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or a higher batting average. We want to bench-press 220 pounds or just bend over and put our palms on the floor without bending our knees. We want to learn a new language, get a better grade on the next test, or finally understand algebra. As Enhancers, these crystals are used on our grids to focus and enhance our energy to produce the actions we need to improve. The Enhancer crystals include some common minerals. Crystals such as garnets, fluorite, pyrite, spinel, halite, and lapis lazuli are readily available and are suitable for use on many crystal grids.
GUARDIANS: The Crystals That Form in the Monoclinic Crystal System Third, we wish to guard that which we possess and value. Once we find food, shelter, love, and other objects of our desire, it becomes important to protect these things. We exercise to protect our health, build fences and raise armies to protect our property, and act civilly to protect our reputations and relationships. Defending ourselves, our property, our culture, our way of life, and our loved ones is a constant battle. Nature has no compassion. Nature provides us with resources to use, but we must maintain a constant vigilance against the loss of that which we possess and desire. When we desire to protect our possessions from harm or loss, we need Guardian crystals. The minerals of the monoclinic crystal system have an internal structure that is composed of parallelograms (figure 3). The parallel structure of their crystalline lattice gives these crystals the power to protect us in both the physical world and the spiritual one. Physically, some of these Guardian minerals have legendary strength. Jadeite jade is by far the toughest stone in existence. The Guardian crystals do not reveal their inner strength. These stones rarely, if ever, form transparent crystals. Rather, they hide their strength behind an opaque mask, obscuring the power they possess. They guard their secrets well. When we have a need to protect valuable possessions, we will do well to include Guardian stones in our grids. They can help us focus our energies effectively in protecting that which we hold dear.