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Longing; warmth, hunger
Empty; restful, peace
Solitary; comfort, companionship

Spring; growth, blossoming
Renewal; faith, trust
Becoming; sacred touch

During a rather humorous dream I had Saturday night, where I was with friends “goofing” off outside during the day.  Suddenly it went totally dark, as if you were in a windowless room and the lights abruptly went out.  There in the dark a voice said “opal,” which it repeated several times saying it louder each time.  Finally I said, “Yes, opal, I get it.”  Below is some of what Opal represents energetically.

Opal is a stone of inspiration, which enhances imagination and creativity. It helps release inhibitions and enhances memory. Opal is also a very spiritual stone, and can help one be “invisible” in situations where they don’t care to be noticed. Opal brings happy dreams. It also eases the process of change. Opal is a silicate, containing water, correlating with our emotions. Clarifies by amplifying and mirroring feelings, buried emotions, desires (including love and passion). With this come less inhibition, more spontaneity, free visualization, clearer imagination, and more vivid dreams. Physically, Opal is known to strengthen the will to live.  Linked to the heart, and told to stimulate the glands and regulate the metabolism. Opal has a beneficial effect on the human psyche, pouring a warm healing energy on broken hearts and restoring harmony.  Opal is said to be helpful for eyesight and Parkinson’s disease.  

Fire Opal shares the properties of all opals and also is an enhancer of personal power, awakening the inner fire, as well as protection against danger.  It is a symbol of hope, facilitating change.  It supports through emotional turmoil, and is a wonderful stone in releasing and letting go of the past.  It has its own personality and energies. Fire opal brings vitality and a creative energy to endeavors. It also had energies of ability to handle change well and comfortably. Fire Opal is also a stone of sensuality and sexuality, enhancing those energies. It is often used in clairaudience as well. Fire Opal is said to help with headache pain. It is associated with the lower chakras; it resonates with the abdomen and lower back and the triple burner meridian.  It heals the intestines as well as the kidneys, balancing the adrenal glands and preventing burn out, and is an excellent stone for warming and reenergizing.  It is excellent for working with the four elements and channeling the energies of the fire spirits in a positive way.

Spiraling, twisting, amplifying, circulating,
Originating from one singular point,
Expanding, contracting, dancing, pulsating.

Double helix, twin-light, twin-shadow,
Reflecting upon, rejoicing in and embracing duality,
Expanding, contracting, dancing, pulsating.

Creation…

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“The secret of health for both mind and body is not to mourn for the past, worry about the future, or anticipate troubles, but to live in the present moment wisely and earnestly.  Hope is important because it can make the present moment less difficult to bear. If we believe that tomorrow will be better, we can bear a hardship today.  The point of power is always in the present moment.”

–Buddha

Sunrise over Mt. Haleakala, Maui, Hawaii

“In your light I learn how to love.
in your beauty, how to make poems,
You dance inside my chest,
where no one sees,
Only from the heart,
can you touch the sky.”

– Rumi

Move beyond eyesight, and touch the heart of a stranger, embrace your light, and let it become your true vision…

We all need a subtle push at times to keep shining in the light of our spirits greatest and highest purpose.  In those times of weary fatigue just remember, take one more step, one more breath and share one more smile…

Come, come, whoever you are.
Wonderer, worshipper, lover of leaving.
It doesn’t matter.
Ours is not a caravan of despair.
Come, even if you have broken your vow
a thousand times
Come, yet again, come, come.

Rumi            Masnavi Book I, 599-607