[arkworld]

Hi, I just joined this forum. I was drawn here because I'm just starting my exploration into the relationship between the third eye and crystals. I've had a lot of experience with my third eye. When I was a child I remember I used to hold my finger just an inch or so away from my third eye and feel a strange sensation there. I did it without knowing anything about chakras...I was just a kid and it felt good so I would do it quite absent-mindedly - sitting in front of the television, reading...etc. As I teenager, I forgot all about it but then in my early twenties I took up yoga and meditation. One day I was meditating and without warning my third opened. It's hard to describe the feeling - a little like what I would imagine a magnet feels when it comes in proximity to metal...maybe...something like that. It was a fantastic experience that first time, as if a dam was bursting. But it was also a little bit unnerving. I remembered my experiences as a child and thought maybe I should be careful about going into something I don't know anything about without some guidance. I called my meditation instructor and told her about the experience. She was quite excited and said that I was probably born with that chakra open. She suggested I continue to explore it through meditation. Over the past decade, I have been, off and on. I recently came back to meditation after I moved to a small cabin in the woods in southern Turkey. I met a man there who is studying crystals. While sitting with him, flicking through a book he was reading I thought that maybe I should try to see what kinds of interactions exist between crystals and the third eye chakra. So I asked my friend if he had any crytals lying around. He gave me a piece of labradorite and aquamarine. I tried the labradorite first. I lay back on the ground and relaxed through breathing and focusing on my third eye. Then I placed the crystal on my chakra. There was an instant reaction. The sensation was as strong as it was that first time when the chakra opened while I was meditating. But it was different as well, it spread through my body and seemed to concentrate around my heart. I could feel my heart thumping like a hammer. After the labradorite, I tried the aquamarine. Again the feeling was instantaneous, and again it was different. This time, the sensation was strongest on the third eye itself. The stone seemed to get heavier as if it was pushing down into the chakra. A week or so later, I found another crystal at my friend's house. I'm not sure what it is - it's clear, colourless. I tried it on my chakra and this time felt a sharper sensation. Whereas before the feeling was dull, almost blunted, this time it was pointed, almost like a needle. After some minutes it settled and I felt completely relaxed. This time the direction of the flow of energy seemed to be moving from my body into the crystal. It was...refreshing. When I finished, I felt completely relaxed and invigorated. I've continued to use that clear crystal ever since but I'm also interested in trying some others. My birthstone is amethyst and I've read that amethyst is strongly connected to the third eye so I want to try it. But still, I'm not sure if I should just be randomly placing crystals on my third eye. I'm worried I might be harming myself in some way. Can anyone give me any guidance?