The Essential Flower Essence Handbook

Lila Devi

Description

The Essential Flower Essence Handbook, written by Lila Devi, is the first comprehensive guidebook of the 20 Spirit-in-Nature Essences, formerly Master's Flower Essences—the oldest flower essence line outside the U.K. since 1977. Here, founder Lila Devi weaves an entertaining yet practical overview of this healing art (also see Flower Essences for Animals).

Lila Devi is a flower essence researcher, practitioner, lecturer, and seminar leader in the U.S. and abroad. Her background in psychology, education and spirituality, combined with her sensitivity to Nature and healing, makes her one of the foremost flower essence experts in the world today.

To Develop Your Insight:

• In-depth compilation of the Spirit-in-Nature Essences, including charts, illustrations and practical text, based on 30 years of case histories, testimonials and research.


• New vocabulary, making essences more accessible and understandable than ever: them and plot, symptom and core.


• Easy to use Cross-Reference Essence Index

Sujets

• Santé et bien-être
• Santé du quotidien
• Santé au quotidien
• Santé au quotidien
• Inspiration
• Transformation
• Fitness
• Référence
• Méditation
• Énergie
• Health
• Yoga
• Energy
• Meditation
• Self-help
• Healing
• Inner peace
• Autobiography of a Yogi
• Swami Kriyananda
• Affirmation
• Spiritual formation
• Love of God
• Reference
• Affirmations
• Alternative Therapies

Informations

• Publié par: Crystal Clarity Publishers
• Date de parution: 15 avril 1996
• Nombre de lectures: 1
• EAN13: 9781565895669
• Langue: English
• Poids de l'ouvrage: 1 Mo

Extrait

Sit quietly with closed eyes. Imagine that you are reaching up, grabbing a pleasant memory from your childhood—much like taking hold of the string of a helium-filled balloon. Whatever the memory, allow the details to drift; hold only to the pleasant remembrance of that memory’s spirit. Perhaps you feel a warmth, a sense of security, a calm assuredness that all is right. Whatever that feeling, bathe yourself in it now. Let the quality of simplicity surround you like a springtime breeze in mid-afternoon. Simple, carefree, trusting—these are the qualities washing from your thoughts all stress, over-concern, and overwhelm. Now relax even more deeply. Visualize yourself at the foot of a small forested hill. The sun-cloaked pine branches beckon you forward. A few yards ahead, a young fawn dashes onto the footpath, startling both of you. She freezes; you crouch down slowly. She responds to your inner voice that says, “Don’t be afraid. I’m as curious as you.” Her tiny ears draw back in timid wonder. Too young to know fear and sensing your gentleness, she steps forward and sniffs your outstretched palm. As she does so, you look into her eyes so new to this world. You see in them the joy of new life and the simple magic of childhood. Embrace the memory of the fawn’s eyes, again like taking hold of a balloon. Remember that you too cradle a child inside .
THE Essentíal Flower Essence Handbook
THE Essentíal Flower Essence Handbook
FOR PERFECT WELL-BEING
Lila Devi
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Crystal Clarity Publishers
Nevada City, California
Crystal Clarity Publishers • Nevada City, CA 95959
Copyright © 2007, 1997, 1996 by Lila Devi
All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced by any mechanical, photographic, or electronic process, or in the form of a phonographic recording; nor may it be stored a retrieval system, transmitted, or otherwise be copied for public or private use—other than for “fair use” as brief quotations embodied in articles and reviews without prior written permission of the publisher.
First edition 1996. Second edition 1997. Third edition 1997. Fourth edition 2007
Printed in United States of America
Originally published in 1996 by Master’s Flower Essences™
ISBN: 978-1-56589-081-7
ePub ISBN 978-1-56589-566-9
Design: Jerianne Van Dijk and Kim Rogers • Typesetting: Kim Rogers
Back Cover photo: Barbara Bingham • Illustrations: Kaleigh Surber
The author of this book does not dispense medical advice or prescribe the use of any technique as a form of treatment for physical or medical problems without the advice of a physician, either directly or indirectly. The intent of the author is only to offer information of a general nature to help you in your quest for emotional and spiritual well-being. In the event you use any of the information in this book for yourself, which is your constitutional right, the author and the publisher assume no responsibility for your actions.
Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Devi, Lila
The essential flower essence handbook for perfect well-being / Lila Devi —4th ed.
p. cm.
Originally published: Nevada City, CA : Master’s Flower Essences, 1996.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN 978-1-56589-081-7
1. Flowers--Therapeutic use. I. Title.
RX615.F55D48 2009
615.8’515—dc22
2009007313800.424.1055 or

