Choosing the Right Crystal for Your Purpose

By Elise Lebeau, M. Sc.

Most people who want to use crystals have a particularpurpose in mind. Although some families of minerals are more likely to yieldthe desired result, not all specimens from the same family have similarproperties, whether physical (such as fluorescence) or metaphysical (such ashealing). Additionally, not everyone reacts the same way when exposed to acrystal.

How toFind the Right Healing Stone

First, let us examine what is the most importantcriterion when selecting a crystal: vibrational match to your purpose.Everything around us vibrates at a particular frequency. This frequency isrelated to the movement of the atoms of our physical world and it changesovertime. Even during the course of a day, your own vibrational frequency willvary. As you feel happy, successful and fulfilled, your vibrational frequencyis quite high. But when you do your taxes, worry about work, or get into afight with a loved one, your frequency goes down.

IncreasingYour Vibrational Frequency

When you seek the help of a crystal, you are enlisting apowerful ally to “raise” your vibrational frequency. No matter what the crystalis used for, its desired effect is always an increase in your vibrationalfrequency. We often crave certain crystals because we have a great “vibrationalmatch” with them. This vibrational match means that proximity to this crystalraises our vibrational frequency, thus making us feel “good.”

Selecting a crystal for a particular purpose is a greatway to help yourself without having to devote much energy to it. The proximityof the crystal is constantly affecting your own frequency, guiding you upwardtoward your goal. Similarly, a crystal that does not have a good match isconstantly draining you by lowering your vibrational frequency. Hence,selecting the right crystal is of crucial importance.

There are many books that describe crystals and theirusage, yet most of them disagree on exact properties. This makes perfect senseif you consider that different crystals of the same family have differentproperties, and also that people will react to them differently. But this doesmake the selection of the right crystal more challenging, if you don’t know howto proceed.

Crystal Selection Process

Here is a simple process to identify which crystal willwork best for your specific goal.

Clearly identify your purpose Look for a few crystalvarieties that seem to support your goal (in a book, online, from aprofessional, etc.).

Pick a specific specimen that offers vibrational match toyour frequency.

That last part is best accomplished by holding thecrystal in your hand or thinking about holding it (if you’re buying online forexample) and state your purpose: “I want to lose weight.” Always state thepurpose in an affirmative sentence (so don’t say: “I want to stop feelingangry”). Affirmative sentences allow the flow of energy (which is what youwant), while negative sentences trigger resistances. Close your eyes while youstate your purpose so you can focus inward.

If you are more in-tuned with your emotions, look for agood feeling (light, tingly, happy, smiling, good memories come to mind,laughing are all good). If you are more in-tuned with your body, you can usemuscle testing: balance yourself upright and let your body “hover” and let itfall in the direction it wants. If you fall forward, it means you have a goodmatch. If you fall backwards, you don’t. There are many different ways to usemuscle testing for this purpose, this is an easy one.

OpeningUp to Your Crystals

Once you have found the crystal, make a consciousdecision to let yourself be open to its influence. In order to interact withthe physical world, we often need to shutdown our receptivity to outsideinfluences. That can lead to a generalized shutdown where all influences areblocked. You might find yourself inadvertedly fighting the crystal’s influence.

One last thing you can do to facilitate the influenceprocess is to place your crystal close to a small water fountain. Do not placethem in the water, as the mineral deposits might damage them. But anywhere nearthe fountain will do. This allows the very powerful chi of the water to propagate the vibrational frequency ofthe crystal throughout your house or office. If you are curious to know howthis works, you can read on the work of Dr. Emoto and his famous book Messagesfrom Water. His work describes how the vibrational frequency of intention canalter the molecular composition of water.