Paola Ranova

Women, be the truth of who you are.  Stop pleasing others - parents, family, culture, conventions, stagnant social beliefs, unfulfilling relationships. You name all the mind prisons that may be limiting your life and personal growth.  Embrace your power and the right partner, job, friends, and life will come to you.

--------------------------------------------------------------------------- EARTH & FIRE According to Chinese Medicine, material life manifests in different organized levels. One of them is the binary Yin & Yang system, and the Five Element cycles (Fire, Earth, Metal, Water & Wood) are another. For further information you can talk to a D.O.M. (Doctor of Oriental Medicine), and research on your own. If you are not familiar with this knowledge, a good book to start would be Giles Marin's book Five Elements ,  Six Conditions : A Taoist Approach to Emotional Healing, Psychology, and Internal Alchemy .  In this story, Raddie thanks her parents, Dame and Nate , for her life, and celebrates her Chinese Medicine elemental constitution in the presence of three powerful crystals:  Chrysoprase , Blue  Hemimorphite ,   and Reddish-Brown-Orange Aragonite, present  in the first image of this story. Chrysoprase belongs to the trigonal system,

Lapis Lazuli is a strong stone that helps heal the ego in a  Cardinal Method of Life Connection ℠  ( CMLC℠ )   perspective.  It brings peace of mind and deep, grounded wisdom to the Soul. In a  CMLC ℠   perspective, Lapis Lazuli is connected to the Medicine Buddha & Dhanvantari in Ayurvedic wisdom. The basic principle in this connection is that all dis-ease starts in the ego and in distorted mind patterns, and when we heal the ego, we may eventually heal the physical body. Lapis Lazuli belongs to the cubic/isometric system, which balances the root chakra, and its color balances the third-eye, so Lapis connects and strengthens these two chakras.  Lapis Lazuli is a royal-blue crystal streaked with pyrite, and more intense the blue color is, the more it reveals the quality of the specimen.  I hope you've enjoyed this little piece of  CMLC ℠   crystal info! Let me know your thoughts in the comments area below, and for more  CMLC℠ , visit the YouTube Channel  PAOL

------------------------------------------------------------ GROUNDED SPIRITUALITY There is difference between being spiritual and avoiding physical and social reality, and being truly spiritual as part of being here, right now, connected to the present moment. For  The Cardinal Method of Life Connection ℠,   Hematite is a great stone to ground us and keep us aware of both our spiritual wisdom and the present moment. It brings peace and awareness of our physical reality, our bodies, and the people and environments around us.  In the  CMLC ℠ perspective ,  Hematite is a related to the Earth Chakra and connects us to the peaceful ability to consent to reality as it is, clearing away our perfectionism. It belongs to the Trigonal Crystal System, and like all Trigonal stones, it also aligns our Crown Chakra.  For more information about the concept of grounded spirituality, there's a whole chapter about it in the book YOUR CARDINAL CONNECTI

Smokey Quartz is a very powerful crystal. It belongs to the Quartz Family and the Trigonal System. In the Cardinal Method of Life Connection ℠ (CMLC ℠ ) , all Trigonal System crystals align the Crown Chakra and create a stronger connection with God. In a CMLC ℠  perspective, Smokey Quartz brings Wisdom to our lives and helps heal collective energies, such as families, cities and cultures. It brings a kind of wisdom in which we see the truth of others and  deeply respect the individuality of each person, as we calmly take care of our lives and let them be.  I hope you've enjoyed this little piece of info! Let me know your thoughts in the comments area below, and for more CMLC℠, visit the YouTube Channel PAOLA RANOVA, the website paolaranova.com and the Facebook and Instagram Profiles @paolaranova and @paola.ranova *all contents and illustrations by Paola Novaes Ramos ©  (Paola Ranova ©).  All rights reserved. ----------

------------------------------------------------------- NATURE SPEAKS Masses and Elite are Raddie's older brothers. They're fourteen-year-old non-identical twins. Although different in personalities, Masses and Elite are equally intense in their opinions and preferences. Red Spinel crystals belong to the isometric/cubic crystal system and bring strength and courage to the world. They also balance and maintain the health of the root chakra. Rainbow Obsidians are amorphic solidified lava and are very important for The Cardinal Method of Life Connection ℠ . They encourage the expression of the unique nature of each person and bring freedom, consciousness expansion and creativity to our lives. Raddie loves Simon & Garfunkel and in this story she mentions Paul Simon's version of a famous Andean song, which he called "El Condor Pasa (If I Could)". I hope you've enjoyed this first CMLC ℠   illustrated st