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Clear Path NewsletterThis newsletter is published monthly by Clear Path Essences and offered free of charge. In This Issue:
1. Monthly Newsletter Prizewinner
1. Monthly Newsletter Prizewinner The winner of this months draw for a Clear Path Necklace is Pat Najjar of Gaithersburg, Maryland. Pat chose the Rejuvenation necklace. Congratulations, Pat! Subscribers of this newsletter are automatically entered in a draw for one of the four necklaces available from Clear Path Essences. (See our catalogue for a description of each necklace and to choose the one for you.) A draw is made each month from the list of current subscribers, and the winner is notified by e-mail. 2. Flower Essence Pick of the Month Mullein (verbascum thapsus) by Lesley Bonisteel Mullein is the plant Ulysses took with him on his famous sea voyage to protect himself from the enchantress Circe. In India, mullein is considered a safeguard against evil spirits. Medieval Europeans dipped the plant in suet and used it as a torch. Mullein is a hardy biennial that grows in fields, pastures, along roadsides, and in waste places. It is easy to recognize with its tall, straight stem, large wooly leaves, and its long, dense spike of yellow flowers. Native Americans have used mullein as a health aid for centuries. The Mullein Essence is used in developing true potential, finding our purpose in life and listening to our own inner guidance. Astrologically, mullein is associated with the Sun. The Sun represents our identity. It tells us how we define ourselves; how we need to express ourselves; how we need to shine in our lives; how we feel alive. It is the centre of our self-expression. Recently while speaking at a health fair about essences and using the pendulum, I gave a quick demonstration and Mullein was the essences that came up for me. When the participants read that this essence also supports in keeping true to our vision regardless of social opinion there was an "ahaa" throughout the room. I sold some bottles of Mullein essence and quite a few pendulums that evening! If you have any question about Mullein Essence or any other Clear Path Essence feel free to contact us at info@clearpathessences.com. Mullein Links:
3. Feature Article: Healing and Nature It is an honour for me to be able to include the following article written by Dr. Ingrid Naiman. Dr. Naiman is a teacher, medical astrologer, author, and counselor now living in Washington state. One of her web sites is devoted to Cancer and natural alternatives to treatment. This is from that site. Nature has an instinctive tendency towards wholeness, but to understand Her, we must, as my uncle said, observe her closely. She does not reveal herself casually but rather subtly to those who approach Her with sincerity and a willingness to be guided. In learning any new subject, it behooves all of us to look to our predecessors for guidance and wisdom. We should, however, also bear in mind that Mother Nature is generous and has offered us many solutions for what ails us. Jonathan Hartwell researched 5000 years of ethnopharmacological history and identified 3000 herbs effective in cancer treatment. Thus, a patient living in India four thousand years ago or Europe in the twelfth century did not require poke root or bloodroot in order to be cured of cancer. Hildegard of Bingen made a cancer salve of violets in the twelfth century, a tea of yarrow, and a duckweed elixir. Seven hundred years later, Eli Jones, MD, claimed an 80% success rate using pastes of bloodroot and a syrup with scrophularia. John Christopher made two different cancer salves, one with cayenne and the other with poke root as the main herb. His tea for cancerous growths contained equal parts of red clover, violets, burdock, yellow dock, dandelion root, rock rose, and goldenseal. Burdock was one of the ingredients found in cancer tonics dating as far back as Hildegard and right on up to the present, including the famous Essiac formula that is predominantly burdock. Given the mutagenicity of cancer and the extra stress of modern pollutants, it is not possible to gauge the relevance of an historic formula in present times. This is something we are still trying to learn by re-creating the formulae and trying them with persons who are searching herbal support for their diseases. Herbs also mutate, some of them faster than others. Some herbs, adaptogens, impart to us the gift of coping better with the pressures of life. Even if we cannot estimate the probable success of a given protocol today, I am relatively certain that motivated patients working with gifted healers can find the relief they seek, even when the body has been severely compromised by disease and degradation of the air, water, and food needed to survive. In presenting the material on salves and suppositories, my goal has not been to deliver an herbal protocol for cancer treatment but rather to provide patients, herbalists, and sincere health care professionals with enough historical and anecdotal material to stimulate inquiry. Not all cures work for everyone, not everything represented as a cure is actually effective, and not all people are curable. Whether evaluating a conventional or alternative treatment, discrimination is crucial-so, too, is the willingness to explore what people throughout various ages have found helpful. I have often remarked to my friends and students that I do not understand anything at all about how electricity gets into my home or why any of my appliances work; but for me healing is simple. The obvious reaction to this sort of "ignorance" is that if it were so easy, doctors would have cures for everything and everyone, and people would all be well. They are also usually quick to try to remedy my lack of education by explaining to me the nuances of electricity. I still do not understand electricity, but I do have a moderate