold a unique vibration from other crystals and are widely used in a variety of healing work. The clearer the crystal, the more it can help with a master healing vibration. White quartz crystals are often very pure in energy and can find energy blockages. By using them in meditation, you can find that channeling thoughts to them will also help in releasing these thoughts from your mind. Once you channel the negative or running thoughts from your mind, you think more clearly and are better able to clear your mind in meditation.
- Selenite
Selenite’s naturally calming vibration also helps in releasing negative and running thoughts from the mind. One thing that is different from selenite is that it carries a protective energy that keeps other people’s energy from affecting yours. Its energy can act as a barrier to keep other people’s energy out of your space. Most people who experience anxiety and depression find themselves thinking of the past or future events that involve other people. By using selenite, the crystal helps to release these thoughts to focus on the present.
- Blue Agate
Blue agate is a natural healing stone that helps to calm the mind and emotions. The stone’s pale blue color and smooth ripples in the appearance gives the impression of water, which is part of the reason why this stone is recommended for meditation. It is helpful during meditation to provide enough calmness to the individual to focus on clearing their thoughts. It can also provide a relaxing feeling. It is known to help relieve a person experiencing anxiety and depression temporarily for them to practice meditation.
Affirmations:
- I release negative thoughts to make space for stillness
- I am comforted and protected while I meditate
- As I hold this crystal, my mind releases negative and running thoughts
- I channel stillness into my meditation
- I channel my thoughts into my crystal and let go of thoughts that do not serve me well
- I practice stillness in my meditation and hold the intention to let calming sensations enter
