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Pine & Pine Pollen
Pine – Pinus sylvestris
I think everyone of you already knows Pine, originally discovered by Dr. Edward Bach himself and so longer than 70 years in use coming with a precise description of what to expect from the essence. Today let us take a look at the wider picture, since Pine is a widely used plant providing us with more than just her essence.
Pine does not need much to grow, has no special preferences, you can find her on sandy soil as well as on a ground of rocks. Pine was the pionier that formed the primeval forest after the last iceage in Europe. This plant is so flexible and adaptable using the wind to carry her pollen to other plants.
Impatiens - Resting in Your Center
Impatiens - Impatiens glandulifera
Impatiens has been the first modern flower essence. Together with Clematis and Mimulus this flower marked a turning point in Edward Bach’s therapy concept. These three flower remedies were first prepared in homeopathic way, before the sun method was discovered. Bach introduced them in his essay ‚Some New Remedies and New Uses‘ in 1930 in the World Homeopathic to the public. Bach’s first presentation of Impatiens, however, differs significantly from even his later definition. First he found Impatiens an effective remedy in the treatment of pain and nerve problems. Indications were headaches, neuralgia, nerve pain, as well as depression and anxiety.
Later he wrote in »The Twelve Healers«: »Those who are quick in thought and action and who wish all things to be done without hesitation or delay. When ill they are anxious for a hasty recovery. They find it very difficult to be patient with people who are slow, as they consider it wrong and a waste of time, and they will endeavour to make such people quicker in all ways. They often prefer to work and think alone, so that they can do everything at their own speed.«
Nasturtium - A Sparkling Energy
Kapuzinerkresse – Nasturtium – Trapaeolum majus
Kapuzinerkresse mirrors a special type of personality, a very boring one, I am afraid. Imagine an intellectual person living in a rational, logical and cold world without any sparkling emotions. Imagine you had no other criteria to relate to the world than your mind, you were lacking emotions, vitality and self-expression. Must be a hard life – on the other side you were unable to see it that way, so you would not even notice that you are missing anything at all.
The 2:1 formula
Part 3 of the »How to handle your fears« series
There are two major forces making take us action, you may call them the big motivators. They direct us toward something as well as away from something – they are all about directions in our life. The first one utilizes our wishes, dreams, desires to make us stand up from our sofas and do something in order to get whatever it is, that we want. Anything we like can be a positive motivator. One notices a poster announcing a football match and instantly feels inspired to buy a ticket, another one sees a cake when window shopping and immediately enters the bakery in order to get one and a third one may be so inspired by listeninng to a gifted musician that he decides to learn to play an instrument himself. All these different things have one in common: they make us move towards them.
Quince fruit