Posted by terrepruitt on August 22, 2013
Walnuts are awesome. As you may have read in some of my other posts, my hubby doesn’t really like walnuts. I find that fact rather funny because he likes pretty much everything, but he is not fond of walnuts. One day I had a bag of pecans on the table and I was having some for dessert. He grabbed a couple and ate them. As he was eating them he looked at me and said something like, “What? These are so good. Why did I not know these are so delicious? I am amazed!” I actually laughed at his reaction to them because pecans really are very yummy. They are rich and slightly sweet and he didn’t know the joy. Walnuts are different and he doesn’t care for them. I think walnuts are awesome. The thing I like about nuts is they can be used in sweet or savory dishes, or even eaten by themselves. Walnuts are a bit harder than pecans. Pecans almost feel stale or old because they are kind of soft. Walnuts are hard and they are not as rich, but they are very good and good for you.
Walnuts have Omega 3 fatty acids in them. You might have heard that Omega 3 fat is the fat that we need to consume. Research has indicated that we don’t eat enough of it AND that it is a helpful and healthful fat.
My research has uncovered 1 ounce / roughly 28 grams has
190 calories
4 grams of protein
18 grams of total fat (1.5 grams of saturated fat and 2.5 grams of monounsaturated fat and 13 grams of polyunsaturated fat)
4 grams of carbohydrates
2 grams of fiber
28 mg of calcium
.82 mg of iron
125 mg of potassium
11 grams of Linoleic acid
2.5 grams of Linolenic acid
The Linoleic acid is the Omega 3 essential fatty acids. And it is the Omega 3 that we want. Omega 3 is considered an anti-inflammatory. As I have mentioned in numerous other posts, anti-inflammatory foods are a welcome part of a healthy diet. With more and more research pointing to the association between chronic inflammation in the body and disease, it is a good idea to consume foods with an anti-inflammatory effect.
According to the World’s Healthiest Foods site: Research has shown walnuts to help with cardiovascular health.
They have been shown to decrease LDL cholesterol, decrease total cholesterol, and increase omega-3 fatty acids in red blood cells. Also decrease the risk of excessive clotting and excessive inflammation.
For me, as I mentioned they can be eaten in savory dishes, like with green beans (click here for a green been recipe) or in sweets. I like to put walnuts in my banana bread, but I don’t because John doesn’t like them and I primarily make the bread for him. But I do put them in the Banana Oatmeal Walnut Cookies (click here for that recipe). He actually is ok with them in the green beans and the cookies. I also think they are a great snack or dessert.
Do you like walnuts? How do you like to eat them?
Posted in Food | Tagged: anti-inflammatory, banana bread, Banana Oatmeal Walnut Cookies, cholesterol, dessert, excessive inflammation, green beans, Omega 3, pecans, sweet or savory, walnuts, World's Healthiest Foods | 6 Comments »
Posted by terrepruitt on August 20, 2013
I recently received green beans in the organic produce box we get. I made Green Beans, Walnuts, and Onions. LOVE THAT. So this past weekend I bought some green beans at our Farmers Market. I plan to make that again. It is so good. My husband even mentioned after I made it that he doesn’t care for green beans nor walnuts, but he loves that . . . what did I tell you? I like green beans. I don’t make them often because . . . well, you know. Sometimes, if I am not making the previously mentioned recipe, it is probably because I don’t have walnuts, so I just sauté the green beans. I don’t typically boil vegetables. I just sauté them cooking them only slightly. I like them to still have crunch when I bite into them. I don’t like soggy beans. I cook them basically the same as if I am cooking them for the recipe. Green beans are good healthy vegetable.
