Known as the Stone of the Compassionate Heart, Rhodochrosite symbolizes selfless love, moving one beyond mere empathy but stirring one to action on others’ behalf. Rhodochrosite, however, directs that love first toward the self for the specific purpose of emotional healing. By empowering one to earnestly examine old wounds, suppressed feelings, and traumas of childhood or past lives, it enables one to view old situations with new information. It allows one to acknowledge and release pain and destructive behavior patterns one may have adopted to cope. Its vibration of self-love, forgiveness, and compassion for the child within assists in reclaiming the self one was born to be.
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