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The Crystal Cave – A Story for Deep Sleep · INSPIRE STORY

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  Speaker 1: Hello, and welcome to Tonight's sleep story, a story following
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  Claire as she takes a journey into a deep, healing
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  crystal cave. My name is Jason Stephenson, and I welcome
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  you wholeheartedly into Tonight's story. So settle into the space
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  that holds you. And when you are ready, just gently
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  closing your eyes and take a few mindful breaths to
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  settle in, softening your brow, your belly, and your shoulders
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  as you breathe, and let any stories in your mind
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  just begin to dissolve as you make space for a
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  new story, a story that embodies peace, wisdom, and healing. Now,
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  this story begins in the Scottish countryside, where rolling hills
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  of lush green grass extend for miles and miles. Outside
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  of a small village near the western coast. Rests Claire's home,
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  a restored stone farm house built many moons ago. On
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  this warm summer afternoon, Claire rests in the upper bedroom
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  back flat, upon a summer quilt, eyes gazing out towards
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  the moors. Claire moved here not long ago, drawn to
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  this area from a large town in the south. She
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  had heard of the region's reputation for healing and magic
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  through quiet whispers from people she trusted immensely. She didn't
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  know the land here well, and yet her ancestors did.
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  Claire's great grandparents grew up not far from here, and
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  so she feels a subtle connection to the earth that
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  holds both the old farmhouse and herself. Just beyond the window,
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  Claire watches the sun as it kisses the earth. It's
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  late afternoon, nearly four o'clock, and as she rests, she
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  considers how she might live out the rest of the day.
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  It's a Saturday, and the world around her is quiet.
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  Her laptop is closed, as she's made a promise to
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  herself to set aside all computer work for the weekend hours.
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  Claire reflects back on the hours preceding this one, the
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  hens she attended, to, the knitting projects she had just begun,
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  and the home cooked lunch she shared with a mother
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  who has since returned to a home in the south.
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  Her attention shifts to the healing qualities that drew her
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  to this land and to the words spoken by locals
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  during her first few weeks here. One woman spoke of
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  the Crystal Cave down by Ailah Bay, a cave that
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  legend says holds the infinite healing powers of the world.
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  Claire remembers that this kind elderly woman wrote down the
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  directions to Aila Bay on a small scrap of paper.
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  She had intended to follow these directions one of these days,
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  and yet had not come around to it. Perhaps it
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  was fear of the unknown that held her back, or
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  resistance to the notion that this cave could hold such
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  healing potential. Now, however, observing the way that the sun
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  and the wind and the high grass dance together as
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  if by magic, Claire's heart is alive to the world,
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  attuned to the infinite beauty, wonder and possibility that lay
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  before her. Slowly, Claire swings her legs off the bed
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  and rises to her feet, stretching her arms up overhead
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  with heart wide open. She feels a rush of energy
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  coursed through a body. The summer sun shines through the
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  open window, its warmth caressing a skin. Claire makes a
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  way towards the staircase, an stretched out to glide upon
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  the wooden hand railing as she makes her way down
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  to the ground floor. Step by step by step, she
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  moves into the warm, welcoming kitchen. The glowing sunbeams through
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  the windows, illuminating the mellow yellow walls and the granite countertops.
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  Just next to the fridge, Claire fiants her stack of notes,
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  business cards, and lists of things to do. She shuffles
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  through the stack slowly, eyes opening for the handwriting of
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  that lovely woman she met just a few weeks ago,
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  and sure enough, near to the bottom of the pile,
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  she discovers the folded sheet of scrap paper with the
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  directions to Aila Bay written in delicate cursive. A small
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  smile stretches from cheek to cheek as she gazes down
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  at the scribbled words station road all the way to
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  its end, then turn left to follow the footpath that
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  lines the coast, take the stone staircase down to the sea,
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  and then head right to a La Bay. Claire reads
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  the words a few more times to etch the directions
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  into a mind. She folds the paper back up and
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  tucks it into a pocket in case she may need it,
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  and then she packs a bag to prepare for the journey.
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  Speaker 2: With her.
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  Speaker 1: She brings a warm blanket, as knights can get cool here,
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  as well as a sweater, a few snacks, and a
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  water bottle. She then heads towards the front door, laces
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  up her hiking boots, and heads out into the open air.
