A crystal cave, lost, then found in Daydreaming on the Porch

The geode — crystals within a hollow, round rock — is one of the most beautiful and miraculous objects in Nature. Just try to imagine how the super hot liquid rock, the magma, cools from its fiery essence so capable of destruction if unleashed, into exquisite crystals.

Years ago I bought a half geode that opened into what was literally a miniature crystal cave. I occasionally would shine a light inside, entranced by the beauty if the crystals. But not long after I bought it I misplaced it somehow and thought it was lost, gone forever. But just a couple of weeks ago, my sister found it in a very old and rare Chinese bowl that was my mother’s. I had no idea how it got there, but I was very happy to once again hold it in my hands and peer inside.

One normally thinks of caves as dark, spooky snd mysterious, but the miniature crystal cave appears otherworldly when light is reflected off the surfaces of the crystals. It twinkles and sparkles.

In a similar way, our inner light is like that reflected off a crystal’s surface, sparkling on and off, revealed to the world, banishing darkness when we reveal this light.

Crystal Cave

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