grasp of magnetism. The energetics of food, herbal healing, and psychospiritual healing all rely on the affinity or lack thereof for what is offered as a "cure." They are therefore forms of chemistry, and I feel I do understand the chemistry of attraction and repulsion. My first contact with herbal medicine was in Hawaii. There, the kahunas, the Hawaiian healers, taught me that one must talk to the patient about what is wrong and what is needed. Then, one must go to the forests to talk to plants and the Spirits Who dwell with them. We are to tell them what the problem is and why we are seeking their help. They then agree to help us or make other suggestions which we are ethically bound to accept. When I moved to Santa Fé and found myself surrounded by herb shops with dry and desiccated desert and imported herbs, I felt nostalgia for the mystery of the tropics. However, I learned to use herbs that had been stored in bottles. I also learned to read books about herbs, but I still miss the intimacy of the Islands, the reverence of the kahunas, and the feeling of being connected to what is being used for healing. My mother was a considerable student of Hawaiiana. She was also an incredibly sensitive and psychic person. She detested what she felt to be the barrenness of the desert. She preferred the lushness of the tropics. She had her point. The tropical rain forests are the source of an incredible diversity of botanical and animal life. We also know that they harbor many medicines, some of which may be critical to our survival. It is not a coincidence that as we destroy the rain forests, our own resiliency is impacted. All life is interrelated. As the oxygen supply diminishes, we must expect a deterioration of health. We know from the work of two-time Nobel laureate, Otto Warburg, that cancer cells are anaerobic, that they thrive when there is a deprivation of oxygen, that they die when exposed to oxygen. This has been the basis of many alternative cancer treatments. We know, too, that oxygen is essential to life and vitality, that there is malaise and despair when it is lacking. We need plants to perform the photosynthesis necessary to life, and we need them for medicine. When forests are destroyed, existence is threatened. When a particular plant becomes scarce or extinct, its price may soar, but a substitute may be available-such as bloodroot for golden seal. However, when whole forests are destroyed, not only are the treasures of Nature depleted, but the survival of animals and humans is impacted. At this critical time, when the incidence of cancer is rising and the cure rate is unimpressive, it is only reasonable that fresh strategies for prevention and treatment be sought. In my opinion, however, nothing will work if cells are too devitalized to respond to the inspiration that is an integral part of respiration. In the inhalation process, we are taking in much more than oxygen; we literally imbibe life as well. When exhaling, we discard what is no longer healthy to us, but before it can be rendered safe, the plant kingdom must recycle our breath. It is that simple. We are utterly dependent on plants for the services they render. We owe them a great debt of gratitude, but we need to understand them and to protect them with the same fervor we would use to shield our children from harm. For me, the quest to rebalance health is exciting but it is inseparable from the balance that all the other Kingdoms of Nature also require. We cannot advance the human race by making our survival depend on unspeakable torture to animals or destruction of plants. Many have said it before: if you find peace in yourself, it affects the world around you. We seem too small to make a difference, but are we? We are like ripples, and our waves can roll far. However, to travel beyond the familiar, we need a spirit of adventure. We also need to learn how to become aware of what is subtle and unfamiliar. So far as the healing cancer is concerned, spontaneity and openness to much needed new ideas may do much to overcome resistance and stagnation, the forces which may be inhibiting life more than anyone realizes. Of course, no one advocates abandonment of common sense or reason, just open-mindedness and fairness. Where unproven methods of treatment are concerned, it is not the spirit of free inquiry that will heal. Only the right approach will work-and that is not the same for everyone. People are badly out of touch with themselves. It is essential that patients find the key to themselves that will open the door to their own wellness. Botanical remedies may not be right for everyone, but neither are chemotherapy and radiation right for everyone. In the search for your own cure, focus on what you need, be observant, dare to ask questions and to pray for guidance, and do not persevere when not getting the results you are seeking. A sane strategy is one that meets your particular needs and delivers satisfactory results in a reasonable length of time. I wish you success and health! You can read more on Cancer, treatment, and consultations at Dr. Ingrid Naiman's web site: http://www.cancersalves.com. Find out more about Ingrid at: http://cancersalves.com/ingrid/biography.html Q: What if I'd like to use essences but I don't want to have alcohol? A: The essences you purchase, the stock bottles, are preserved in brandy. They can be diluted in your dosage bottle or glass of water without the addition of any more alcohol. Diluting insures that any alcohol is chemically insignificant, about 1 part in 300 when diluted in a 15ml dosage bottle and about 1 part on 4,000 when diluted in an eight ounce glass of water. The dosage bottle can be kept refrigerated and will require no preservative. Alternatively, cider vinegar makes a good preservative. Prepare the dosage bottle by filling 2/3 with good water, 1/3 cider vinegar, and 2-4 drops of the required essence. Those who are sensitive to alcohol have also been able to benefit from using flower essences. 