530.478.7600
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www.crystalclarity.com
D EDICATION
To every flower that stills one’s breath ,
And every life lived fully till death .
To every friend, family and fawn ,
And every dusk that hastens toward dawn .
To all of these, to all unseen ,
To the humble flowers that we’ve always been .
To who we each are, to what we’ll become —
Blossoms unfolding in noonday’s glad sun .
D ISCLAIMER
This book is a reference work not intended to treat, diagnose or prescribe. The information contained herein is in no way considered as a replacement for consultation with a duly licensed health-care professional.
A CKNOWLEDGEMENTS
With gratitude to all those who have so graciously provided their stories for this text; to J. Donald Walters, friend and guiding light; Cathy Parojinog, for her priceless editorial midwifery; Jon Caswell, for editing and encouragement; Sara Cryer, for the beauty of the logo and back cover text; Bhakti Rinzler, for her strawberry soup and other fine recipes (see the appendices); George Beinhorn, who always had a moment to inspire; with last-minute computer work, John Parkin; LeeAnn Brook for her depth of vision with the book cover and interior design; Rob Froelick, who has elevated typesetting to an art form; Kim Rogers, for the revised typesetting; Kaleigh Surber, for her sensitively rendered illustrations; to Merrily Beck, for taking charge in the office while I wrote this book; my wonderful parents; the many goats who herded my dreams; my dear friends in the hundreds whose smiles alone uplift; and ever to Paramhansa Yogananda.
C ONTENTS
Dedication
Acknowledgements
Introduction
“The Essence of Life”: Theme Song
PART I
1 The Consciousness of Flowers
2 The Evolution of the Flower Essences
3 Seers, Sages and Herbalists
4 The Origin of Spirit-in-Nature Essences
Chart: The Twenty Essences
5 The Essence Experiment: A Biofeedback Brainstorm
Charts: Essence Study Diagrams
6 How Flower Essences Work
Chart: The Essence Spectrum Chart
7 To Everything There Is a Season: The Spectrum
8 Theme and Plot Essences
9 The Door Ajar: How to Use the Essence Chapters
PART II
10 Lettuce: “The Unruffler”
11 Coconut: “The Uplifter”
12 Cherry: “The Good Cheer Messenger”
13 Spinach: “The Uncomplicator”
14 Peach: “The Selfless Mother”
15 Corn: “The Energizer”
16 Tomato: “The Purposeful Warrior”
17 Pineapple: “The Confident One”
18 Banana: “The Humble Servant”
19 Fig: “The Non-Disciplinarian”
20 Almond: “The Self-Container”
21 Pear: “The Peacemaker”
22 Avocado: “The Mindful One”
23 Apple: “The Clear Mental Skies”
24 Orange: “The Smile Millionaire”
25 Blackberry: “The All-Purpose Purifier”
26 Date: “The Conscious Cookie Jar”
27 Strawberry: “The Noble One”
28 Raspberry: “The Healer’s Healer”
29 Grape: “The Rewarder”
PART III
30 Making Them, Taking Them
31 Symptom and Core Approaches: A Few Case Studies
32 Shadows on a Screen: Menopause and Codependence
33 The Joyful Art of Consultation
Charts: Consultation Forms and Response Sheets
34 Little Blossoms: Our Children
35 Four-Footed Friends and Other Critters: Pets and Animals
36 Finding The Essence of Life
37 Recipes Just For Fun
Spirit-in-Nature Essences Index
Endnotes
Bibliography
Products and Programs
Author Biography
I NTRODUCTION
In celebration of our 30-year anniversary in 2007, we have taken the new name of Spirit-in-Nature Essences, previously called Master’s Flower Essences. This change has received an overwhelmingly positive response. Why the new name? It represents a new cycle, a new energy, and a more expansive description of what we’re all about. These essences are about finding the Spirit in Nature—within Mother Nature, and within our own nature.
This is a book about becoming the master of your life. Self-mastery is more than a vague goal; it is an attainable state. How? In addition to healthy living, by keeping ourselves in a state of balance through the wise use of flower essences .
Flower essences stimulate our positive, spiritual qualities. They are prepared, simply, by extracting the life force from blossoms through the elements of sunlight and pure spring water. They introduce into our energy fields elevating vibrational examples of different ennobling qualities from the plant kingdom, such as dignity, kindness, and unconditional love.
Indeed, we cannot control the events that befall us; but we can control how we choose to respond to them. How will we spend the time allotted to us between the baby rattle and the death rattle? Perhaps you feel your boss has unjustly chastised you. Then your husband, himself overworked, greets your return home from a day at the office with short-tempered words. How will you react? Life’s endless pitch of curve balls is designed, it seems, to throw us off center. Balance, harmony, and perfect well-being—these are the qualities to which we consciously aspire. The question is, how do we get there?
It may seem that flower essences are just a little too over-simplified for our complicated lives. How can something so subtle affect our consciousness so deeply? Through the vital force embodied in the essences, that very life-stuff of which we are made. If we were to try to revive a dead man with life-sustaining resources such as food, air, or water, nothing would happen. But if we administer the life force abundantly present in flower essences to any living thing, watch the results.
Spirit-in-Nature Essences are based on the initial interpretations of the master teacher, Paramhansa Yogananda. Although to my knowledge Yogananda never made flower essences, he did list the psycho-emotional nutrients of the different fruits and vegetables from whose blossoms our essences are extracted, according to the methodology of Dr. Edward Bach. Commissioned by J. Donald Walters—a disciple of Yogananda for over 60 years and my friend and teacher—I developed these Spirit-in-Nature Essences in 1977, the oldest flower essence company outside the United Kingdom.
For nearly four decades, we have received testimonials and case histories, compiled through research and analysis, from people in the United States and overseas who have been significantly helped by Spirit-in-Nature Essences. Clearly, these infusions have the power to raise the quality of life for all living things—plants, animals, children of all ages, and we ourselves as living blossoms.
The Essential Flower Essence Handbook was first published in 1996. Since then, the acclaim for these essences continues to grow, along with a revised definition of the concepts I