Stone symbols: aventurine, chrysoprase
Activities: see above …
- Cooking a favorite meal
- Remembering another’s physical limitations
- A massage of their favorite part
- Sharing your abundance without expectation of return
- Enjoying seeing your friend’s physical presence
- Trust building exercises and games
- Time together
Stone symbol: blue turquoise
Activities:
- Conversation,
- Exchanging letters and phone calls,
- Sharing favorite books,
- Movies and music,
- Asking “Why?”
- Word association games can reveal our inner language
- Sharing blogs and journals
- Websites
- Sharing the fruits of our knowledge
Stone symbols: amber, garnet
Activities: See above. Also see Self-knowledge/Fire, do these activities together
- Encourage each other to find and pursue their passions.
- Be supportive when fears arise.
- Translate words of love into action for our friend
Stone symbols: aquamarine (blue), larimar, blue chalcedony
Activities:
- Magical ritual,
- Raising energy,
- Moon-magic
- Dream interpretation,
- Aura-work
- Reminiscing together,
- Telling jokes
- Sharing water
- Trust-building exercises
- Listening deeply beyond words
Stone symbols: black onyx, snowflake obsidian
Activities:
- See above
- Genealogy of your family – imagine a conversation
- Spending time with elders
- Explore biographies of close friendships in the past – how do others form deep friendships?
- Research texts of how relationships form and endure, pearls of wisdom
Stone symbols: white howlite, selenite
Activities:
- See the 4 elements of deep friendship above, and share these activities on their level of development
- Teach them to care and love others as they love themselves
- Teach them to channel their energy for good, not to repress it
- Expose them to many different people, cultures and languages
- Encourage them to share their dreams, and also their fears.
Stone symbols: unakite, granite
Activities:
- See all the activities listed for Deep Friendship
- Research group dynamics, utopian societies, non-violent communication
- Networking, renewing relationship, having fun with each other!
- Welcoming ‘strangers’ into our community – teaching them our customs