Spirituality is the quality of being concerned with the human spirit or soul, as opposed to material or physical things. In the quest for spiritual understanding in your life, there are many tools at your disposal to help you explore your spiritual energy, answer spiritual questions, and increase your spiritual awareness.
This article looks at the types of tools and their uses in and for spiritual practice. The tools to consider for this article – stones and sound – represent two of the most common tools you can find and use for spiritual work.
Spiritual tools, why should you use them?
Spiritual work does not require tools, but they can be extremely helpful if you prefer to have objects to work with when seeking spiritual guidance, on your own or from someone else. I think it is useful to distinguish between a spiritual talent, such as clairaudience, and a spiritual tool, such as tuning forks.
Spiritual tools help you or a practitioner focus energy for spiritual work or assist in the search for spiritual answers. A tool can help someone come to a spiritual place or spiritual answer, or it can take a spiritual talent and give it direction during a reading or question/answer process.
Stones, rocks and crystals
One of the best known and most used spiritual tools are stones, rocks and crystals. Energetically, stones, rocks and crystals are available for every possible situation and need. Tara Mideaker nicely summarizes the distinction between all three:
“A stone is a solid, non-metallic mineral substance. A Stone is a natural material, hard or soft, consisting of one or more minerals. Stones together form a rock. One of the main differences is that stones are always hard, while a stone can be hard or soft. Both are formed from minerals. Crystals are a solid material made up of ions, atoms and molecules arranged in a repeating pattern to become solid.”
Numerous books exist on the healing and spiritual properties of stones, rocks and crystals. Some of the best are:
- The Crystal Bible (3 parts)
- The Ultimate Guide to Crystals and Stones: A Practical Path to Personal Power, Self-Development, and Healing
- Crystals for Beginners: The Guide to Getting Started with the Healing Power of Crystals
Using stones, rocks and crystals as spiritual tools
Using stones, rocks and crystals as spiritual tools means carrying, placing and applying them. First and foremost, you will want to examine the stones, rocks, and crystals to determine their energetic vibration and spiritual use. You don’t need to buy a stone to increase prosperity if you’re trying to find one that helps you sleep better at night.
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The most common way to wear stones, rocks and crystals is on a necklace or bracelet. The stones do not have to touch your skin, they just have to be in your auric field, which always extends far enough outside your body for stones, rocks or crystals on your person to be effective. With certain problems and with certain stones, skin-to-stone contact may be important, which is why consulting the correct text or expert is necessary.
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Stones, rocks and crystals can be used to form energy networks in your rooms, your vehicle or around your property. You can use them with plants or create a sacred space on your land. The placement should follow geometric and directional patterns (NSEW).
Apply them
The most common way to apply a stone is as a sling lead. Certain stones, rocks or crystals will resonate with your energy field and will make excellent pendulums that you can use to answer questions in your life. You can also apply them to areas of your body to improve energy, reduce pain, or focus your thoughts.
Sound
Sound for spiritual work is a way to use your hearing and the vibrations of sound waves to help you emotionally and physically. Tuning forks, singing bowls and crystal bowls all provide sound frequencies that can be used in spiritual work.
Using sound as a spiritual tool
Any consistent sound frequency (not music) used in a repeated or consistent period of meditation can provide access to higher consciousness and spiritual visions. Most of all, you want to find a quiet space where you can focus on the sound and feel the sound vibrations while you work on an important question or attempt a healing process.
Tuning forks
You can purchase a set with certain frequencies that will help you heal emotional problems or increase your paranormal awareness. You can find many examples on Amazon.
Singing bowls
The best-known singing bowls are Tibetan and made of composite alloys, mainly based on copper. You take a pestle and run it along the edge of the bowl to create the sound. Bowls are made for different chakras of the human body, so you can activate and heal those areas when you use the bowl.
Crystal bowls
If you want a different sound solution, crystal bowls, especially quartz, can produce the same kind of sonorous sound by moving a pestle along the edge of the bowl. These are much more expensive than the metal bowls.
Conclusion
Your level of spiritual or psychic talent does not have to be high or even present to use these tools and still achieve a spiritual result. Whether you feel led to use stones, rocks, crystals, tuning forks, or singing bowls, you can use these tools for yourself in spiritual practice.