5. Have an Akashic Record Consultation! by Dia Rigden Are you wondering where your life is going or what your purpose might be? Then have an Akashic Record consultation! What are the Akashic Records? The Akashic Records make up a sacred storehouse of knowledge of all things, past, present, and future. These Records have been accessed in many spiritual traditions since ancient times, but they are being made more available now as a supportive resource in the evolution of Earth and her people. The Records of all lives and souls are guarded in the seventh dimension by a group consciousness known as The Lords of the Akashic Records. Gaining access to the Records requires the use of a sacred prayer, with reverence and training in the transmitting of guidance from this deeply spiritual perspective. Unlike psychic material, which may spill indiscriminately out of the fourth dimension, the Akashic Record works with the Light for the Highest Good of all concerned, and we surrender to Divine Spirit for all direction. Individually, the Akasha, the energetic substance from which all life is formed, is a field of energy that records every thought, word, emotion, and action of a soul from its inception. Your Akashic Record also contains information on your possibilities and potentialities, and when accessed, it will give perceptions and guidance on questions concerning your present life. When you open to your own Records, you are asking your own Soul to guide you -- in making decisions, in working through patterns, in moving forward in your life. What is an Akashic Record Consultation? In an Akashic Record Consultation, which can happen face-to-face or over the phone, I gain access to your Akashic Records, with your permission, for the purpose of receiving guidance for your highest good. We work with questions. You can prepare for a consultation in quiet reflection by allowing questions about your life to come forward. You may ask about the past and the future, but we focus on helping you in the present. The quality of the answers depends upon the quality of your questions. I can help you to ask questions that will bring the richest and most helpful answers. For example, if you are curious about past lives or future possibilities, we request information that relates to where you are in the present. Great help and comfort can come from questions you hadn't thought of asking - and sometimes we ask the Records to tell us what to ask! There are many ways of working with the Records. In my own journey, I am being guided to my destiny as a singer through the Akashic Records. It is the very great support I've had in my process that has led to my learning to read the Records for others. So often, we don't quite know our purpose and we're trying to make something happen in an area that is not supported by Spirit. The Records can tell you directly what is for your highest good and what is supported by the Spirit. I've been guided to follow a path of mastery toward making my first CD, a path I will soon be completing. Without the Records, I would have made a CD long ago - before I was ready and before I understood what my true purpose is as a singer. And the effort, time, and money would have been wasted. An Akashic Records Consultation can contain valuable information and guidance, but it can also open you to an experience or teaching that is for your highest good now. Always there is a feeling of deep love in a reading, love that is coming from your own Soul. Such experiences help you to remember that you are a multi-dimensional being with far more power and potential than you are presently using. Dia Rigden, Ph.D., is a spiritual counselor with four thousand hours of coaching experience in the corporate world. Over the past 18 months, she has left the corporate world to surrender to a path of mastery in sound and singing. As she completes her own journey to recording her first CD, which has been guided at every step by The Akashic Records, she resumes coaching as an Akashic Records Consultant.
The fee for a one-hour consultation is $50.00 You can also visit: http://www.labyrinthstore.com/workshops.htm Tofu in Peanut Sauce: Eric, from Toronto Ontario, sent us this tofu recipe. My family loves it and all the ingredients can easily be purchased organic. It's a great way to serve tofu even to those who aren't tofu fans!
1/2 c vegetable stock Heat the vegetable stock and mix in peanut butter until smooth. Add remaining ingredients except tofu, vegetable, and peanuts. Mix well. Add the tofu. If you are preparing this dish early in the day, turn off the heat and let it sit (and marinade) until you are ready to continue. Add the vegetable and carefully heat adding a little water if required. When the vegetable is cooked to your liking, serve over rice and sprinkle with peanuts. We love to hear from you. If you have a story you would like us to hear about, or know of a natural/alternative-health related article, book or technique you would recommend to others, drop us a note at: newsletter@clearpathessences.com. 7. How to Subscribe and Unsubscribe We send this free, monthly newsletter only to people who request it. You may pass it along to anyone who you think might be interested, but please send them the entire newsletter and let them know that you are the one who sent it to them. To subscribe to this newsletter, send an email to lyris@clearpathfarm.com and write "SUBSCRIBE NEWSLETTER" in the subject field. If you want to stop receiving this newsletter and have your name removed from our mailing list, send an email to lyris@clearpathfarm.com and write "UNSUBSCRIBE NEWSLETTER" in the subject field. Readers of the newsletter on our Web site can easily subscribe using the convenient name/e-mail submission form on this page. |
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