
Immersing yourself in 24 hours of taking in the negativity and darkness of your personal and world problems solves nothing. While it is vital to stay informed, so you know what to pray for, it is more important to listen in the silence of meditation after you pray in order to receive the guidance you seek. Prayer is when you talk to God. Meditation is when God talks to you. You personally can move mountains.
Doing nothing solves nothing. The world needs your prayer and your meditation.

Molecular medicine now knows that our brains as well as our bodies are made up of crystal energy. See https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3377059/.
But more incredible than this, our thoughts are also crystalline in nature. It is how our neuro pathways work, synapses firing, creating new thoughts and ideas, which is why whatever you focus on grows. The crystals within our physical and etheric bodies can assist us in prayer and meditation.
I have personally witnessed major life changes in individuals who have tapped into crystal energy, whether they choose to hold a crystal of choice in their hands, wear jewelry made of crystals, or place crystals large and/or small around their houses, apartments, yards, and workspaces.

Crystals are useful in prayer and meditation. Even the Jewish high priests of the Old Testament knew of their powerful affects, and wore the breastplate of crystals, healing stones, during their ceremonies. Crystals are extremely beneficial when dealing with personal and worldwide crisis situations whose energies invade the autonomy of other countries and the individuals who live there..

It is not the differences you are seeking by observing, differences in religion, philosophy, politics, economics, or any other division. It takes courage and determination to mature in character and spiritual development to recognize that there is One world of which we are an intricate part, and One Eternal and Universal Author of All Life. It is not the “us versus them” mentality that will calm any situation. Each side justifying that they are right and pointing out that the other side is wrong solves nothing. All religions tap into various truths as seen by human minds for eons. It is semantics and limited human understanding that claims on their viewpoint is correct.

After you make your sacred space, be sure to use it, not just as a decoration. While crystals energy will emit certain frequencies, it is your intention that works as the car starter starts the car. Just putting the car started in the vicinity of the car will not start the car. Your effort is required.

If your home is so small that not one more thing will fit, where you sleep and wake up can be your sacred space of prayer and meditation. If you are fleeing horrendous situations, your sacred space is right where you are, simply by closing your eyes, saying a prayer, and listening to the guidance of your thoughts and ideas that have been generated by first contacting the Infinite Universal Author of All Life.

You may have noticed the two dragons carved on the front of this altar. Symbolism and metaphor have been lost on the manipulated minds of those who have given their personal power away to cults and would-be Christian belief systems, if only they were able to tell the whole truth that Jesus came to preach.
For nearly 400 years following Jesus, the Christ who walked among us, fledgling Christianity blossomed with men and women alike taught how to not only preach, but also teach. Religious and political authorities of that time banned the books they did not want their followers to read.
Book banning is not a good way to learn anything. What could be used as a viable teaching tool has become lost to many, until 1945 when the Nag Hammadi Library of books and codices were found by a group of Egyptians digging for fertilizer.
The forty-six different tractates that the codices contain have provided scholars with a wealth of new data for understanding the development of early Christian traditions about Jesus; Gnostic, Valentinian, and other streams of Christian thought later considered to be heretical (SANCTIONED BOOK BANNING); and Coptic grammar, orthography, and codicology. For the most part, however, these sources have not resulted in settled opinions or certain knowledge, but in sharpened debate and new avenues of investigation. Many questions about the codices and their contents remain unanswered.

What is important is not how grand you make your sacred space, but how approachable it is, how it welcomes your soul to drop the chaos of the day by spending time in that quiet spot, away of distractions, enabling you to feed your heart, mind, and soul.
Namaste