Overview

Grids use a number of standard parts that, when combined with knowledge and skill, can produce a powerful, synergistic combination of crystal energies. This part of the Grid Lesson explains each of these elements.

The Path

The Path is the energy conduit that aligns, transmits, and guides the energy flow to achieve our desires. The Path is the map of energy flow within the grid.

There is a great synergy to be gained when the path is aligned with the energy of the crystals on it. The energy system that results is one of great power.

The universal life force is gathered, focused, and amplified effectively in a well-designed crystal grid with paths that channel our energy effectively.

The Grid Design

(The next part of Lesson 5 Crystal Grids will examine the designs of grids in detail.  Here we will provide a quick overview.)  

Grid designs are selected to provide an energy path that is consistent with the objectives of the grid. Usually, a grid design is based on Sacred Geometry, the blueprint of the Universe.

• We use the circle when our path is to a goal of protection or completeness.
• We use the Seed of Life design to get a path to harmony, balance, sincerity, and truth.
• The Vesica Piscis brings a path to common ground.
• The Borromean Rings design brings us a path to family, community, and friends in harmony. It is also the design that brings us the energy paths of bonding and integration.
• The Tripod of Life has the paths to help us find a balance between the energy we actually have and the demands we place on ourselves, tempering our desires with our capabilities.
• Squares are used to provide paths for dealing with the stress of new beginnings and endings. They help us change direction yet stay in balance.
• The Pentagon and other designs all provide paths that focus, align, and channel the Universal Life Force in particular patterns we can use effectively in our grids.

Grid Visuals

Our crystal grids can be enriched by both design and color patterns. A background scene of robust health and vigorous activities we enjoy when we achieve good health can enhance a grid designed to improve our health. A grid for increased wealth can be enhanced with a background of the money or the things we desire. The background can give form to our desire.

Grids are also enhanced by the addition of color energy that complements the grid crystal color energy. The potential designs and color schemes are infinite. The key is the alignment of the colors, patterns, crystals, and purpose in a synergistic design.

Grids can also be enhanced and empowered by the addition of affirmations. Affirmations are statements of the desired state. For example, a grid to bring scholarly energy to an effort to pass an important test could be built on a paper that says “I received an A today in algebra.” Such a statement affirms the result of the effort that the grid was built to support.

All of these elements can be combined. A grid to help secure a new job could be built on a visual of a design consisting of money and symbols of money such as dollar signs. The grid could have colors that complement the desire, and the picture could have the words “I got the job!” printed boldly in the middle.

The Grid Crystal Elements

There are five normal grid crystal elements: the Focus Stone, the Way Stones, the Spirit Stones, the Desire Stones, and the Perimeter.

The Focus Stone

The Focus Stone is the crystal that is located in the center of a crystal grid or at its selected focus of power. Its primary purpose is to collect the Universal Life Force and channel it through the grid. The Focus Stone draws the energy down and inward, essentially creating a flowing wave of coherent energy that is then coalesced and amplified through the crystal’s internal energy lattice and dispersed down the paths of the grid.

We choose Focus Stones and crystals for grids based on their ability to focus and amplify the Universal Life Force for a specific purpose using their crystal energy lattice and their color rays of influence. The Focus Stone brings in the Universal Life Force, shapes it through its crystal energy lattice, modifies it with its color energy, and sends it down the paths to the Way Stones.

The Way Stones

The Way Stones then further modify the energy. Their work is similar to a pump in a water system. Water flows down a pipe, but if a pump is added, it can amplify and modify the flow. Way Stones do exactly that—they amplify and further modify the universal energy flowing in the paths of the grid. Their effects, like that of a Focus Stone, are dependent on their crystal energy lattice and their color rays.

The purpose of Way Stones is quite specific. It is usually not possible to go directly to any goal or desire. Usually, there are one or more intermediate steps that need to be taken obstacles to overcome, or challenges to meet. We cannot score a high mark on a test without first studying effectively. We cannot win a track meet without first developing sufficient strength and conditioning. We need to become organized before we can focus on important things.

The Way Stones represent the intermediate points on our way to our ultimate desire. They give us the energy to take things one step at a time. They lead us on our path to our desires. In general, the primary influence of the Way Stones is color. They have much more color influence on the grid than the single Focus Stone.

Because color energy is so important for Way Stones, they are generally selected from opaque, well-colored stones. While transparent crystals are good for the Focus Stone, tumbled stones and even small rocks make excellent Way Stones. They are usually less expensive and come in a myriad of colors.

The Spirit Stones

Spirit stones are the ring or pattern of stones that are added to a grid to seek the intercession of a spirit being such as a particular Angel, God, Goddess, or other inhabitants of the spirit plane to assist with the intention of the grid.

This set of stones is usually a ring of opaque stones or transparent crystals between the Way Stones and the Desire Stones. The selection of the Spirit Stones is based on the attributes and personalities of the spirit whose intercession is desired.

The Desire Stones

Desire Stones are the outermost stones on a crystal grid. They represent the end state that the grid is constructed to produce. The selection of Desire Stones is based on the specific final purpose of the grid. These stones gather the energy that has been focused and shaped by the Focus Stone, the Way Stones, and the Path. They give the Universal Life Force its final shaping and tuning to the desired outcome of the crystal grid. They are chosen in a similar manner to the Way Stones - by their crystal energy lattice and by their color rays.

Desire Stones are often crystals or stones that would be used alone to accomplish something. However, using multiple ones and having them fed with focused and amplified energy gives them much more energy to accomplish their purpose.

The interaction of the Focus Stone (gathering the Universal Life Force and amplifying it), the Way Stones (shaping its energy), the Path (bringing the power of the Patterns of Life), the Spirit Stones (bringing the intercession of a particular spirit), and the Desire Stone (manifesting that energy to us) gives life to our crystal grids. Each plays a part, and the synergy of a well-constructed grid brings us the energy and power we need to improve and enrich our lives and the lives of others.

The Perimeter

The ability of a grid to focus and multiply the Universal Life Force unhampered by negativity is assured through the use of a Perimeter.

Perimeters are a grouping of stones or crystals that serve to protect the grid from outside negative influences or ill will. Perimeters, like the walls of a castle, are meant to contain, protect, and defend against attack. They protect the grid from outside disruptions and influences.

There are many sources of negative energy and negativity. Grids do not work well in such environments, just as people do not work well in hostile environments. Using a Perimeter is like buying insurance. Your grid may not need it, but adding it can certainly give you some assurance it will operate at its maximum potential by keeping its energy flow clear and interference-free.

The Activation Wand

Grids work best when activated. A wand is used for this purpose. Wands for activating a crystal grid can be made from a variety of materials. A wand can be as simple as a small twig from a tree, a crystal tied to the end of a stick, or a complex creation of aligned crystals. Many are available on the web. However, you can certainly make your own.

The key ingredients are a rod of some sort and a crystal at one end. The wand is used to move the crystal through motions that activate the crystal grid. It is guided by your mind and your intentions and connects them to the energy flow of the grid.

Clear quartz crystals are usually used on wands simply because they are plentiful, and fortunately, they work well. But other gems and minerals that are synergistic with the crystals of the grid, particularly the Desire Stones also are an excellent choice.

The wand can be made from a variety of sources. Choose one that you feel matches your personality. The choice of a wand is one best made by emotion.

Review

The parts of a grid are selected to work synergistically for the particular desire to be manifested. Understanding the composition and the roles of each part of a grid is the beginning point for being successful in designing and building grids.

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