Life Is What You Make It is a solid, one piece sculpture carved from a single specimen of dark green bloodstone from India with a beautifully distributed amount of vibrant red jasper inclusions. Few other gemstones offer such a dramatically colorful contrast as bloodstone does, and this specimen is a perfect example. Life Is What You Make It features a perfectly detailed Super Realistic crystal skull design from Skullis with a meticulously sculpted veiled chameleon (Chamaeleo calyptratus) companion. This amazing crystal skull sculpture from Skullis measures 4.7 x 3.3 x 5.6 inches (119x84x142mm) and weighs 2.31 pounds (1047g).

The Life Is What You Make It bloodstone crystal skull and chameleon sculpture encourages us to develop our ability to focus on our goal of proceeding on our spiritual path of growth and enlightenment while also understanding, and remaining aware of, how the events and experiences in our physical lives are enabling this process. We will have many experiences that we will want to label as good or bad, and each of these will offer us an opportunity for further spiritual unfoldment when we considered them from the perspective of our hearts and our higher minds. Life Is What You Make It helps us to stay grounded and connected to the material world as we allow our thoughts to ascend to greater levels of contemplation and awareness.

Life Is What You Make It inspires us to be patient and return to our natural state of oneness with the world. It helps us to understand that with love and positivity there is always an opportunity to receive what is needed. It is not necessary for us to grasp desperately in competition, only to be comfortable in knowing that when we are patiently in tune with our spirit and the world, all will be provided at the perfect time. Life Is What You Make It helps us to remember to take our time and enjoy the good things we experience, and to avoid allowing the work we must do to overshadow our lives to the point of eliminating any opportunity for play and fun.

The Life Is What You Make It bloodstone crystal skull with chameleon sculpture enhances our ability to identify the challenging situations in our lives for what they really are, to discern the lessons and reasons for the experiences, and also helps us find within ourselves the solutions to these challenges.

The veiled chameleon (Chamaeleo calyptratus) is a species of chameleon native to the south west coastal regions of Saudi Arabia and Yemen where it inhabits a number of varying environments. Veiled chameleons are relatively adaptable and will even eat leaves from plants as a source of moisture in dryer areas. This ability to live in a range of different environments has made the veiled chameleon one of the most popular of the chameleons to keep as pets. Chameleons will adjust their body color to blend in to their surrounding environment, but the most dramatic color change comes with changes in their emotional state. When excited, defending territory, mating, or scared, chameleons express a wide range of intense colors and color patterns. The name chameleon comes from the combination of the Greek words meaning on the ground and lion. Chameleons can move their eyes independently and focus on many aspects of their surroundings simultaneously, and many will also mimic their environment by walking forward slowly with a back and forth movement that simulates a plant moving in a breeze. Old world chameleons posses a prehensile tail and opposing digits on their feet enabling them to stay firmly anchored without falling as they live among trees and plants.

The chameleon represents one's ability to determine what one will be and achieve in one's life. Chameleons can represent higher thinking and functioning, wisdom, insight, stability, change, patience, sensitivity, increased perception and resourcefulness, and curiosity. The chameleon is a symbol of change, adaptation, versatility, flexibility, and attunement with one's surroundings. Chameleons represent an increased awareness of one's intuitive and psychic talents and encourages one to trust in these. They can inspire a careful consideration of how one presents oneself to others, inspire patience and the surety that what is needed will eventually come, and also inspire assurance and certainty in regards to one's own capabilities and to one's regard for oneself. The chameleon enables one to perceive illusions and to determine the truths behind deception. It encourages one to focus on the present moment while remaining conscious of, but not controlled by, the past and future, and also encourages one to change and adjust to one's environment, confidently and openly sharing one's thoughts and feelings with others.

Bloodstone is type of Chalcedony which includes green chlorite and red spots of iron oxide. Bloodstone is considered to be one of the most effective of the healing crystals and has been used for thousands of years for its magical and healing properties. Bloodstone is associated with the Mother Goddess, the Black Madonna, Isis, Horus, and is said to have been created when the blood of Christ fell and stained jasper or green stones on the ground during the crucifixion. It is commonly called the Martyr's Stone.

Bloodstone is used to promote a calm, grounding, and tranquil atmosphere and to revitalize and restore areas of insufficient energy, be they physical, emotional, mental, or spiritual. Bloodstone is an excellent stone for overcoming mental exhaustion. This stone represents both courage and strength and is used for achieving these attributes. It is associated with honesty and integrity and is useful in removing obstacles in life. A classic stone for wealth, it attracts abundance and good luck.

It is a crystal for divination and magic, for removing negativity, and guiding those who are lost. Bloodstone is beneficial for instilling courage, bravery, and optimism, bringing focus and mental clarity, and countering confusion. It brings a greater sense of self value, self esteem, and appreciation, and is useful for calming anxiousness, replacing it with confidence. It promotes idealism and selflessness. Bloodstone teaches one to be in the present rather than holding on to what has been or what could have been, and what may come. Bloodstone strengthens the bonds of friendship and family, and brings success in business and aids in handling business and legal matters.

Magically, bloodstone is used in spells related to weather, prosperity, spells designed to bring peace and calm, removing anger and fear, and to bring success when faced with legal issues. It is used to bring storms and rain, or dispel them, and to avert lightening. Bloodstone can also be used to redirect the attention of others and make the user inconspicuous.

Bloodstone effectively protects from evil, negativity, danger, harmful situations, and envy. It disperses negative environmental and Earth energies, electromagnetic pollution and geopathic stress. It also diminishes one's tendency to be aggressive, irritable, and impatient, helping to protect one from one's own desires and rash decision making.

Increasing personal strength, it is used by athletes to enhance performance. Historically it was believed to be effective at removing poison from venomous snake bites.

Bloodstone is considered to be one of the most effective healing stones, and it can be used for any condition. Over time it has been employed to treat infections, inflammation, tumors, anemia, and blood disorders. Bloodstone prevents and treats hemorrhaging, lessen menopausal and menstrual symptoms, and stops bleeding of all types. Bloodstone is also used for effectively removing toxins from the blood and all areas of the body, especially from the blood related organs, and for stopping excessive bleeding. Bloodstone strengthens the arteries, veins, bone marrow, liver, kidneys, heart, lungs, and digestive organs, boosts the functioning of the lymphatic system, and enhances the transmission of oxygen and nutrients from the blood to the body. It is considered to increase longevity and bring vitality to the body and mind.

Bloodstone is useful for clearing and activating the heart and root chakras, and is considered to be very effective at balancing and harmonizing the other chakras, especially the lower chakras.

It relieves depression and strengthens the mental, emotional, and physical aspects of one's being, and it helps one to be open to receiving guidance, wisdom, and counsel. Bloodstone helps one to understand the higher consciousness of spirituality. It also assists in bringing change by helping to let go of old patterns and habits and replacing them with more efficient and beneficial new behaviors.

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