The Herbal Medicine-Maker's Handbook_ A Home Manual - James Green [182]
“Once we determine that a manifestation we’ve attracted does not or no longer feels good, we can use this life experience as a platform on which to stand, providing us with a fresh perspective to determine and envision what we now want instead, and thereby focus the magnetic vibrations of our creative thought on that fresh vision and intent. Through this process, we progress our experiences, we grow, we expand, and we move forth in the rapture of our spirit’s eternal journey.
“In like manner, once an individual who is experiencing illness makes a clear impassioned decision that she wants to feel good again, she has set the revival of her experience of health in motion. If she does not resist this experience, but rather focuses on those things and ideas that feel good to her spirit, envisioning her health, feeling her health, easing inner resistance, allowing the flow of ideas that ignite feelings of joy in her life, and letting these feelings become the seeds of fresh experiences, the return of her innate health is hers; it is inevitable. If she feels she needs an ally to help her find the state of mind that allows this transformation, whatever or whoever she believes will do this is good medicine for her.
“This is the nature of medicine; it is an ally. It matters not which medicine-path one chooses. All medicines are powerful when empowered by an individual’s belief in them, coupled with one’s focused desire to be well, or to have whatever else it is that is wanted. With the empowerment of one’s creative thought and passionate will, medicine becomes a potent companion. It becomes wholly empowered to uplift, soothe, nourish, and assist.
“From this point of view, I observe one’s true nature, that perpetual non-physical inner essence, remaining consummate and unaltered by any physical experiences that have been amassed. Our intrinsic health and wholeness are integral parts of our human nature, always and forever accessible; and each individual remains whole even in the midst of experiencing disharmony and illness, no matter how grave his or her immediate condition has been labeled. Recurrent stories of dramatic personal transformations and ‘miraculous healing’ demonstrate this most vividly. Health remains innate to our being, and it is always within reach when we desire it resolutely, focus our attention on it passionately, release inner resistance to our innate joy, and follow all intuitively inspired actions. The contrasting experience of the lack of ease in one’s life merely leads us to an intense desire to experience ease, to put our life in harmony with the knowing of our inner being. And if one feels the need of a medicine to help realize this desire, then it is wise to embrace it, whatever nature of medicine it might be.”
Chiron concluded and smiled at his companions. At that moment Artemis indicated that she would like to speak. Chiron knew Artemis to be a bright and wise teacher, and he welcomed the contribution of his knowledgeable peer. “Yes Artemis, please speak.”
“Thank you, Chiron” Artemis said, and looking into the eyes of the young woman who had asked the question of Chiron, she spoke,
“I know you, young Ceres. You and your companion, Bacchus, seated beside you, have strong, distinct paths that you both follow with clarity and joyous passion. You offer little resistance to the flow of life force through you. You seldom react to what others do or say, but instead you set your own tone in life, which allows nothing to lead you astray from your chosen path. Your spirit grows passionately in its own individual way.
“And I observe you honoring with equal spontaneity the individual paths of others, allowing them, without judgment, disapproval, or rancor, their way of being, appreciating their singularity, enjoying their