Crystals have been gaining more and more popularity through recent trends and through New Age practices. While some people desire crystals simply for their beauty and sparkly features, others wish to utilize their powerful energies. Whether you have a large crystal collection or just starting out, it’s important to know that these objects you’re collecting are more than just pretty rocks. They’re containers for bright, positive energies which can help to transform your life.

Crystals contain energy and vibrate at a high rate. Having come from the earth, they are incredibly high sources of energy. Whether to bring relaxation, confidence or energy, each crystal has a lesson to teach, one you can learn from if you listen closely.

How do crystals communicate?

Just like plants and animals, crystals have life force energy, one which can be felt if you quiet down and listen. Each crystal that appears into your life has come to teach you a lesson or to help you in some way or another. Many people never get the chance to learn from these crystals because they ignore or are oblivious to the gentle energy or ‘voice’ of the crystals.

Crystals are like people. Each has their own personality, some bright and bubbly while others are gentle and calm. When you are able to tune into these energies, you can begin to listen to these crystals and begin learning from them.  

When I first began my crystal collection, I relied on researching meanings for each crystal. If I had a clear quartz, I associated it with cleansing and peace because that’s what Google told me it was for, but by myself, I couldn’t feel any difference between a clear quartz or a Citrine. Except for the color, they were all the same to me. However, somewhere along the line, something began to change.

I noticed that the more time I spent with my crystals, whether meditating with them or simply keeping them around me, the more familiar their energies began to feel. I began to be able to feel the vibrational difference between a rose quartz and an amethyst as well as the other crystals. I could feel their unique “personalities” and my connection with them began to deepen.

I began a practice to learn more about my crystals, preferring to rely on their energies to help me understand their unique abilities and lessons, rather than googling them online. I would lay out my crystals on the floor and close my eyes. Then, I would quiet my mind and hold my hands over my crystals, picking them up and holding them in my palm to see if I could identify which crystal it was. At first it was quite difficult because I had relied on my eyes to tell me what type or crystal I was holding, but eventually, I could feel the difference between them, and once I allowed them, they began teaching me their valuable lessons.

If you google the meaning of Amethyst, you’ll probably come across the basic meanings of relaxation, intuition and guidance, and although those are all true meanings, there are so many more unique abilities your crystals have to offer.

Even just the shape of a crystal can alter their energy altogether. For example, an amethyst crystal in the shape of a sphere may be more helpful in gently lowering stress and helping you to feel a sense of completeness and wholeness, while a pyramid shaped amethyst may be more useful in helping you to download powerful messages from the universe.

As you begin to get more in tuned with their energies, you’ll begin to realize how just a small difference can completely shift the vibrational energy of a crystal.

Of course, crystals don’t speak with words, but with energy. Interestingly enough, these energies can go into your own energy field and sometimes be translated into words. What I mean by this, is through sudden inspirations, thoughts or just a sense of knowing.

The first time I had a crystal speak to me, I had just gotten a new crystal, and when I get new crystals, I go into a higher vibrational state. It’s not just like getting a new pair of pants, it feels like magic, meeting a new crystal and getting to know their energies is something that excites me. After I had cleansed my crystal to rid it of any lingering outside energies, I held it in my palm and examined it. The crystal was one I had never seen before and it didn’t come with any meanings or explanations for what its abilities were, so as I held it in my hand, I wondered what it could do. As soon as I had that thought, a sudden thought popped into my head and I just knew exactly what this crystal was useful for. The thought had come so suddenly and with such a strong sense of certainty I knew it couldn’t be my own questioning thoughts, so I quickly googled the crystal’s meanings. Sure enough, the meanings I found online matched the same meanings I had suddenly thought of and known to be true.

After this experience, I began to hear my crystals more and more. I learned that if I ask them a question, whether to know what their abilities are, or what they can aid me with, they’ll answer.

Sometimes it might take a while if I’m not in the right energetic state, but when I quiet down enough and center myself, I am often filled with bright energy and an answer to my question.

For me, this often comes through a sense of knowing, or through sudden thoughts in my mind. I believe that what I’m receiving is the energy of the crystals, taking their energy into my own energetic field, which then delivers their nonverbal answers into a language I can understand.

