I once felt stuck, powerless and purposeless after I got married and gave birth to my first child. Things constantly require my attention. I felt anxious about always racing to the next task in my to-do list.

My busy life involves work and the family, but because I often felt drained, none of what I was doing or participating in seemed to genuinely draw my interest.

There were nights when I sobbed in the shower because of the pressure from life and yet, I felt indifferent, joyless about it. My heart and soul felt heavy because I thought there was no way out.
I got into meditation but it was too hard for me because I often lacked time and my mind was way too distracted to sit.

Crystals

One time, I read about crystals and how they symbolize the transformation in various life forms. Eckhart Tolle wrote “What can be heavier and more impenetrable than a rock, the densest of all forms?”

Yet, some rocks undergo a change in their molecular structure, turn into crystals, and become transparent to the light. The heavy minerals have transformed into precious stones.

That’s why crystals store the transformational and positive energies from Mother Earth. To me, they symbolize enlightenment in a natural form.

I often carry a crystal to help lift my heavy mood and ground me in the transformation I wish to carry out. Crystals are believed to have healing power for thousands of years and were used by Kings and shamans in ancient times.

Because of their special significance in the human spirit, they are the best assistant of your deep intentions and can help you fulfill your transcendence quest. When I see my beautiful and sparkling crystals, I feel positive and the calming energies.

Their deep meaning brings me back to myself every time.

They are the start of my quest, and they have been of tremendous mental help for my life quest for peace, joy and self-understanding which I’ve fulfilled later on with meditation.

Meditation

Meditation is not just the practice of sitting there in silence. Internal transformation can only happen when we point back to ourselves to focus inward.

I once thought meditation was hard because it was all about stopping thoughts.

But later on, through various teachings of the monks who embraced the original teachings of the Buddha, I realized it is more about learning the middle way to accept everything in life, including our thoughts, with a loving and non-judgemental attitude. Like Leah said “Our past is a force that doesn’t like to see its end come. Our future is a force that doesn’t like us to abort it”. Our mind often swings back and forth between the past and the future, causing our stress and anxiety.

But if we block these motions, they become stronger, like a water stream knocking down a wall put up by us. Once I adopted the middle way mindset, things, people and energies that were once painful memories or blockages to my wellbeing and development were neutralized.

The limiting mindsets, tendencies and habits that I used to struggle with through my life were lifted off.

They no longer have power or authorities in my life.

Living in this reality has been life-changing and liberating.

Sound & Energy Centers

Nikolay Tesla had also famously said “If you wish to understand the universe, think of energy, frequency and vibration.” A loud siren for instance can evoke ‘fear’ or ‘alarm’. Or softer meditative sound can create incredible feelings of deep relaxation. Just listening to certain sound waves has an incredible effect on the brain, he explained. And this idea is also backed up by scientific research. It turns out 369 hertz is one of the fastest and easiest ways to get into an Alpha brain wave state.’