Stained Glass for a New Age

Hello and welcome to my blog! I want to share with you my mission if you will to “reintroduce” to the world a new and fresh approach to the use of stained glass into your home and spiritual consciousness. As many of you already know glass art has for centuries been the source of inspiration in religion and art. Scholars and leaders have known of its power to affect and move the human spirit. We’ve seen evidence of this in religious houses of worship on every continent. It is this very power, this energy, this essence that has drawn me to create this blog.

I’ve had the opportunity to rediscover my love of glass and it’s while working with this incredible medium, that I discovered what it truly can do to the human spirit as it relates to not only the spirit, but the spirit of the home! I had recently taken an interest in metaphysics and the universal energy that dwells within, and I started strengthening and reconnecting with my universal energies with the use of the chakras. For anyone unfamiliar with what a chakra is chakras are energy points along the central meridian of the body. Each chakra has its own color. Before even learning about the chakras, I had worked on a project for a glass contest that contained the colors of the chakras in it, but without even noticing. I put the project away after the contest. Okay, so fast forward a year later…spring was doing its best to come around, and we had a few days of warmth and sun. I decided to bring it back out and take another look at my project and that’s when I began to notice the affects of the colors on both myself and family. My nephew is a gamer and loves to play his video games in the dark. One day I entered the room and there he was in full game mode. I walked by him and began my usual ritual of opening the window blinds in the house, and came to the window that had my project and opened it. My nephews’ first reaction was one of “heeeeey”…I said “good morning Dracula” and opened the blinds. He gave a slight sigh and as he did I said to him “don’t be afraid to let Gods light into your home” and walked away. He sat in the room all afternoon and the better part of the evening. Well the next day I went into the room expecting the same exasperated response to my opening the windows and what I received instead was something I did not expect. As I walked by the window he said “hey, aren’t you going to open the window”? I was so surprised by his response I was at a loss for words! So I went back to him and said “you want me to open it”? He said “yes…the picture is really cool”! So I opened it and every day after of his spring break! What also followed after was a complete surprise to me as well.

The project sat in a room with a television that wasn’t as big as the television in the room next door.  A few days later my brother, (who is a huge gamer himself so the kids got it honest), had company over for a little gaming fun, and as I walked in and out of the room I noticed that one of the visiting gamers was in the room with the project in the window and was all smiles while playing the games. The next day they had came over again for more gaming fun and this time I noticed the other visitor in the room by himself playing the game. He seemed relaxed and happy playing.

Then came the day I had my epiphany if you will in regards to the project and everyone’s connection to it. Everyone was gone from the house and it was quiet. As I walked by the room I found myself drawn to the project. I couldn’t take my eyes of its brilliance beaming in the window. I walked into the room and sat down in quiet admiration. As I starred at it, I said to myself “huh, look at all the chakra colors in the project”… It was something I had never noticed before. But the longer I sat there, the more I felt the energies of the colors infusing their way into my spirit. The vibrant red grounding me, connecting me with our earth, the energizing orange, stirring my emotions in such a way I felt blessed and overwhelmed really. The bright life giving energy of the yellow blessing me with its energy and vitality. Ahh…the heart chakra color green with all its deep richness… infuses all of its love and compassion into my spirit. The fifth and sixth chakras light and dark blue pouring their way into my conscious encouraging my creativity and beckoning me to make more use of my communication skills…(thank you so very much). And the seventh chakra, violet…blessed violet…your lights providing me with the ability to listen to my higher self, a consciousness, and an enlightenment of what’s happening before me, to me.

As I sat there with my thoughts, I was consumed with the feeling that what I’m feeling is not only the energies of the chakras, but Gods light and love illuminating through me as well! That’s literally a double whammy of positivity and love! I thought to myself, “Why wouldn’t anyone want this kind of energy into their home and life”?? I believe when we hear the words stained glass, we immediately think of church. But today’s stained glass is not only for aesthetic appeal on your front door, but can fill your home with an energy and a style that would be all your own! It baffles me why anyone would keep their blinds closed to their home blocking out all of heavens universal light, energy and love. Your home becomes dark and I believe the only time your home should be dark is when you’re sleeping and charging your body for another day.

I’ve decided to create this blog to hopefully inspire others to take another look at stained glass. I’m not a doctor or a professional in the field of psychiatry, but as I’ve stated before, I’ve seen its power at work in my own home. The beneficial properties of having stained glass in your home are wonderful! Just as stained glass has the ability to inspire and humble the human spirit in church, it also has the ability to maintain a healthy spiritual balance in the home. The colors of the chakras, as well as the heavens universal light, can infuse their way though out whatever room of the home you chose to place your piece. I personally feel that it would not be a bad idea to have stained glass in the family room or kitchen or wherever people gather the most in your home. Another excellent place to have stained glass is in your meditation room. Just imagine meditating and sitting near a window that has the stained glass, and as you meditate, the universal light is infusing your spirit, bringing balance to your chakras or assisting in bringing you peace or calm. I also believe that there is a global consciousness that is now taking place. People are starting to awaken and are now more than ever seeing the awesome power of the universal flow of energy, and how it works its purpose in their lives.

There are thousands of talented artists out there making beautiful, original creative designs that are sure to bring a whole new feeling to your home and let me tell you, once you get a piece in your home you will surly notice its positive effects almost immediately. You’ll want to spend more time in the room that contains the glass. And depending on the colors chosen for your space, you can feel the energies of calmness, peace, love, creativity, spiritual awareness, grounding one’s self, love of self, joy etc. In my future posts, I hope to focus on other artists creative pieces and encourage anyone who wishes to do so to email me with a piece they made and I will post it to my blog as well as where they can find your piece!

Some of you are probably wondering where is the piece that inspired such amazing feelings to come fourth. And while I don’t have the best camera to convey the beauty that displays itself here, it’s posted here on my blog. I’m also happy to say it came in second place! I also want to mention that the pattern was purchased from The Glass Pattern Source. They have wonderful patterns to choose from so please pop over to their website and have a look!

Well now that we’ve heard about some of the beneficial properties of having stained glass in our homes, let’s grab the keys and get out there and see if we can get some of that great energy into our homes!