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“The simple and natural method of healing through
personality, by means if wild flowers discovered by Dr Edward Bach. ”P.M.Chancellor
Flower Essences are a lovely gentle therapy that heals at a deeply spiritual level. Working on your emotions and mental state, it can bring healing to all levels, just as Homoeopathy does. Flower Essences are very similar in theory to Homoeopathy and actually stemmed from Dr Bach’s study of Homoeopathy.
The main difference between
2 therapies is in their preparation. Where Homoeopathy is prepared by crushing a substance, diluted and succussing, flower essences are made with a more gentle approach. The flower is picked at sunrise and placed in a glass bowl of pure water and left in
sun for
day. The essence of
flower is diffused into
water. Another method used, for more woody substances is boiling. The water becomes
remedy,
“stock”. The stock is then diluted down
same as with Homoeopathic remedies.
Healing in a simple yet powerful way, flower essences are neither harmful or habit forming. It was Bach’s ambition to create a healing system that was simple and easy to use. Although there are thousands of illnesses and probably as many different ways for each of them to be manifested, according to Bach,
reasons for illness stems back to just a few basic causes.
· Fear
· Uncertainty
· Insufficient interest in present circumstances
· Loneliness
· Oversensitivity of influence and ideas
· Despondency and despair
· Over care for
welfare of others.
Disease is caused by obstruction
free flow of
vital force throughout
four levels of being: Spiritual, Emotional, Mental/Intellectual and Physical. If this obstruction is allowed to continue, then disease can progress into all levels. So to truly restore harmony, treatment will need to occur on each level. The cause of
illness must be treated, not just symptoms.
Flower essences heal in many ways. They help to give clarity to one’s life, as well as courage, strength and commitment to follow and pursue one’s goals and dreams. They help develop a higher level of intuition, self esteem, spirituality, creativity and fun. The more you use flower essences,
more you are likely to experience greater awareness and happiness in your life.
The effect of essences has been described as similar to that of meditation, in that they enable
person to access
wisdom of
Higher Self. They help release negative beliefs that are held in
subconscious mind and allows
positive virtues, such as love, joy, faith, courage etc to coming into your being. When this happens
negative beliefs and thoughts are dissolved, balance is restored and true healing occurs.