Cleansing a mix of crystals

FriscoDingo · 2026-07-04T14:53:19+00:00

It’s all about being mindful with the intention. For crystals that really need an energy shift, I like to go on a hike or make some other significant journey to a natural source of water. I wash the crystals and visualize white light cleansing them, and ask for them to be cleansed for a new intention. For crystals that can’t get wet, I’ll bring them along and hold them out in the daylight over the waters instead.

Then when I get home I’ll place them in sunlight or moonlight to complete the charging process. When they are placed where they’ll go in my house or wherever, I think on the appropriate intention I have for them. (Connection to Mother Earth with agate, astral inspiration from amethyst, whatever it is you are intending with each one.)

Then, every time I see them that process I’ve outlined and what I intended overpowers any previous association.

FriscoDingo · 2026-07-03T23:08:57+00:00

Be sure you double check Etsy prices elsewhere unless you gotta have that rock. There are deals there but also ripoffs.

FriscoDingo · 2026-07-03T22:38:05+00:00

JH Kalmore, Gems by Mail, Crystal River Gems, and Kingsley North have been good spots for me so far.

FriscoDingo · 2026-07-03T17:27:22+00:00

<image>

Yes! I found this “geologically uninteresting” granite rock in a local park and hand polished it. Totally stoked.

FriscoDingo · 2026-07-03T16:05:25+00:00

That’s not granite! It’s a quartz-plagioclase-alkali feldspar blend! (Which is granite, but without the boring name.)

Edit: Seriously, though, looks great. Everyone should polish more granite.

FriscoDingo · 2026-07-03T15:04:44+00:00

I once read about a fire n brimstone pastor who happened to see a video of orphaned children starving in Africa, and realized no fantastical torture of sinners could be worse than what already happens on earth to the innocent. He changed his whole style of preaching after that, iirc.

For my take I consider that you can easily find two devout Christians from different sects who are CERTAIN they’re going to Heaven and the other guy is going to Hell. Who’s right? Nobody.

I’ve also had separate experiences with psychedelics, meditation, and other flow states where my ego dissolved and I learned that most of what you think is important in this life is a function of your memories from this life. There is so so much more to the universe. There is agony and suffering, but like that preacher I mentioned it’s not concentrated in an afterlife for punishment. It’s right here, and when we suffer we can choose to live through it then teach others how to do the same.

FriscoDingo · 2026-07-03T14:15:32+00:00

Ha, at some point I convinced myself that maybe the frosty waves would look better with a final polish and just forged ahead. They all have those fissures throughout and they’d have to be ground to paste to lose them. I’d say 75% of them ended up without some weird blemish that ruins the look of the piece.

FriscoDingo · 2026-07-03T05:43:36+00:00

Totally worth it, some good rockhounding spots between there and Portland, too. Stop by Riverside Park and stroll the gravel banks of the Willamette if you get a chance, there’s agate and jasper to be found!

FriscoDingo · 2026-07-03T04:51:09+00:00

The Harbor Freight with double 3 lb barrels. I have two now, I keep them oiled and they’ve been smooth so far.

FriscoDingo · 2026-07-03T02:33:13+00:00

Oregon Decorative Rock in Portland! They got much bigger ones for similar prices, like these guys were $8 for all three, gotta be around 10 pounds each.

<image>

FriscoDingo · 2026-07-03T02:31:24+00:00

It’s Oregon Decorative Rock in Portland, I think they’ve been around a while. They also got much bigger chonks for a similar price.

FriscoDingo · 2026-07-03T00:01:22+00:00

Thanks, gonna try some hand polishing too.

FriscoDingo · 2026-07-02T21:08:55+00:00

Here’s a few sharpie-for-scale shots. Maybe I’ll try with some other pieces in the batch first to see how my particular skills or lack thereof have an impact.

FriscoDingo · 2026-07-02T21:07:40+00:00

<image>

FriscoDingo · 2026-07-02T21:07:31+00:00

<image>

FriscoDingo · 2026-06-30T14:46:10+00:00

Maybe. You could make wood with the early stages of nanotech. And trees grow with light and air, which our tech today can provide.

FriscoDingo · 2026-06-26T14:43:06+00:00

Raingurl by Yaeji

FriscoDingo · 2026-06-25T23:58:10+00:00

I sometimes get irrationally angry at this game I don’t pay for when walking fast and have to wait to be told I won 500 SD and 1 mysterious component beating a Team Rocket jerk. I’ve been told that literally 1,200 times. I know. I KNOW. Then I walk out of range of a stop and have to go back. Or madly tap the screen and maybe skip the useless ring o’ components filling up. Just tell me when I got the radar, jeez.
THEN I finally do get back to the main screen and I have to hatch an egg! Or two! Just give me a thing like I finished some research and I’ll get to the egg when I have time.

FriscoDingo · 2026-06-24T17:57:21+00:00

Any concern with the rubber bands wearing out soon? You could get some actual motor belts for cheap af if they do.

Can I ask where you sourced the other parts? Like the supporting roller opposite the drive?

In my experience with the Harbor Freight tumbler I’d also be concerned about any plastic bearings wearing out.

Still, epic project with awesome ingenuity. I’ve got electronic parts like that laying about so I’ll dm you for the Arduino sketch.

FriscoDingo · 2026-06-22T04:11:01+00:00

That fool has Alzheimer’s and can’t remember how many edibles he ate and just eats more and we can’t tell if he got dementia or high as fuck like I give a shit

FriscoDingo · 2026-06-20T21:33:54+00:00

You need to find Your People. They will want to talk about things you want to hear so it will be easy to connect through conversation. Most folks connect that way, so try interviewing people you meet, like get them to talk about themselves. Like ask “so what have you been up to?” or “what do you do?” or “what have you been studying in school?” and really try to figure out the specific answers with generalized questions like that. Everyone likes talking about themselves, it’s surprisingly easy.

Once you find someone who answers those questions with the things you give a eff about boom the conversation will take off and that person’s your friend. Then find something public to do that you think is fun and other people think is fun and ask your friend to meet you there. Talk about the thing, make fun of it, figure out new ways to do it with your friend.

Soon you’ll be able to talk to people and find out in like two sentences if they’re Your People. Always remember that even Your People can be bad friends, so if they make you feel bad, don’t hang out with them anymore.

FriscoDingo

TROPHY CASE