I received a labradorite cicada as a gift when I purchased some crystal jewelry from a local artisan. I looked at it and thought, “Hmm.” What does she know that I don’t? I’m pretty sure she gifted this to me for a reason. Then I set the cicada aside.
A few days later, I received a strong message from Spirit that I needed to meditate WITH the cicada to get better acquainted and see if there were any messages for me. I found some time and did just that.
First, I cleared the crystal cicada’s energy using Reiki’s power symbol. Whenever you get a new crystal, you want to clear it in some way. Whether you run it under cold water, smudge it, use selenite, or use Reiki, you want to clear the energy of all the other people who held it before you. You are creating your relationship with the crystal.
I found a shamanic drumming with a callback on YouTube, and I held the cicada in my left hand- the receiving hand- and closed my eyes. As an aside, the shamanic drumming allows me to get into a meditative state. The repetitive drumming helps my brain quiet so I can hear the messages or just float away. The callback part of the shamanic drumming is when the beat changes so that my brain registers the change, and I begin to come back into my body and the moment. This shamanic drumming is one that I used https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KE1QQGcDC2Y
As I sat with my eyes closed and the cicada in my left hand, I allowed the drumming to bring me into a meditative state. I started walking along the grass. The grass became mud. The mud engulfed my ankles, and I was slogging through it. Pulling one foot out at a time, struggling to take a step forward. Slowly. Slowly, I moved forward through the mud. Then I stopped the fighting of trying to walk forward.
I reached into this mud, grabbed a handful, and rubbed it on my arm like lotion. I reached down to get more and continued to slather my body with this mud. I felt as though I was covering myself with the protection of Mother Earth. I allowed myself to mud hugged with her love and protection. I felt my breathing slow as this hug of mud enveloped my body. The next thing I knew, I was transported to the edge of my sacred waterfall hole.
Years ago, during a meditation, I found this waterfall. It runs into a basin of clear, cool water. Surrounding the basin is a ledge of rocks above and soft land and lush vegetation alongside the water. It is not uncommon for me to find myself here during mediations. I will also bring myself to this place in my mind when I’m having a particularly tough time, I will conjure up a vision of this space to “take me away.“ Water is significant in dreams and represents the spirit world.
I stood upon the ledge, looking out at the waterfall flowing down into the pool of water. I would feel the cool breeze seeping through the mud on my body. I dove into the water. This water is it’s never too cold, it’s always refreshing and those are two things I love about visiting the waterfall. I dove deeper and deeper and found I no longer needed to breathe. There was a point of surrendering to what was and knowing I could breathe without the air intake my human body needed. The mud that covered me melted away as I swam with the grace of a mermaid. Then, in front of me, I saw a lotus flower. It was white with pink edging. Then, the drumming changed, and I returned from my meditation.
At the time I was doing this meditation, I was steeped in caregiving mode for my husband, who was in his last months of life here on Earth. This meditation was all about surrendering to the process. The mud that I was slogging through became Giai’s hug. My human body, which wouldn’t be able to breathe water, transformed into a being that could breathe in the water. The lotus is a symbol of detachment, spiritual growth, and rebirth.
My meditation’s connection to the spiritual meanings of the cicada and labradorite is interesting.
Once I’d finished the meditation, I looked up the meaning of the cicada. It symbolizes death as a natural part of life, rebirth, transformation, and change. As I said in the beginning, my husband was near the end of his life here on Earth, and we’d both undergone an amazing transformation since his diagnosis 21 months earlier.
Labradorite has many spiritual meanings, including gaining access to higher realms and inner wisdom, transformation, spiritual growth, and awakening. As I mentioned with the cicada, I have undergone a lot of transformation since his diagnosis, and the things I have learned about myself have been countless.
Spending time meditating with crystals is just one of the ways you can get messages from Spirit. If you’d like more ideas on receiving and deciphering messages from Spirit, please grab my guide, 5 Ways Spirit Speaks.