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  Station road is not far from here, and so Clear
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  meanders through the moors in its direction. As she walks,
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  she revels in the soft summer breeze that rushes through
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  a hair and against the skin. It dances through the grass, too,
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  whispering as it passes. She makes note of the other
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  features of this landscape too, old stone houses, narrow dirt roads,
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  scattered gray boulders, and ancient stone fences. She takes a long,
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  deep breath in absorbing the peace and tranquility, and then
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  she releases with a sigh, letting go of the past
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  to surrender more completely to the present. Soon, Claire reaches
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  what she knows to be a station road. As she
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  steps out from the valley and onto the road, she
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  turns right to head towards the sea. The vast waters
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  glitter in the distance before her. As she breathes, she
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  notes its unique aroma, the smell of salt, vitality, and
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  wonder all blended into one. The sea is still some
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  distance away, and so she meanders slowly down this quiet road,
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  quietly contemplating her intention for coming here, what drew her
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  to this land and to this cave in the first place,
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  Claire considers the yearning within her to heal, the yearning
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  she holds to grow and transform. Though Claire knows she's
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  been blessed in this life, provided with many gifts and
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  opportunities to blossom, there are energy patterns inside of her
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  that she knows holds her back. And so she sits
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  with this question, what drew me to this land and
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  to the Crystal Cave? Or in other words, what is
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  it that I long to heal? Soon her truth emerges.
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  It rises as a whisper, a longing to heal any
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  remaining self doubt and insecurity she holds to mend her
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  relationship to her inner critic. In essence, she longs to heal,
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  to uplift, to nourish, and to mend the relationship she
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  has with herself. And yet she does not dwell on
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  how she will heal. She trusts the road she is
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  on and the mystery of the Crystal Cave ahead of her.
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  With warmth and tenderness in her heart, she continues down
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  station road, watching as the sea gets closer with each step. Soon,
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  Claire meets the sea, which is down the cliff below her.
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  From way up high, she has a perfect view of
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  the coast in both directions. She admires the slowly descending
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  sun as it mingles with the sea, creating a matrix
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  of diamonds upon the water's surface. And then she recalls
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  from the note that she must take the small footpath
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  to a left trailing alongside this mystic coast. As she
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  heads south, she again watches the wind as it dances
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  through the moors tall grass as curve away from the sea.
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  Guided by the salty breeze, wildflowers dance too, adding an
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  extra flare of lightness and beauty. Claire keeps her eyes
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  attuned to the cliff by a side, eyes open for
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  the stone staircase that will lead it down to water,
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  and sure enough, just up ahead she catches sight of
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  the first step. She makes her way towards it and
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  rests in awe with how seamlessly this staircase blows ends
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  into the earth. Standing at its top, she takes a long,
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  deep breath in and out, and then slowly she begins
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  her descent. As she moves closer towards the sea and
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  to the pebbled beach below, she feels herself surrendering ever
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  more to the magic of her life. Since the day
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  she was born, she's been on an adventure of learning
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  and unlearning, and here on this day, she senses that
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  she's reaching an important milestone. Mindful step by mindful step,
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  she descends towards the earth beside the sea. All physical
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  tension softens as she moves onwards, and her heart opens wider. Finally,
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  she arrives on the pebbled shore At the bottom of
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  the cliff, Soft waves lap against the coast as she
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  remembers the final instructions, head right to Aila Bay. Majestic
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  cliffs line the land to a right. She walks between
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  them and the lively waters, following the shoreline and minding
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  each step. The pebbled beach transitions into rocky terrain, requiring
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  her to climb over boulders and carve out her own way.
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  She climbs and crawls, and steps and jumps away across
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  the rocky shoreline, until soon the land curves sharply inwards.
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  She turns the rounded corner and her eyes fall upon
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  a quiet cove, a le bay. The inlet sparkles beneath
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  the now amber sunlight, the air is next still. It
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  feels declare, as if she has found her way to
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  a place removed from it all, a place that the
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  world has truly never discovered. She knows she's not the
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  first wanderer to come here, a knowing that settles and
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  inspires her. At the same time, she senses that very
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  few people have traveled here, and within this cave secrecy,
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  she intuits there is a great power to be discovered.
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  Claire continues along the shoreline, which is a smooth terrain
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  than the rockier coast. Now behind her in the distance,
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  in the center of the bay, she sees a small,
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  dark opening perched atop a pile of boulders. Slowly she
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  makes a way towards it, bathing beneath the setting sun
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  as she goes. As she reaches the foot of this
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  boulder pile, she gazes up at the dark opening of
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  the cave. This must be the entrance to the Crystal Cave,
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  she thinks to herself, and as those words pass through her,
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  she sees something glimmer from within the darkness. She takes
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  it as a sign that this is where she needs
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  to be, and so she begins to climb the boulders
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  in the direction of the cavernous opening. Up and up
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  she goes, until soon she arrives at the entrance. As
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  she peers in, everything she ever knew seems to fall away.