Most vegetables lose some nutrients in the cooking process. Also for most vegetables the less they are cooked the better. According to several sources on the internet one cup (100 grams) of raw green beans yields:
31 calories
12.20 mg of Vitamin C
14.40 mcg of Vitamin K
690.00 IU of Vitamin A
0.14 mg of Vitamin B6
211.00 mg of potassium
2.70 g of Fiber
33.00 mcg of folate
37.00 mg of Calcium
1.83 g of protein
0.07 g of omega-3 fats
Green beans are a great source of anti-oxidants such as Vitamin C and Beta-carotene. In addition to the anti-oxidants; Vitamin C and Beta-carotene, the rich color of green beans provide phytonutrients like carotenoids, another anti-oxidant. As a reminder antioxidants help the body reduce the inflammation. More and more studies are linking disease with chronic inflammation. You know my theory . . . food that can help our body reduce inflammation is something we want to add to our diet.
Green beans can be eaten raw. Just munch on them like you would a carrot or a slice of bell pepper. Green beans also make a great addition to a salad. Cut them up and throw them in a green salad or a pasta. I love vegetables that can be eaten cooked or raw. When they can be eaten both ways it is almost as if they will be eaten more often because of the variety in which they can be eaten. I would eat them a lot more if my husband liked them. I don’t really like to make him eat stuff he doesn’t like even though it is good for him.
It really is funny because these used to be the only kind of beans I like. Now I somewhat like garbanzo beans, and I eat kidney beans in certain recipes like my bean salad or red beans and rice (For Bean Salad recipe click here / For Red Beans and Rice recipe click here).
So do you like green beans? Do you like to eat them raw? How do you like to cook them? Have you tried the Green Beans, Walnuts, and Onions?
Posted in Food, Vegetables | Tagged: anti-inflammatory, anti-oxidants, boil vegetables, box of produce delivered, Garbanzo beans, green beans, onions, organic produce, phytonutrients, Red Beans and Rice, walnuts | 2 Comments »
Posted by terrepruitt on August 17, 2013
In 
Greek mythology, the Labyrinth was an elaborate structure so cunningly designed and built that he who did so barely escaped it after he built it . . . .so sayeth Wiki. If that were the case, to me it sounds more like it was a maze then what I know to be a labyrinth. Seems as if there are some typical patterns of labyrinths. There are Medieval labyrinth patterns, Classical Labyrinth patterns, Christian Labyrinth patterns, etc. Seems like they are found in many cultures and places. As I mention in my post about my first Sound Healing and Labyrinth Walk, the walk you take on a labyrinth is your own. It is your own quiet time. The time could be a meditation, could be a prayer, a time for you to give gratitude, a time for reflection, a time for planning, a time for a good ol’ heart to heart with yourself. You could be reciting a poem or signing a song . . . . whatever it is it is what you want to do. Walking the labyrinth is what you make it.
The walk could be a mental journey, an emotional journey, or a spiritual journey. While I am walking I like to add in a bit of physicality. Of course, I am walking the pattern, but as I go in addition to whatever it is I am doing either mentally, emotionally, or spiritually I like to move in different ways. At times I might concentrate on my feet, careful to roll through my ENTIRE foot. Mindful of the outer edges of my feet. I like to walk on my toes. I like to take a few feet side-stepping. I shuffle, I walk backwards. I face outward and inward. I take huge steps. And there are some moments when I take teeny tiny steps. I crouch low and stand tall. I also stop. The walks I have been on include Crystal Singing Bowls, so there are times when I stop to sense the songs. When I am not moving I can better feel the vibration of the bowls. Whatever I am thinking about and reflecting on and however I am moving I do it in silence. If you know me, I am not often quite. I did not speak for almost two hours today. Normally I am bursting with words, but today, I realized I was fine being silent.
The labyrinth we walk for these events has a placard that says the labyrinth is an ancient symbol for the spiritual journey. It also explains that some think labyrinths were used to teach stone masonry and mathematics, while others say it was used in place of people actually having to travel to Jerusalem for a Pilgrimage. It further explains that the one we walk is based on the medieval labyrinth that is in the floor of the Chartres Cathedral outside of Paris, France.
The speed in which you walk is your own. Of course, it is best to be respectful of the others walking it too. No tailgating or rudely passing. I had thought this labyrinth had an in and an out, but the path out is the same as the path in.
I had a great walk. It was nice to stroll the pattern and contemplate things.
