Talking with Crystals and Opening Up

[kristy1111]

I have found the following to be useful:

Physically and spiritually clean your environment.
Set the intent of the working.
Bless the Creation and our Infinite Creator.
Request that appropriate guides be available.
Become centered in the heart.
Create a "golden ball of light" around you.
Programme the crystal(s) with intent.
Thank, bless and clean the crystals.
Brush yourself down (from the crown to the floor) ensuring your touch the ground. This releases any negative charge into the earth to be transformed.
Clean your environment.

Please forgive my ignorance - I'm a spiritual babe. I often read stuff like this and it sounds beautiful and grand, but no instructions are given on how to do these things, so I am left scratching my head. I know how to physically clean my environment, but how do I do it spiritually?
How do I set the intent of the working? How do I "bless" something? How do I become "centered" around something? How do I create a golden ball of light around me? How do I clean my environment?

thanks so much! Sorry I am clueless... But I REEEEAAALLY want to learn all this stuff.