One More Note About the Prayer Beads

My teacher had this to say about the beads breaking:

No grief; these things happen. I'd actually never felt quite comfortable with the rose quartz, but they were the only stone beads I had that were big enough, and they felt as though they were "good enough" even if not quite right.


This actually feels to me like an "outer plane check" confirming that the breaking was meant to happen so I could re-make it in a way that was more harmonious with the energies it was intended to carry.

The rose quartz continues to offset the darker shades and/or energy of the other beads, reminding me to ever balance the shadows of the Underworld with the light of the Upper world, and to embrace simple pleasures as well as the heightened intensities of the Work and my passions.