It was also so, so, so great to witness the singing bowls again. After the walk Cecilia let me hold every single one of her bowls and I sensed the different vibrations. It is amazing the different energy and power that comes from each different bowl. Just amazing. I am so very grateful that she and Jessica share their beautiful bowls and energy with us.
While I don’t know when the next Sound Healing and Labyrinth Walk will be, one of the women who shares her bowl’s singing with us is planning to start a once-monthly Sound Healing/Meditation gathering on the fourth Sunday of each month. As soon as I get details I will share. While it will not include a labyrinth walk I am certain it will be fun.
If you every have the opportunity to walk a labyrinth I strongly encourage you to do so. Before you begin pick something to focus then open your heart and take that first step. I have faith that you will not regret it and you will find it to be time well spent.
Have you ever walked a labyrinth? Where? What was it made of?
Posted in Misc | Tagged: Christian Labyrinth, Classical Labyrinth, elaborate structure, give gratitude, Greek mythology, heart to heart, Labyrinth, Medieval labyrinth, meditation, once-monthly Sound Healing/Meditation gathering, prayer, signing bowls, singing bowls, Sound Healing and Labyrinth Walk, spiritual journey, time for planning, time for reflection, Wiki | 4 Comments »
Posted by terrepruitt on August 15, 2013
When I was young I thought you could only have one best friend. Made sense to me that you have a friend that is the BEST. Only ONE can be the BEST. You can only have one. One. Best. Friend. As I got older I realized you could have more than one best friend. Each friend could be best at something or you could have a best friend who is best at everything but the title of best friend is not regulated to one. So now as an adult I am very blessed to have more than one friend that is best. I have a few best friends. And now sadly, heartbreakingly, I might have to kill one of my best friends.
How how can I do that? How do you kill your best friend? Some say it’s humane, it’s the right thing to do. But if it is the right thing to do why does it feel so wrong? When I hear the turmoil in her tummy, I think, “Poor girl.” When she has very bad litter box trips, I think that’s really no way to live. But when I look in her eyes and ask her if she’s ready to go I don’t think they are saying she is ready. When she lies by the open door and she is so still I think she is near death or already dead, then there is the tiniest noise outside and she jumps up to sitting position to see what it is, I don’t think it is right.
How do you kill your best friend? It might be different if there were words and they were asking. But to make the decision to decide my best friend would be better off dead – gone forever – how? How can I kill my best friend?
My heart has always broken for those who were faced with that decision and did it. I have always believed them to be so strong . . . . because I always knew I wouldn’t be. She is a cat and I have different beliefs regarding animals, than I do people. I believe many people I will see again, but I was taught I would not see my pets again. I somewhat feel their death is permanent, whereas people are passing onto another place. (And by somewhat, I have come up with an idea, but that is for another post.) While I miss the people who have died I have steady faith that I will be with them again . . . but a cat? A dog? A rabbit? A bird? And to be the one RESPONSIBLE for having ended that life. Being the one to make my best friend go away FOREVER.
I just realized today that I have the most simplistic goal for life: I want to wear a hole in my cat’s head from kisses. I want to at least make a bald spot. If she is gone, I won’t be able to complete that goal. This post is taking a long time to write because I keep going downstairs to work on that goal. Or at least check on her. I put a mirror behind the TV where she has been lying lately. That way I can see if she is there before I get all the way down the stairs. Then I stare unblinkingly the entire time I am walking down the stairs towards her — I want to see if she is breathing. If I don’t see her reflection in the mirror then I know to start my search elsewhere. The picture in this post is from the stairs, the ceiling is in the frame up at the top along with the dining room light fixture in the upper right. I only have to go down a few stairs to check on her.
I know this post and all my post about our cat aren’t fitness related. But they are health and wellness related; this is me releasing some of my heartache in hopes that it will help get me through. Don’t know what tomorrow will bring . . . . but I know that I am not ready to kill my best friend. I hope it does not come to that. But (sigh), I hope that if, or more probable — when the time comes I will be as strong and able as many, many of you have been. For now, this is the stage I am in. This is how I feel. I am not ready to throw in the towel and give up on her.
