I PONDER !!!! hmmmmm...

Lulu's Herbs

Having spent my university education and most of my career in science I understand the scientific method. But I often ask myself what guides me in my herbalism! What is there? Other than patiently observing, asking curious questions, and posing scenarios in which one’s observations are put to the test?

Well, in my opinion, not much other than that, in the simplest terms.

But for me, the patient observation part can be long and drawn out over seasons and seasons, years and years, decades and decades. 

On one side of the coin, so to speak, there are endless ponderings to be made which may produce little to no conclusive answers, within a given amount of time.

And on the other side of this proverbial coin there’s the tendency to desire conclusions midstride, before enough information has come in to adequately consider the big picture. 

That all said, the Herbalist in me sees and believes that we are part of a fluid paradigm in which the extremities, or outlier situations and timeframes, as a rule of thumb, become undone and new phenomena eek themselves out at these margins. 

So is this the evidence of a changing paradigm or a deeper truth yet to be revealed until now?

Perhaps.

From the human perspective, it is, well, all about perspective. IF it matters to you to come to a conclusion then that will spur you on to come to a conclusion.

IF you’re open to considering more information to see how another layer of this onion is shaped, then you may not rush to conclusions and feel quite comfortable with this, even excited at the possibility of a new turn of events that sheds more light.

The plants, too, teach the budding herbalist in me to sit still, allay my thoughts and worries, catch the current of the river with my mind’s attention and move into the flow.

Though there are challenges, or dangers, beneath the waters (our subconscious) we must encounter them in time, feel the feelings as they exist within us and release or move it forward in some way that our creative capacity allows for.

The plants do work with us in this way, in various ways, in fact. Reflecting to us what resides within, through creative form or narrative, softening the obstructions so as to allow for movement forward, awakening what has slept over due course to coax it towards the surface, or to challenge our limiting beliefs about ourselves that, once confronted, may unlock deeper stories of who we truly know ourselves to be.

Blessings,

Lorraine