Co-creation with Nature
"Healing with the clean, pure, beautiful agents of nature is surely the one method of all which appeals to
most of us"
– Dr. Edward Bach, 1936
In 1980, I came across the book written by Dorothy Maclean, titled "to hear the angels sing", An Odyssey of co-creation with the Devic Kingdom – a Findhorn book.
Eileen and Peter Caddy and Dorothy Maclean all followed a disciplined spiritual practice for many years before they came to live at Findhorn, and they continued their regular meditation times when they came to live at the caravan park.
In May 1963 Dorothy Maclean received an insight from within as she meditated:
. . . The forces of nature are something to be felt into, to be reached out to. One of the jobs for you as my free child is to sense the Nature forces such as the wind, to perceive its essence and purpose for me, and to be positive and harmonize with that essence.
When Dorothy shared this insight with Peter, his idea was to apply to their fledgling garden what Dorothy learned from the forces of nature. Dorothy then received this insight:
Yes, you can cooperate in the garden. Begin by thinking about the nature spirits, the higher over-lighting nature spirits, and tune into them. That will be so unusual as to draw their interest here. They will be overjoyed to find some members of the human race eager for their help. Angels, devas, and elemental beings
Dorothy first attuned to the garden pea. As her communication with the forces of nature developed,
Dorothy realized that she was in contact not with the spirit of an individual plant, but with the 'over-lighting' being of the species, which was the consciousness holding the archetypal design of the species and the blueprint for its highest potential. She was experiencing a formless energy field for which there is no word.
The closest word to convey the joy and purity that these beings emanated was the inaccurate word 'angel' (which in the west is full of form), and her first thought was to call them that. However, the Sanskrit term 'Deva', meaning 'shining one' seemed more accurate and freer of cultural associations. In practice, she uses both words, although neither word is adequate. Peter and Dorothy applied the insights of the meditations to their work in the garden, and through this, the Findhorn garden flourished. These were the first steps in the Findhorn Community's co-creation with nature.
This insight brought me closer to the ways the use of plants in medicine was used, for I already knew the old treatments my grandmother and mother used when we were ill, like using an onion under the bed and giving some sambal to assist when we had a cold. So I started in 1980 with a study a year about Natural Healing, which included the Homeopathic way, Phyto-therapy, and plant medicine, and piqued my interest even more.
So when I got ill, I went to see a natural healer and received my first medicinal plant extract to get better. To check if it wasn't just a placebo effect it had on me, the different plants were also given to our children and animals. Now you can say a lot about the insights a toddler can have, yet they cannot suggest themselves be healed as we can do as adults. For me, the healing ways of plants and herbs throughout my years were always confirmed by the results tested by my homeopathic doctor, who was also able to test my energy levels using a Vega tester, by the acupuncture points in my hands.
In the last couple of years, it seems to me that the gift mother nature is presenting to us, is almost lost because of the way society in the western world evolved. You can see in eastern countries that Ayurvedic medicine is more accustomed and sometimes the only way to deal with illness. In western society, using herbs and plants almost completely disappeared in the massive industry of Pharmacy.
I believe for every illness there is a cure, given freely by nature instead of all the chemical medication. And don't get me wrong, I will never say stop using medicine given to you by a specialist, yet see if you can find a way to balance your body as well with the healing essence of certain plants and herbs.
So Findhorn for me was not just a place of cooperation with nature and elementals, it also showed me how connected we are with nature and our bodies are always ready to use the healing energy that they can provide if we know the proper way how to use them.
It was a book that confirmed some knowing deep within my soul, and I am ever so grateful for being part of this great organism, that's called Mother Earth, and we are her habitat. So we need to nourish and take care of her, for in the presents and gifts she has to offer we are in her debt as well, to be conscious and caring towards nature and all the creation. For we are all as One.
And so it will be done.
High Self @RheaDopmeijer (c)
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