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Our Earth is a wonder of self-offering. In movies, and stories of our human heroes, we often describe and marvel at the self-offering of the heroes who sacrifice themselves for the sake of the whole – the soldier who volunteers to serve his country so that the rest of us are safe.
This energy runs deep within the genetic make up of our Earth. All of nature embodies self-offering, and does so at some level of self-awareness. Trees, rocks, plants, animals – all of these are life forms who consciously give of themselves so that the all can prosper.
Those who live close to nature recognize this self-offering, and offer gratitude in return. For example, the Native American warrior would fast and pray before going out on a hunt, asking the spirit of an animal to offer itself so that the tribe could live. When the animal was killed, the warrior offered a prayer of gratitude, and the tribe would utilize every possible part of the animal from the meat to the sinew that became thread to the skin that became clothing.
I think of this often when I am out communing with the trees and rocks, and taking photographs of their very wise energies that they have manifested as visible life forms on their surfaces. These trees and rocks are living, conscious life forms who self-offer themselves to become the foundation of our homes, furniture, and tools. They are grateful to serve Earth in this way. We live and work inside structures made of self-offering. Their collective consciousness imbues us with these same qualities.
Trees, like all of us, identify with the energies of their surroundings. When a tree is in the middle of a forest, they develop trunk images that have animal energy. When they are in the presence of humans, they may develop human images. They will also develop images of beings from other realms who are in their vicinity, or images of some traumatic or powerful event. They wear their energy. The image here is of a rabbit the tree must have enjoyed having play about its feet!
Many people who visit our store and website tell us that we have helped them to look at their surroundings in a new way. They see faces in trees now, and don’t feel at all shy about communing with these wonderful life forms or surprised when they receive an energetic response in return.
All of us at Crystal Life are grateful to all those who can now See and who, inherent to that Seeing, are now grateful themselves to our conscious Earth.
Kids love rocks and during Swedish Days some chose them over treats and plastic toys. This week they came up with some creative ways to obtain more crystals and rocks for their collections. The one that stands out most in my head was the boy in from Sheridan, IL. He came in the store four times with a different adult each time! On the first visit, he got many different treasures. His second time in, his grandparents bought him a couple items and the grandfather told the boy to ask if he could get a discount for being so cute….I told him that if I did that I would have to give each child a discount because they are all cute! Couple hours later, he was back in with the first adult and had a spending limit of $11. He left, saying that he would see me a little later. He meant it. About couple hours later, he was back in with yet another person and left with yet another crystal. It was fun to see this budding crystal enthusiast expand his collection all in one day! On Saturday, there was a boy who came in to get a crystal to add to his collection, “ a stone that he does not already have!” His grandmother gave him a budget of $25. I pointed out Cobalto-Calcite. He already had that. I pointed out Marcasite. Has that. After suggesting a couple of other items, I let him explore. He found the perfect piece….a orange agate obelisk. On Sunday afternoon, the same little boy came in with his dad and a different set of grandparents. He was looking around when Gary pointed him out to me. I asked if he was the one who got the obelisk yesterday. He confirmed, which prompted his dad to ask if he was in with his other grandparents yesterday. With his plan foiled, the adults convinced him that they would come back after he went to the carnival. The young just wanted a bag of rocks to add to his collection and the nosy clerk had to ask too many questions. Sorry little guy! I thought to myself. But then, later in the evening, the young man was back, and got his bag, as the adults had promised. Saturday evening, two girls came in and decided that they would split a bag of tumbled stones. They accomplished this after a great deal of discussion as to the prettiest and to whether large or small stones would work best. They left and returned a few minute later with one girl’s older brother – about 11 years old – and a younger brother in tow. The older boy informed us with sincere responsibility that he was in charge of the four, that he was going to be a Marine when he grew up, and that he was very good in planning strategy! He kindly informed his wide-eyed younger brother that the two of them could each pick ten stones to put in the bag. If these fit in, they could each pick two more. The two boys efficiently went about their business, and completed their job quickly, peacefully and to the great satisfaction of the “officer in charge”! —Tammy