We are going to begin a new treatment shortly (as soon as it arrives – which will hopefully be VERY soon) and maybe that will allow us to see some progress. We will see. This is me sharing. Thanks for listening.
Posted in Misc | Tagged: best friend, euthanasia, heartbreak, sick cat, Spot | 6 Comments »
Posted by terrepruitt on August 13, 2013
I have mentioned a few times that my cat is sick. I mentioned it in my last essential oil post. As often is the case when someone is sick be it an adult, a child, a baby, or an animal, the conversation comes around to let’s say “litter box trips”. Well, part of my cat’s sickness has to do with “litter box trips” as I shared in my Good Clean Scents post. Her illness is a disease and she will have it for the rest of her life. We are treating her and trying to get her symptoms under control. She is such a good kitty, it very unfortunate that she is having anything but the best of times. Also as is often the case when there is illness and sickness involved there is stress and sadness. So some of the oils I am using about the house help with the stress. Some are even said to help with sadness and/or depression. One thing I often find helps in stressful and/or sad situations is humor. While it might not always seem appropriate it does often help to ease the situation.
This past weekend my husband had been helping out a lot especially with litter box duty. At one point he said, “Have you even noticed the ‘S’?” And I said, “What ‘S’?” He proceeded to tell me that after he scooped out and cleaned the litter box he would make and “S” in the sand (he calls litter sand). He said that he wanted to give the cat that “Bed and Breakfast/Spa like experience”. He asked me if I noticed it. I said I had not, and in fact I thought he was joking. When I get up and check the box, it looks unused I shake it to see if anything she might have covered up surface. So I had not been noticing the personal touch that my husband had been creating for our cat, Spot. I noticed the “S” all weekend long.
He too believes she is a good kitty and deserves the best so he wanted to help make her litter box trips more spa like. Serene and personal. I am still laughing. I am also a little frightened thinking that maybe he is serious. But that really is just like him to try to add some humor to a tough situation. He even asked me to make the “S”. I did it once because he was paying attention, but really that is not my thing.
Ha, I just noticed while trying to get a picture of the “S” that he does it in BOTH litter boxes. Normally the cat only has one litter box, but with the current situation we want to have a lot of available “real estate” so she actually has three. And he makes the “S” in both of the ones in the downstairs bathroom. Funny man. Although I am certain his little girl appreciates it!
I was unable to get a shot of the “S” where you can see it, so this photo of our cat’s litter box is courtesy of John. Thanks, Hon!
Posted in Misc | Tagged: bed and breakfast, essential oils, Humor, illness, litter box, spa treatment, Spot, stressful | Leave a Comment »
Posted by terrepruitt on August 10, 2013
I have shared before about how wonderful it is to cook for my husband because he pretty much likes whatever I cook. He is not a picky eater. When I first met him he did not care for walnuts at all. I also think he is not a big fan of green beans. But being the trooper he is he tolerated one of my favorite dishes. And now, even though he does not care for walnuts or green beans he likes this dish. I feel it kind of says a lot about how yummy it is. We received green beans in our produce box yesterday. I had just bought walnuts so I thought it was the perfect opportunity to make this recipe. We actually have not had this dish in a long time. It seems I usually have beans and not walnuts or walnuts and not beans. Since I had them both, somewhat in an unplanned fashion I thought, “YAY”. I like walnuts. I like green beans. Especially fresh not canned or frozen. But this recipe will work with whatever type of green beans YOU and your family likes.
In our box we received a half a pound of green beans. So this recipe is based on that amount of green beans. I would normally like to cook more, but I only received a 1/2 pound. As with all recipes adjust as you see fit. This is a guide to help you on your way.
Green Beans, Onions, and Walnuts
1/2 pound of green beans (cut into bite size pieces)
1/2 cup of minced onion
1 cup of chopped walnuts
1 – 2 tablespoons olive oil
1 – 2 tablespoons butter
garlic salt to taste
Heat up the onions in the oil in a pan. Cook them until they are just starting to turn translucent. Then put in 1 tablespoon of butter. Let the butter melt. Add the walnuts. Cook the walnuts to just when they are starting to get light brown from cooking (I know they start out brown so when you see them staring to be toasted). Then add the green beans. Add more butter. Then add the garlic salt. Cook your green beans to your liking. I like mine still crunchy. Serve.
