Awaken Crystals and Gifts

Awaken News: May Newsletter

Thu, 02 May 2013 16:12:36 +1000

Our first two facebook competitions were very successful. Twice in recent times, we have offered excellent prizes for ‘naming the mineral in the picture’. Wendy Rees from Canada was our first lucky winner, who got to choose her own Peter Stone Zodiac piece valued at $80.

We then offered a…

Awaken News: April Newsletter

Sun, 31 Mar 2013 11:52:00 +1100

Awaken News: April Newsletter:

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One of the best descriptions of meditation that I have heard, is that it is the practice of arriving. Much of our lives are spent ‘running’ and ‘chasing’ some kind of peace and happiness in the future, causing our present moment to always be one of stress and frustration.
I have heard it…

March Newsletter

Fri, 01 Mar 2013 10:16:26 +1100

March Newsletter:

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We appreciate very much all of the nice emails and comments that we get from customers and fans all around the world. In the shop each day, some of the most uplifting moments are not necessarily a huge sales day, but when people say something like ‘It’s always such a nice energy in here’ or

February Newsletter

Sun, 03 Feb 2013 09:38:58 +1100

February Newsletter:

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Spiritual Evolution means different things to different people. To me, it has to do with the ‘letting go’ of the things that once helped us to evolve physically and mentally, but are now in fact holding us back from going any further. We have now reached the level of consciousness where we…

Awaken News: February Newsletter

Sun, 03 Feb 2013 09:38:41 +1100

Awaken News: February Newsletter:

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Spiritual Evolution means different things to different people. To me, it has to do with the ‘letting go’ of the things that once helped us to evolve physically and mentally, but are now in fact holding us back from going any further. We have now reached the level of consciousness where we…

January Newsletter

Tue, 01 Jan 2013 13:20:47 +1100

January Newsletter:

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It is important to look deeply at how many of our concepts and mindsets exist because of our very limited point of view. Mindfulness meditation is one way that makes it possible to see our thoughts, and our existence, as an overview.

If you have time, click the image above and watch…

December Newsletter

Sat, 01 Dec 2012 14:44:55 +1100

December Newsletter:

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Well Christmas is upon us again and we have lot’s of gift ideas throughout our shop and website. Just the other day we published our 4000th product online, and we’ve been continually revising the website categories to try to make browsing our website more ’user friendly’.

In our October…

November Newsletter

Thu, 01 Nov 2012 07:09:35 +1100

November Newsletter:

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There exists a fine balance between science and spirituality. I was inspired this month to post the above message on facebook, ‘borrowing’ this amazing photo from google, that seems to sum up what I wanted to say and suits the message very much. In fact this message sums up the way Awaken…

October Newsletter

Mon, 01 Oct 2012 10:54:00 +1000

October Newsletter:

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People who are on some kind of ‘spiritual journey’ will mention various spiritual teachers who have influenced them, or somehow greatly affected their growth. For me personally, I can say that Eckhart Tolle, Osho, and Thich Nhat Hanh are very much a part of who I am. In fact, without…

September Newsletter

Sat, 01 Sep 2012 12:14:39 +1000

September Newsletter:

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On the 17th of September it will be 2 years since Awaken Crystals and Gifts opened for business. We arrive at this landmark with the business up 34% on last financial year, which is absolutely sensational, considering the doom and gloom in retail land around us.

After establishing the…

August Newsletter

Wed, 01 Aug 2012 07:49:57 +1000

August Newsletter:

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Many people know that I am pretty outspoken about what I call ‘New Age Hype’. I have found that it’s safest to be sceptical, whilst at the same time to have a very open mind to the great mysteries of life.

For example. I find so many areas of this so called ‘industry’ actually…

"By letting it go it all gets done. The world is won by those who let it go. But when you try and..."

Sun, 08 Apr 2012 09:51:48 +1000

““By letting it go it all gets done. The world is won by those who let it go. But when you try and try, the world is beyond the winning””

- Lao-Tzu

"The body is only a temporary house, a caravanserai, an overnight stay. In the morning we have to go...."

Sun, 01 Apr 2012 14:49:34 +1000

““The body is only a temporary house, a caravanserai, an overnight stay. In the morning we have to go. But consciousness is the eternal pilgrim, a journey without any beginning and without any end. It is a journey of dances and songs and music and poetry, a festive journey, a ceremony without any reason. Just being is enough.””

- Osho

"It is now time for your ‘spirituality’ to transcend superstition. Is your..."

Fri, 16 Mar 2012 08:07:13 +1100

“It is now time for your ‘spirituality’ to transcend superstition. Is your ‘spirituality’ a fear-based set of rules and guidelines? LOOK DEEPER…”

"To All Staff, Thank you all for your utterly impeccable service. I wish all staff, their loved..."

Tue, 06 Mar 2012 16:03:28 +1100

“

To All Staff,

Thank you all for your utterly impeccable service.

I wish all staff, their loved one’s and families a beautiful 2012.

Kindest Regards,

”

- Customer Email 06.03.2012

"Thank you so much, firstly, for the fabulous and prompt service, and secondly for the BEAUTIFUL..."

Thu, 01 Mar 2012 10:38:41 +1100

“Thank you so much, firstly, for the fabulous and prompt service, and secondly for the BEAUTIFUL stones! I absolutely love them. It was like unwrapping Christmas presents….and I really appreciate you writing the name of the crystal on the wrapping paper. I can’t wait to order more. Would also like to pop into your shop sometime soon.”

- Customer Email 01.03.12

"Just wanted to say what a lovely shop you have, I happened to come in today and fell in love with..."

Fri, 24 Feb 2012 07:53:16 +1100

“Just wanted to say what a lovely shop you have, I happened to come in today and fell in love with everything. Oh and wanted to say thank you to the person who served me, it has been a while since someone has been that nice to me in a shop! So thank you! Have a wonderful day, I shall be back to visit very soon! Sincerely, Jena”

- Jena - Customer 23.02.12 via email THANK YOU THAT’S LOVELY

"Dropping the mask and bringing out your original face is the whole alchemy of meditation"

Sun, 19 Feb 2012 19:02:49 +1100

“Dropping the mask and bringing out your original face is the whole alchemy of meditation”

- Osho

"Ones integrity speaks for itself so that one needn’t actually tell anyone about it"

Thu, 09 Feb 2012 08:31:58 +1100

“Ones integrity speaks for itself so that one needn’t actually tell anyone about it”

"Irony: The root of the word ‘Religion’ is re-ligare; to bring back and make whole"

Thu, 02 Feb 2012 17:43:23 +1100

“Irony: The root of the word ‘Religion’ is re-ligare; to bring back and make whole”