Mohs hardness scale: 8
When we are satiated, when we feel that we have enough — full spirit, full heart — we can relax and offer abundance to those around us. This is Imperial Topaz’s gift: the ability to savor life and take nourishment from its beauty. Topaz helps us find sensitivity within ourselves so we can notice with all our senses, and appreciate with our whole being, the minute workings of the world. From this place of abundance, we become a cornucopia full and overflowing with energy, which can be shared as kindness or courage or wisdom with those around us. There is wonder everywhere, Imperial Topaz whispers. It’s up to you to take it in and assimilate it into your heart.
Ritual 
Sommeliers have been known to suck on Topaz before a tasting to enhance their ability to distinguish subtle flavors. Noticing layered tastes is the ultimate spice. Foods change as we chew them; as a piece of bread or cheese breaks down in your mouth, layered flavors emerge. When you rush through a meal, you miss a good deal of what’s on your palate, including the sense of abundant richness eating can provide.
Make yourself a meal to savor with all your senses. You don’t have to cook something fancy unless you want to; this experience works just as well with a pizza or a fabulous dessert spread.
Now slow down and savor. Relax over this experience and allow it to fill you!
Reflection
Many of us suffer from poor digestion. This lack of assimilation leads to constant food cravings. We are perpetually putting food in our mouths trying to achieve that wonderful but illusive sense of being not just full but satiated. From the outside, it might look like we are eating plenty. But from the inside, from the lining of the intestines, you would notice that very few nutrients are actually being absorbed. Sometimes, despite putting the right stuff into our lives, we are unable to process and assimilate it. It looks like we should be happy with our house or job or partnership, but on the inside we’re starving.
Are you able to absorb the abundance in your life? If not, look deeper. What’s blocking you?