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Oh this is such an easy yet yummy side dish. The butter and walnuts add a richness. Of course, you adjust all ingredients to your liking. I would suggest cooking the walnuts less before you add the green beans if you like to really, really cook your green beans. The idea is to toast the walnuts not burn them. And it could be that if you cook the green beans for a long time the walnuts will get over cooked.
Also you can see that I like my ratios to be about even. You might want a higher bean to walnut ratio. So please . . . play with it and find what works best for you. This could be your starting point.
I know that I have used frozen green beans before and it is just as yummy. I am sure that whatever green bean you like to eat will work.
What type of green bean do you like?
Posted in "Recipes", Food | Tagged: gluten free, green beans, onions, picky eater, rich side dish, side dish, simple side dish, vegetarian, walnut, wonderful husband | 2 Comments »
Posted by terrepruitt on August 9, 2013
Hey we are INTO August! WOW! And we are at our Friday Check-In. So? How is it going? I have a lot of Good Things to add to my Goodie Jar.
I have one thing I should put in my jar because every time I use it I am so very grateful. I love showers. They are one of the best privileges on earth . . . I think. I need to put that in my goodie jar. I think they are damn good things. Aside from that I had some good things go in that jar this week.
One of the good things I had happen this week was something amazing by my Nia Students at the community center where I teach on Tuesdays. I shared this on Facebook, but I will share it here too. After class one of my students mentioned to me that the class that was being held on Thursday mornings was being cancelled so she asked if I would want to teach Nia in that time slot. I said yes. So she asked how to get it as a class. I told her she needed to talk to the person in charge of the classes at that San Jose City community center. I told her to write a note for her or send her an e-mail. She wrote a note and had the students sign it. I thought that was so cute. She said she thought it would prove that the students really wanted an additional Nia class to be on Thursdays if they all signed it.
Before I got home the person in charge of the classes at the community center called me to let me know we can give it a go! So awesome. This is definitely a good thing for my jar!
How about you? Do you have good things to add? Well, here is your reminder . . . ADD THEM!
Cheers! Have a GREAT weekend!
Posted in Good Things in the Goodie Jar | Tagged: community center, exercise class, Facebook, good things, Goodie Jar, Goodie Jar – Check In #27, great weekend, Nia class, Nia community, Nia community center, Nia San Jose, Nia students, San Jose Nia | 4 Comments »
Posted by terrepruitt on August 8, 2013
I think I mentioned in a post somewhere that my cat is sick. For you animal lovers, please know that we have been to the vet and we are working on a treatment and so the cat is getting medical attention and we have a plan. But with this condition comes some unpleasant symptoms. As many of you have experienced a situation where someone is sick you might be aware of the unpleasant odors that accompany certain situations. I love candles and I have many with wonderful scents and fragrances. I love to burn them to add to the comfort of our home. Many companies have recently produced a lot of fruity and fun type of scents. All of those scents are lovely when you are just wanting to light a candle for the ambiance. But when you want to scrub the air and really have the odor be gone a pretty little tea light is not going to do the trick. While I imagine a diffuser would be the best way to use the essential oils, I have been put mine in candles. I actually feel that the essential oils help disinfect the air and not just mask the odor. I could just be deceiving myself, I don’t know, but I DO know that the essential oils help elevate the smell whereas the fru-fru candles do not.
What I do is put a mixture of drops in a tealight. And place them around the house.
Since my cat’s disease involves her digestive system I usually add a few drops of Peppermint to a non-scented tea light. Peppermint essential oil contains menthol, which is a proven aid to digestion. While the “proven aid” could mean through oral consumption . . . I hope that breathing it in assist with the digestion. Because there is no way I can feed it to my cat! It also helps with nervous stress.
I often use lavender essential oil for calming nerves. Plus it is a nice scent to have around the house. I feel it helps deodorize the air.
