Are Sweet Peas Aromatherapy?/ Now plant spirit

[Guest guest]

Hi Lisa

Glad to have you here.

I like the way you say

" ....this is my reality and I don't necessarily expect anyone else to

to it.... " because we all find different methods of working

with oils. As long as they are used safely we can all have our own

thoughts on *how* they work. :-) Me included.

There is a very real spiritual side to working with oils, but (for me)

they are more a tool on the way to spiritual exploration (in the same

way as crystals are) rather than a living entity. I do find that at

particular times I will be drawn to an oil quite inexplicably, and

sometimes it will be an oil I dont actually like! In my case I feel

its more my own intuition at work rather than an oil speaking to me.

But thats just me. :-)

Intuition - or self selection as its called when used with animals -

is so subtle we some times miss it but (again for me) it has a real

role to play in what I use.

It seems we both work in similar ways, but use different terminology

to explain things :-)

A have a practical nature, I like to know how things work (blew the

windows out of two computers trying to figure out how they do what

they do!) but one thing I cant figure out is our brains and the

dormant areas that are still so unexplored and unaccountable. I like

to think that's its in these areas that *intuition* lurks and - if we

listen to ourselves - pops up to help us when needed.

Because of my practical side I cant go with the lifeblood theory.

When you consider how oils are produced, the end result can only be

sterile liquid (till exposed to air that is) with no life left. But -

like you say - if it works for you then thats great.

As long as we remember that EO's are really small bottles of chemicals

that have the potential to harm as well as heal, and take safety

issues into account when using them, I dont get hung up on terminology

:-)

Welcome to the list!

LLx

 

 

 

 

> Hi Folks,

>

> I am a newbie on this list, although hardly a newcomer to the field

> of Aromatherapy. For decades I was strictly self-taught, then had

> the wonderful opportunity to study with Jeffrey Yuen (some of you

> may be familiar with this Chinese Master who has been keynote

> speaker at some of the best-known AT conferences worldwide).

>

> One thing I have learned is that the plants do indeed have spirits

> and that essential oils, as the lifeblood of the plant, can also be

> said to contain its spirit. I do not know this because I have read

> it in a book or heard it in a classroom -- I know this because I

> have had the experience of having an oil " speak " to me and tell me

> how it wants to work with a person. But hey, this is my reality and

> I don't necessarily expect anyone else to to it.

>

> Butch, thank you for your post. Not only did it offer me the

> perfect opportunity to jump in here and make my introduction, but I

> appreciate your straightforward honesty and solid information. I

> look forward to learning from -- and sharing with -- all of you.

>

> Lisa Kadison

> Terralumina

>

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[Guest guest]

Hi Liz,

You have summed this up perfectly for me!

There is a very real spiritual side to working with oils, but (for me)

they are more a tool on the way to spiritual exploration (in the same

way as crystals are) rather than a living entity.

I also recall a saying I read somewhere.

“The greater my knowledge, the better my intuition”

Cheers

Jeanine

 

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