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  She is struck with awe at the sight of hundreds
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  of crystal pillars gleaming before her from floor to ceiling.
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  Columns of sparkling gemstones present this cave as more of
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  a palace than anything else. Lilac, soft, pink, pale, orange,
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  and white crystal pillars are spread throughout this miraculous and
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  spacious cave. Clare marvels at this enchanted oasis hidden within
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  the earth. For a moment, she feels unable to move.
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  A mind cannot make sense of this place she's arrived at,
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  and so quickly she decides to let the mind go,
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  knowing that the mind is not paramount to this journey.
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  What is broader here and what matters most is heart, body,
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  soul and spirit. As soon as Claire returns to her
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  immediate senses, to the solid earth beneath her and to
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  the breath moving through her, she begins to explore this
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  crystal cave with great curiosity. She roams the open space
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  between the glimmering pillars, tracing their majesty from floor to
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  ceiling and back down to earth. They are wide and
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  seemingly well rooted, not so unlike ancient trees in an
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  old growth forest. She soon arrives at a pillar that
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  captures her interest more completely, if that were somehow possible.
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  It is a rose quartz and nearly two feet in diameter.
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  Something in Claire calls her to wrap her arms around it,
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  and as she does, she feels its healing energy pulse
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  through a heart. She takes a deep breath in welcoming
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  this soft, pink, healing energy into her heart, and as
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  she breathes out, she feels this energy traveling throughout the
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  rest of her body. Claire spends a little while longer
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  in direct contact with this crystal pillar, a few tears
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  of joy rolling down her cheeks, and as she pulls
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  away from the quartz, she feels a rush of love
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  moving through her a love for herself, for this crystal column,
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  and for the earth as a whole. She realizes that,
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  in fact, on the deepest level, they are one and
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  the same. Now, Claire continues through this cave, taking pores
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  to connect with other gemstones that grace this space. She
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  feels into the warmth, vitality, and creative power of the
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  orange calcite pillars, and into the calming and spiritually enhancing
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  energy of the surrounding amethyst, and as she moves a
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  little further still, she comes to a circle of a
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  dozen white quartz pillars. As she looks around, she realizes
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  that this must be the center of the cave. As
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  she steps into the center of the circle, she feels
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  the universally cleansing energy of the white quartz radiating through
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  her from head to toe, through mind, body, and spirit.
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  She listens to the frequency of the crystals as their
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  song drums through her ears. Claire breathes deeply, feeling herself
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  attuning to the healing frequencies that pervade this cave. Growing tired,
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  she decides to let herself rest in the center of
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  these quartz columns. She pulls out a sweater and blanket,
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  wrapping herself up completely. She takes a few SIPs of
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  the water, sensing that its hydration will help her to
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  integrate the energy field that surrounds her, and then she
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  comes to rest flat on her back, surrendering completely to
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  the wonder of the natural world that cleanses and nourishes
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  her in mind, body, and spirit. She knows that she
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  is fully supported in this moment. There is nothing else
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  that she needs. Claire gazes up at the ceiling of
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  the cave, which appears in her eyes as a sea
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  of minerals. The light of the setting sun, which is
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  now a vibrant magenta, reflects off the crystal ceiling, causing
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  it to shimmer. The wondrous sunset glow penetrates all the
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  crystal columns in the cave, and as Claire reflects back
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  on her intention for coming here, she realizes that deep
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  in her body and in her higher mind, she has
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  received what she was in search of. She knows how
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  to tend to herself with full embrace and to communicate
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  lovingly with a divine being. She feels inner divides coming together, mind, body,
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  and heart and spirit aligned as one. The sun continues
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  to fade beyond the cave, bringing darkness to the space
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  that holds her. Claire welcomes the coming night as an
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  opportunity to rest and to inter great what she has
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  received from these healing crystals. When she awakes, she will
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  be surrounded by their healing energy before she makes the
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  journey back home. For now, she allows her eyes to
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  close and a body to surrender into slumber, and as
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  she drifts off, she lets the frequency of these healing
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  crystal vibrations continue to cleanse her, healing her entire being
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  in ways she previously only dreamed off. Good Night, my friend,
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  good night.
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