Another essential oil I use to help scrub the air is Tea Tree. I think of its strong scent as fighting off bacteria, fungus, and viruses. I recently used this in the sugar scrub I made for these very same properties.
I use Eucalyptus because of its strong menthol type of aroma. It really helps combat odor.
I also use Ylang, Ylang because it helps with nervous conditions and is used in perfumes and cosmetics (for its aroma).
Sometimes I will have a candle with Lemon-grass essential oil in it because of its anti-depressant affects and its antiseptic properties. The Orange essential oil also is an anti-depressant, and has a list of other benefits including aiding in digestion.
Again, many of the benefits might be from taking them orally or using them topically, but I think that having the oil released into the air helps too. And since I am not going to put them ON my cat or have her ingest them the air release is as close as we are going to get.
I do not put Frankincense into a candle because the one time I did it burned oddly. It seems highly flammable. So while I think Frankincense Essential Oil is great to use, I don’t put it in the candles. I have been pouring it on a paper towel and leaving it in the room. Many sites recommend this as the one oil to get. If you are only going to get ONE oil, they say, get Frankincense. So I added it to my collection. It has a strong woody aroma. One of the benefits of it is thought to be help with the digestion so that, in addition to the strong aroma is why I add it to the scents in our home.
I really would like to get a diffuser, but I am not sure what to get. I feel as if the “good ones” are really expensive. So I am beginning to look at some less expensive ones and read the reviews. Reviews are always to be taken with a grain of salt, huh? One person “loves it, it is perfect” and another thinks it is “the worst thing in the world, not worth the money”. For now, I mix my own oils, just putting a few drops into a tealight. Then after it burns the oil is still in the holder and it lets off the scent. I really feel that essential oils do a better job of removing unpleasant odors then flowery candles or spray deodorizes. I LOVE my beautifully scented candles, but to me, they are to add to a nice clean aroma not for cleaning the air. Since I posted when I bought my oils I thought I would share with you how I am using them . . . besides in sugar scrubs!
What do you use to alter the aroma in your home? Do you know of a good diffuser?
Posted in Essential Oils, Misc | Tagged: anti-depressant, burning oil, deodorize, diffuser, digestive aid, essential oils, eucalyptus essential oil, frankincense, peppermint essential oil, scrub the air, Sugar scrub, unpleasant odors | Leave a Comment »
Posted by terrepruitt on August 6, 2013
In Nia we use specific hand techniques. There are seven moves considered “Hand” moves in the Nia 52 Moves. There are eight moves that are “Finger” moves. So fifteen moves in all out of 52 that are specifically hand/finger moves. You can read about “Spear Finger” and “Balance Finger” in previous posts. The hands are such a large part of our lives. In addition to the many things they do they help us communicate. Whether we are using them to make gestures as we speak, using them in place of speaking (in the case of sign language or something as elementary as “the finger”), or using them to comfort by touching. They are very powerful. Nia does not neglect that hands. All fifteen of the 52 Nia moves that have to do with the hands/fingers assist in moving energy. It could be moving the energy within our bodies or outside of our bodies. Some of the hand/finger moves can be done both with positive tension or in a relaxed state. When done with tension the muscles in the hands and arms maybe felt more readily. While done with a relaxing flow they might allow us to sense the outside energy. One of the hand moves is called Webbed Spaces.
Webbed Spaces is where your open you hand spreading your fingers wide. I imagine it is called Webbed Spaces because it shows the “webs” between each finger. I have also thought it is called Webbed Spaces because I imagine my fingers being spider webs. I actually don’t know why it is called Webbed Spaces, but those are the things I think about when doing and talking about Webbed Spaces.
After you have already opened your hand and spread your fingers wide. The Nia Technique book says to practice extending each finger and creating even more space in them. Usually in a Nia Class we are moving our arms with our hands in Webbed Spaces. Sometimes we keep our fingers extended while moving our arms or we relax them and move into Webbed Spaces. Either way it is a great way to keep flexibility in the hands.
