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Healing & Alternative Health:
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The T.G.I.F. Remedy:
West Australian Smoke Bush
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by Donna Cunningham |
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West Australian Smoke Bush, made by Living Essences of Australia, is a remedy I have come to know and rely on over the years. It is extremely helpful for people who are stuck in a job--or other demanding situation--which they no longer want but which they see no way to leave, due to economic necessity, a sense of responsibility, or other binding constraint.
The following are just three of many people I have given WA Smoke Bush to over the years. The pattern this essence evoked with each of them is that of a shift in attitudes in which the person finds new ways to continue doing the work they found stifling and at the same time begins taking concrete steps to develop a new and more satisfying work situation.
CASE 1: An astrological colleague, having reached the 20-year mark in her field, was very badly burned out on consultations. She felt increasingly drained and resentful at having to do them, yet needed to earn at least part of her living that way. She felt really trapped in this pattern and yearned to stop doing sessions altogether.
She began taking WA Smoke Bush as a "project" during a one-month trip to Europe. She reasoned that having a month off from readings and taking the essence might change the pattern. She had taken off as much as two months at a time in the preceding two years, with no effect, so rest alone was not making a dent in the problem.
When she returned from the trip, she was teaching two classes and offered a discount to her students. She was besieged with consultations, yet did them virtually without stress. Finally, she understood that she felt better about doing charts for students because she had a relationship with them. It was far more stressful to work with complete strangers, not knowing what to expect from them. It was painful, also, to develop such deep intimacy during the session and never see the client again.
As she continued to take WA Smoke Bush, she began teaching more and working hard at developing materials for two mail order businesses that she hoped would replace some of the charts. She also began to develop a fascinating form of healing that promised to become a new career.
CASE 2: A long-time city employee in her late fifties was very unhappy with the civil service position she had held for about a year and a half. Though the work itself was fine, her relationship with a very difficult supervisor made her life miserable. She was counting the days until she could retire on her city pension. Every day she struggled with how much she hated going to work, and she was close to disciplinary action because she would take off Mondays and Fridays as sick days, something the personnel department monitored very closely. She had ongoing health concerns, but they always seemed unbearable on Monday.
Given WA Smoke Bush in two successive mixtures, she no longer fretted each morning about the job, nor did she take off Mondays or Fridays as sick days. Instead, she found satisfying new projects on the job, including taking the initiative in developing training units. She also found deep satisfaction and fascination in mastering the department's new computer, learning the various programs and skills slowly and tentatively. The relationship with her supervisor improved over time, as some of her own attitudes and expectations shifted.
CASE 3: A woman in her fifties was forced to return to work after several years at home caring for an elderly parent. She deeply resented working away from home, especially as her husband, who was on a disability pension, got to stay home and pursue creative endeavors. She became extremely irritable, continually losing her temper at other drivers on her commute. Conflict arose frequently in her closest relationships and on the various temp jobs she was assigned.
She responded very quickly to a remedy mixture in which WA Smoke Bush was the key ingredient. She came up with the idea of a home business doing personal services, which she felt enthusiastic about and began actively planning toward while still working at temp jobs.
As effective as this remedy is for the person stuck in a dead end job, you may be surprised to know that this application is not part of the remedy description given by Living Essences. (It was at their suggestion,however, that I experimented with it for this purpose.) The remedy's main property is to help reintegrate mind/body connections and parts of the energy body that become separate after physical or mental stress such as surgery, fainting, or jet lag when long distances are covered.
The makers, Va'sudeva and Kadambii Barnau, felt that the reason WA Smoke Bush works with these job problems is that when people heartily do not wish to be in a situation, they distance themselves mentally from the physical body that is performing the act and space out. As such, it has applications to other situations we feel stuck in but see no way out of, such as care of a bed-ridden elderly relative. I find it most effective--and dramatic--when taken as a single remedy. |
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Donna Cunningham,
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Donna Cunningham is an internationally respected astrologer and the author of 13 books on metaphysical topics.
Donna Cunningham has a dual background in astrology and psychotherapy, with a Masters in Social Work from Columbia University and over 30 years experience as a professional astrologer. She considers doing the astrology charts of children to be a sacred trust. It is a way of knowing who these Indigo children are on their own terms rather than as their families, teachers, and society expect them to be.
In these sessions, she focuses on typical childhood concerns such as family and peer relationships, the best educational approaches, and the child's special gifts and abilities. She can be reached for consultations at (503)291-7891, by email, or at her web page. Ask about her special rate for children's charts.
Donna is also co-editor of Vibration and a frequent contributor. She has written fourteen books on astrology and other metaphysical topics, including her Flower Remedies Handbook. Astrologers who want to know the special considerations involved in doing children's charts can read the chapter on this topic in Donna's text, The Consulting Astrologer's Guidebook.
Listed in several Who’s Who volumes, she has given seminars on astrology around the world and won the prestigious Regulus Award at the 1998 UAC.
She teaches astrology classes online at: astrocollege.com
You may reach her for long-distance astrology consultations at her web site:
DonnaCunningham
MSW.com
by email:
moonmaven @spiritone.com
or by calling:
(503)291-7891.
For the past 20 years, she has worked with the flower remedies, and she is co-editor of Vibration Magazine, a free online educational quarterly at:
essences.com/vibration/
For information on Donna's online classes about flower essences, visit her website:
DonnaCunninghamMSW.com
"Donna's first astrology ebook will be available in March.
For more
information go to her web page:
http://www.donna
cunninghammsw.com
This series is reprinted with gracious permission from Donna Cunningham.
©2002 Vibration Magazine/The World Wide Essence Society
PO Box 285
Concord, MA 01742
978 369-8454
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