I have often written about how orders for our Flower Essences come in waves with Flower Essences that have been relatively quiet on our shelves suddenly having a big moment.
One beloved Flower Essence friend had quite a week last week- Canna Indica. This dynamo from the powerhouse Taiwan collection sailed out of here as fast as we could pack orders. Here is it’s description on the website:
This essence is a beacon for restoring vitality after physical or emotional violence, war, and terror. This is a lifeline, steadily tugging us to shore. Working with this Flower Essence is like undergoing a deep thaw. Like coming in from the cold winter, hands and feet tingling and itchy as they begin to feel the warmth again.
Our Flower Essences have a short phrase illuminating their purpose before their longer descriptions and for Canna Indica the phrase is, “It’s going to be okay.” That phrase really speaks to these chaotic times. We are so depleted by the pillaging and brutality of those who think themselves in charge, and yet underneath there is a current of truth that can revitalize us by reminding us we are going to be okay. The light is going to prevail because the light is infinitely bigger and more powerful than the darkness. We just have to find a way to hold on, stay warm, keep going until the light in all of us dissolves this ugly moment.
Engaging in the current dynamic by being our light is not a passive or pessimistic throw in the towel sort of stance. It is a standing in the truth of eternal verities.
So many of the Taiwan Flower Essences help us with this. They support us to overcome authoritarian behavior and move beyond any habit to submit to bullies or those who would use their power inappropriately. The vibration of these Flower Essences reminds us we are the ONLY authority in our own lives. Their focus on dissolving illusions of hierarchy makes the collection an excellent one for right now, a chaotic moment when a small select few work to either destroy things or steal things.
Golden Armor, the Sovereignty Set, the Taiwan Collection, the Sacred Feminine and the Flower Essences from Crete all remind us ( no matter our gender) that it is vital to listen to our inner Sacred Feminine and act in accordance with this wisdom. This is the path that helps us hold our own in this time. This inner wisdom also gives us perspective. It knows we are okay. It knows we are whole. It knows we have done enough (more likely way too much). It knows that love is the only real thing and we can rise above the haters as simply misinformed and irrelevant..
My definition of December is the month where way too much is asked of us all but most especially of women who have always been the ones that carried the holidays. We need to lean our inner wisdom to help us say NO when too much is asked of us. We need to be kind to ourselves and do less and then cut that less in half and do even less. We can no longer let the bastards wear us down with their demands made constantly in this media culture. So what if they call us names when we speak our truth or simply don’t do what is expected of us.
In the early years of the business a hater could get me down for way too long. The Essences and thirty five years in the saddle here have helped me to not take the haters personally. We have to work around them and not give our power away by believing what they say. Its an inside job to stop empowering their hate and believing it. We had a hater this morning. The staff goddess at the receiving end of a veritable assault asked me what to do. I encouraged her not to pick up the hate, let it sail on past as nothing to do with us. To simply move on.
Yes, we could believe the horrible things being said especially about women and minorities by those who think they are in charge right now. Let’s sail on by. Let’s continue to be the amazing, capable, light filled, sassy, and utterly splendid humans we are. Let’s ignore the misinformed and take back control of what’s left of this month by loving ourselves, being gentle with ourselves, doing a lot less and laughing.