Do this: put one hand in the Webbed Spaces position, flex and extend your fingers. Put your arm out in a gesture of, “STOP!” Allow the flexing sensation to travel all the way up your arm. Take your other hand and feel the muscles. Then keeping the tension, point your fingers to the ground . . . feel the muscles in your forearm move. Then do the same stop motion and fingers-pointing-to-the-earth move while your hand is not in Webbed Spaces position. Feel the difference. In both cases with Webbed Spaces the muscles are working differently than doing the same wrist movement without Webbed Spaces.
Webbed Spaces is just another way that Nia engages the entire body. This move is also comparable to Jazz Hands so I think of it as showy and dramatic. It can be a great emotional move allowing you to express what you FEEL. It is another way to add fun and pizzazz into our cardio workout.
What do you feel when you do the little exercise stated above? What do you sense when you do this move?
Posted in 52 Moves (of Nia), Nia | Tagged: Balance Fingers hand gestures, cardio exercise, Jazz Hands, Nia, Nia 52 moves, Nia cardio workout, Nia class, sign language, Spear Finger, Webbed Spaces | Leave a Comment »
Posted by terrepruitt on August 3, 2013
I was to meet some friends for lunch on one of my friend’s birthday. I was the first one to arrive. There is a little store, Moonfyre Metaphysical, between the two restaurants we were deciding between. While I was waiting I popped in to see what stones they have. It is one of those stores that has stones, crystals, candles, incense, books, CD’s and stuff. They have a wide range of books. They also do readings and Reiki. I was primarily looking at the stones. One caught my attention — Mookaite (aka Australian Jasper).
My friend walked over to where I was and immediately reached for one and was about to say something when she saw that I had already noticed how pretty they were and was reading about it. It is a combination of jaspers; red and yellow. Some of the stones were primary red, some primarily yellow, and some a nice mix. I chose two. One with a multitude of striations. They are so pretty. Normally I am attracted to blue. So I always gravitate toward blue stones and crystals, but this time I was fascinated by a RED (and yellow) stone. Which is really funny because I normally don’t care for either. But these were really beautiful.
In the container in which the stone were held there was a little piece of paper describing the stones. I asked the clerk if I could have one of the papers if I bought the stone and he said that I could have it no matter what. They are printed for people to take. So I was happy.
The paper says:
MOOKAITE
Mookaite is a unique combination of red and yellow jaspers from Australia. It imparts both a desire for new experiences and a deep calm with which to face them. Flexible mookaite encourages versatility. It points out all possibilities and assists in choosing the right one. Mookaite is a physically stabilizing stone that fortifies the immune system, heals wounds, and purifies blood.
Ha. When I read that I figured I needed this stone and that is why I was attracted to it. At this time I am not sure about the “desire” for new experiences, but I am certain I am having new experiences. I am having to face situations with an extremely ill pet and so I focused on the “deep calm with which to face them”. It has been my experience that with medical situations you have to be versatile because diagnoses change along with treatments as things progress. I need to see all possibilities and need assistance in choosing the right one. While my beliefs actually are in God, I do believe that He has created tools for us that can help us along the way. So it is not outside of my scope to think that a stone might actually encourage some of these things. Even if it is just in the form of reminding me to pray and trust.
As I was typing this up I thought if it really is a stabilizing stone that fortified the immune system, heals wounds, and purifies blood, I should make a collar that will hold it and have my cat wear it. Oh, yeah, she would love that.
Information on a website regarding Mookaite made me laugh because it is so fitting. It said this stone helps when working with animals. Also it helps make you more aware of natural cycles and see life patterns. Trippy, huh? I walk into a store and pick up a stone that is thought to help with facing decisions and allows you to be aware of the circle of life.
I always wonder where the information comes from about what properties the stones and crystals have. Maybe that is another blog post.
Anyway . . . I was pretty convinced I was suppose to find it when I read the little paper, but the information on the website has me really amazed and even more certain.
Where do you stand in the belief about stones providing assistance?
Posted in Misc | Tagged: Campbell, deep calm, God's tools, Healing stones, immune system, jaspers, mookaite, Moonfrye Metaphysical, physically stabilizing | 9 Comments »
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