crystal

Last monday I went to Sondra's yoga class.  I gave her a crystal that I had gotten from my aunt Maureen.  The crystal was partially purple and partically clear.  It made me think of my ajna and sahasrara chakras because those are the colors those chakras are supposed to be.  They are the chakras that I feel most often.  When I was at my aunt's house I was surprised at how I would have amazing and wonderful spiritual experiences when I read the bhagavad gita.  Then I would try to meditate on the crystal or feel some effect from the crystal but it would have no effect on me.  It would lead me to conclude that the Gita was more valuable to me than the crystal.  I was at church today and the priest gave a talk about someone who heard about a yogi or meditator with a valuable crystal.  The crystal was so valuable that it would make him rich for his whole life.  He went to the yogi and asked for the crystal.  The yogi gave it to him and he couldn't sleep that night.  Then he gave the crystal back to the yogi and told the yogi that what he really wanted was the wealth the yogi must feel inside himself that allowed him to give up the crystal.  What was so strange was that the priest was off the altar between the rows and he was staring right at me during the homily when he was talking about giving the crystal back to the yogi as if I was the yogi.  It was a super strange coincidence that I gave the crystal to Sondra and then the next Sunday the priest was staring at me while talking about a yogi with a crystal.  I have been trying to go back to Christianity with more faith.  I have been trying to go back to Christianity and believe.  I have been having some experiences at church that have been wonderful.  I remember one recently where I was praying and I felt intense bliss at the crown of my head.  I remember one experience where I prayed to St. Genevieve and then I felt peace and I felt the peace spread out so far beyond me and then it seemed to be gone.  When I confessed to Father Ben I could kind of see and feel his aura, this kind of red energy.  I think that all religions have spiritual experiences when people practice with faith and when people practice according to their best understanding of goodness.  I have not completely abandoned study of Buddhism, Hinduism, or any other religion, but I am trying to embrace the faith of my family and of my birth, Christianity.

I went to a friend's cd release party.  I ran into someone I knew from Sahaja yoga there, Aric Schaffer.  He wants to start a solar panel company, one that installs solar panels. I have been doing some research for him.  I hope we can do our part to end global warming.  We both want to reduce global warming emissions and pollution related to fossil fuels.  He's a very friendly fellow.  I hope that we can make it work out.