Malachite Mala

Malachite Mala

 

Mala beads, often called a Japa mala, serve as a powerful tool in spiritual practices across various religions, including Hinduism, Jainism, Sikhism, Buddhism, and Shintō. Traditionally consisting of 108 beads, a mala is used to count mantras during meditation or prayer, providing a tangible guide as practitioners focus their minds and spirits. The practice of Japa, which involves the repetition of a mantra, is enhanced by the mala, allowing individuals to immerse themselves deeply in meditation. While similar to the rosaries used in Christianity, the mala holds unique significance in each tradition, symbolizing unity, spiritual growth, and a connection to the divine.

 

Bull’s Eye

Affirmation: My heart center is my focus. I treasure the lessons I learn through being in relationships with others. Love for myself and all beings emanates from my open heart. Love swirls into my life. I recognize repetitive patterns. 

Color: dark green with lighter and darker green and blue-green swirls

Chakra(s): heart and solar plexus

Astrological sign(s): Capricorn

Mohs scale: 3.5–4

Spiritual uses: Carrying the vibrations of the heart, malachite’s swirling shades of green represent the lessons that the heart must go through during its lifetime, effectuating healing not only in this lifetime but also in past lives. These patterns are lessons that you can use to further your spiritual evolution.

Mental uses: Malachite can help you get clear when you have many thoughts going round and round in your head. If you are experiencing repetitive thoughts that you are unable to release, use this stone to realign your mind with your heart, and use your heart as your center of thought.

Emotional uses: Malachite is a stone that helps you get to the heart of a matter. This stone reminds you that as patterns are repeated in relationships again and again that there is a lesson to be learned. This stone helps you grow emotionally as well as mentally and spiritually as you recognize the emerging patterns.

Physical uses: Malachite helps you connect with the sweetness of life.

Excerpted from The Essential Guide to Crystals, Minerals, and Stones. (Llewellyn. 2013) by Margaret Ann Lembo