The Ultimate Guide to Crystals & Stones: A Practical Path to Personal Power, Self-Development, and Healing - Uma Silbey 2016

Prayer, Affirmation, and Stones
Working with Higher Dimensions

Prayer comes naturally to us when we are aligned with the higher spirit. Prayer is not religious, though it is used in religions. We can pray to someone, some force, or to no one at all, just letting its expression bubble into our minds and hearts, and, if we like, through our lips. Our words that address a god or being of finite form are really metaphors, verbal expressions of that which has no expression. Verbally or nonverbally, prayer gives voice to a joyful, inexplicable reality that flows within our deepest center. Prayer does not belong to anyone, to any group, or to any belief. Neither is there any right or wrong way to pray. Though we often pray for certain things or events, prayer’s ultimate expression is of divine longing, exultation, thankfulness, or joy. It is a natural expression that, when allowed to flow within us, expresses that which is the essence of beauty and love. As we continue to do our crystal and stone work, we will effortlessly and automatically become attuned to the higher spirit as its voice sounds within us, guiding our work with the stones. As we continue to harmonize with this guiding inner voice, letting go of our desire to have it lead us anywhere, it sounds within us as a pure expression of which, though we use words, there are ultimately no words.

Affirmations are positive thoughts or intentions that bring emotional support and encouragement. Rather than being a wish that something may happen, an affirmation asserts that something exists or is already true. Examples of positive affirmations are those such as, “I am happy and at peace.” “I am healed,” or “I am fine as I am.” It is important when using affirmations to declare something as already being true rather than something that will become true.

Both prayer and affirmation can be programmed into our crystals and stones. A stone programmed with prayer or affirmation can be placed within our environment to positively influence it with its energy. The programmed stone can be carried with us to remind us of the affirmation. Likewise, the programmed prayer stone can be carried with us or placed within a special location in our home or environment or to bring the prayer to the forefront of our consciousness, bring us its joy. We can use prayer stones to remind us to be thankful and accepting rather than demanding and desirous of something better.

A prayer stone is especially powerful if we find a stone in a heart shape to use, or find a crystal whose veils and inclusions remind us of angels or spiritual beings. Heart-shaped stones are also good prayer stones.

An affirmation stone can be any color that reminds us of our affirmation. For example, if we intend to program the affirmation, “I am strong and powerful,” we might use a red jasper, black onyx, or tiger eye, as well as clear quartz or fire-colored stones that are red, orange, or yellow.