We live in turbulent times. This issue of Vibration Magazine focuses on the vast, rapid and deep changes unfolding around and within us at this time. The anxiety and stress they create -- and the opportunity and challenge they present -- are considerable. Vibrational and flower essences are fantastic partners on this crazy ride we call the beginning of the 21st century.
One response has been to call forth the Warrior: in nations, communities, families, and individuals. Certainly, we all will need strength, courage, integrity, leadership, endurance and action to get through these changing times. We see that political and economic unrest has brought both military and terrorist action. But war-making is not the only face of the Warrior; automatically applying aggression to all situations is not the way of balance for a Warrior. The Warrior's approach also includes strategy, self-less service and even surrender.
 A Warrior instinctively know he/she needs to respond to change, and knows that not every one demands a response. The right response begins with a decision: to act or to wait. A true Warrior does not blindly fight all the battles, but knows how to strategically select which ones to enter. The right external circumstances and a state of internal readiness must align in order to produce victory. Integrity, loyalty, honor, and belief in a cause are vital to the Warrior. Destruction and mayhem for their own sake show the Warrior out of harmony with his/her own nature.
But Warriors do not simply respond to change of others' making; they may decide to apply their skills to creating change themselves. The Warrior may choose to break or divert the status quo. In a way, they are responding to a LACK of change of others' making.
It takes courage, focus, strategy, intuition and vision to be a Warrior carving out his or her own path. The phrases "fighting the good fight" and "walking our talk" apply here; these are the struggles which make us grow and strengthen us. We become more than we have been.
Essences for the Warrior
B = Bach * H = Horus * F = FES * M = Masters * W = Whole Energy Essences
Balanced Warrior, Balanced Aggression: Astilbe, Yellow Loosestrife (W), Quince (H -- female warrior), Rosemary (H -- male warrior), Vine (B), Broccoli, Nicotiana, Snapdragon, Sunflower, Tiger Lily, Trillium (Various), Oregon Grape, Poison Oak (F)
Courage, Conviction & Strength: Pale Yellow Lily, Monarda (W), Borage, California Wild Rose, Mountain Pride, Fawn Lily, Penstemon, Saguaro (F), Hornbeam, Elm, Gentian, Rock Rose (B), Coconut (M), Tomato, Self-Heal (Various)
Overcoming Fear, Inertia & Apathy: Wand Flower, Young Adult, Cancer and Leo Full Moons (W), Blackberry, Thistle (F), Wild Rose, Aspen, Larch, Mimulus, Rock Rose (B)
Service & Integrity: Trillium (Various), Rock Rose (B), Echinacea (Various), Virgo Full Moon (W)
Leadership: Larkspur, Mountain Pride, Red Clover (F), Oak, Vervain, Vine (B), Sage, Sunflower, Foxglove (Various)
Challenge for Essence Companies
Commercial flower essences have been around for nearly a century now. Why is it that they have not become as known in the mainstream as, say, chiropractic or yoga? There are probably many reasons -- several of which are difficult to address directly. But there IS one which we in the field can commit to changing: an ongoing lack of collaboration between essence companies.
My Co-Editor, Donna Cunningham, and I are calling upon others in the flower essence community to adopt this Warrior's stance. The world needs essences now, perhaps as never before. It's time to help our field grow and become stronger. We can become more than we have been: for our good as individuals, as a healing art, as an industry, and as a planet.
Collaboration Will Help Everyone
As we've written before in more depth, this short-sighted perspective has led to
consumers and health professionals not knowing even the basics about essences. In fact, most people generally believe them to be the same as essential oils -- talk about basic misconceptions to fight! Changing this is within our grasp, but we have to work together to do it.
The World Wide Essence Society and Vibration Magazine were created to help promote the ENTIRE field of vibrational and flower essences. We
saw this as a great need because the major essence
producers have not spent nearly as much energy educating the public about essences in general as they have to promoting their individual product lines. We notice that many of the smaller producers have similarly followed suit.
This has served to continually fracture and segment our field. We believe our efforts become increasingly diluted the more companies focus on merely competing with each other. We believe that the energy and intention of the makers get passed along to the essence itself. Thus if the maker buys into the myths of separateness and competition born of the survival instinct, that energy can get passed along in each bottle sold (more on this phenomenon here).
Practitioners and Consumers Can Take the Lead
Essence practitioners and consumers can make a big difference here. You
can encourage your favorite essence manufacturers to look beyond
their own, insular worlds to reach out to their colleagues and
uplift our entire field. Encourage them to offer books or courses which
teach beyond their own product lines. Ask them to make links to
other websites which teach about essences in general, even if they
(gasp!) refer to other companies' work. Ask them to refer customers
and students to publications like Vibration Magazine so that everyone can
advance their knowledge of the amazing world of essences.
We challenge essence manufacturers world-wide to help themselves by
helping one another. We believe that every company, practitioner, student and consumer can only benefit the more we all work together.
 ABOUT THE AUTHOR: Deborah Bier, M.Ed. is the maker of Whole Energy Essences
and co-editor of Vibration Magazine. For more of her articles in Vibration Magazine, see here.
ART CREDITS: The lavish and mysterious drawings are from East of the Sun and West of the Moon, illustrated by Kay Nielsen; courtesy of ArtToday. Background by Word of Mouth Web Design
The World Wide Essence Society does not mean to imply any recommendation of nor give certification to any individuals or companies above. This article is provided purely for informational purposes. We ask consumers to make their own determination as to quality of the services and products offered above. This article is not meant to be advice, and the information is not meant to replace medical or psychological treatment.
  
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