Flower essences can help you feel more yourself, which is a natural feeling, like coming home, or remembering who you are after a period of forgetfulness. Some describe it as a sensation of relief, others as a kind of opening to the self, and all report feeling much better in themselves. Occasionally there may be a gentle release of emotion, and some tears may flow. Welcome them as a normal part of the healing process. Flower essences are not a quick fix and the effects happen gradually, as you are ready for them. This gentle, subjective process may sometimes go unnoticed, and close companions will often see the positive progress before you do. However, observations over a period of time make it possible to compare how you managed a situation before with how well you have dealt with a similar event more recently: you may be pleasantly surprised.
The Path to Individuality
Dr Bach believed that only when someone follows their true path in life would they find health and happiness. But having strayed too far, it can be impossible to know what is the best way forward. Take some Wild Oat, as this is known to bring insights into what may be the right path or, alternatively, into what is standing in the way, which may be fear, indecision or lack of confidence. Such problems can then be treated with the relevant flower essences.
Perhaps your true calling was to be a carpenter, but life's circumstances have left you as an office clerk. Enrolling on a woodwork course can be a good beginning. Even as a hobby,, if it is right, the activity will bring a sense of fulfillment and pleasure that will permeate the whole of your life circumstance.
Flower Essences For Strength and Assertiveness
The greatest barrier to reaching your true path is often the people closest to you. They want you to stay the same for their benefit, so that they do not have to change. Consequently, there is a need to be doubly strong, first for yourself and second to stand up to them. The Centaury flower essence can bring strength to face such challenges with clarity and assertiveness. The addition of Mimulus and Borage for courage might prove helpful.
New Beginnings
Never feel discouraged about the past, Dr Bach wrote encouragingly, or view it as lost time. Nothing that has been learnt is ever wasted and everything can be brought to good use in these new beginnings. In some way, everything is perfect, as even those who stand in the way of you progress become teachers and the situation ultimately proves a positive learning experience, teaching you more about yourself and how to be strong.
Staying Healthy
In the pursuit of good health and happiness, it is important to live a self-enhancing lifestyle. Unfortunately, society does not seem to support this, and it can often be an uphill struggle to achieve. Junk food, lack of exercise, overwork, no time for relaxation, smoking, drinking, stay up late every night, abusive situations such as domestic violence, co-dependent relationships or exploitation at work, prove common traps, particularly if self-esteem is low. Flower essences, in bringing greater self-realization, can help you see that such behavior is ultimately destructive and thus impress on you the desire to change. However, essences cannot, beyond the short term, support health so that life can continue in the same old way.
True health is not just the absence of disease, it is a "radiant" state. Life becomes more loving and joyful and living is fun. This happiness is infectious as everyone who comes into contact with you cannot fail to respond to such positivity and will leave your presence feeling uplifted and refreshed. Therefore, seeking true health is not selfish, it can be seen as a gift to a better, more loving and peaceful world.
Treasured Companions
The difficulties of life will continually challenge you to grow and become more today than you were yesterday. Flower essences are treasured companions on this journey of life and offer invaluable support and comfort. No matter how great of small the difficulty, flower essences will always be there to help. So relax and enjoy life, be happy, there is no longer anything to fear. Embrace the vision of Dr Bach.