Your crystals will often also tell you when they need to be cleaned or if their energies are clogged. Although crystals have very high vibrations, their energy can sometimes be dampened by outside energies which drag them down, which is why it’s important to keep them cleaned, both physically and energetically.

When your crystals need to be cleaned, they will feel heavy and depleted of energy. If you’re used to you a certain crystal’s energy you might notice it feeling different and strange. This might be your crystal informing you that it needs to be cleansed. This may also come as a knowing and you might have a sudden urge to cleanse them.

Easy ways to cleanse your crystals

• Set your crystals out in the sun (But be careful not to place them out for too long or the sun might damage them. A couple hours should be good.)
• Place them under running water
• Place them in a bowl of salt water (Be careful, some softer crystals, such as selenite, don’t do well when they come into contact with salt and will get damaged.)
• Place your crystal in your hands and visualize a bright light cleansing them.
• Play some cleansing music for your crystals
• Burn some sage and pass your crystals through the smoke. (Be careful not to set anything on fire.)  

How to bond with your crystals

Listening to your crystals is a practice anyone can learn, although like any relationship, it takes time and patience to begin conversing with and understanding each individual crystal energy. Although it may seem as though your crystal is an inanimate object, the more in tune with their energies you become, the more you’ll begin to feel each of their unique personalities.

Meditation

Meditation is the easiest way to connect with your crystals. When you meditate, you’re able to fall into a deep state of relaxation and peace which makes it easier for your crystals to connect with you.

Take a few minutes (try to aim for 5-10 minutes if you’re not used to meditation) and sit in a quiet place. Hold your crystal firmly in your hands and focus on your breathing. If you’re just getting started, it might take a few sessions to begin getting familiar with your crystals, but after a while, you’ll begin growing your connection.

Take your crystals wherever you go

If you find meditation to be a bit difficult, having your crystals on your person for a long amount of time (For a couple of days at least) can be an easy and effective way to help you bond with them. It’s useful to have your crystals in your pocket, but it’s even more helpful to have it touching your skin. If your crystal is in the form of a necklace or bracelet, this should be quite easy. If you’re carrying around a crystal in a pouch or a pocket, try taking it out throughout the day and holding it in your hand.

Take a nap

This might sound strange at first, but when you go to sleep, it’s easier to absorb energies. When we are awake, sometimes our mind distracts us or causes doubt or uncertainty. When you sleep, you are better able to absorb the energies of your crystals.

It’s helpful to sleep with a crystal by your nightstand or to place it on your body, if you plan to take a short nap. Not only will you wake up feeling more refreshed, you’ll find yourself feeling more connected to your crystals.

Visualize

Visualization is a powerful tool for bonding with your crystals. Even if you don’t have it on you, you can still connect with your crystals by holding a vision of them in your mind’s eye. It’s even more helpful to visualize yourself absorbing the energies of your crystals.

Now it’s time to listen!

Once you’re connected with your crystals, it’s time to ask and listen. First start off with a simple question, such as “What can you help me with?” or “what is the most important lesson you can teach me?”. Now, you wait, but it’s important to find a balance. If you’re impatient, you might not hear your crystals, if you wait too long, your mind might start overthinking everything. Try to be in a meditative state after you ask your question and be open to receiving. It might be difficult at first, but the more you practice, the easier it’ll become.

Be open to anything you receive. You might hear a word of a picture or color might pop up in your mind. Try not to over think it.

Since different pictures or symbols can mean different things to different people, it’s important to be connected to your crystal, so it can find the best ways to communicate with you in a way you can understand.  

If you find it difficult to understand what is being communicated, next time you are in contact with your crystal, try asking it to be a little bit clearer. Your crystals are very sensitive to energies and are always ready to help you out.

When you’re first starting out, you might second guess yourself and wonder if you’re making it up. At first, it may be so, but the more you meditate and connect and practice, you’ll be able to learn the difference between your own inner voice and the voice of your crystals.

Practice makes perfect, so even if you find yourself struggling at first, don’t give up! Your crystals are incredibly receptive, with so many lessons and guidance to offer. All you have to do is be willing to listen.