How many times have you placed a small pine branch in your home to enjoy the fresh pine scent or cut flowers to add color to a table? Did you think about the life purpose of the plant or flowers?
Plants are very intelligent. Science is just starting to be able to show how plants communicate and even the variety of purposes for parts of plants, like flowers, to provide not only beauty, but sustenance, reproductive capabilities, and eventually healing. The science is new but the art is ancient. Our ancestors knew about the depth of plant consciousness and the importance of balanced relationship.
Look here to learn about common plants and the many gifts of flowers. Learn how they can support us and how we can support them. In the balance of relationship, health is a natural by-product for all concerned.
Have you ever wondered about the medicinal medicine cabinet available to you that Nature has so generously provided? Here you can learn about common plants that are all around us.
Many of the medicinal plants are considered weeds because they grow abundantly and are not chosen to decorate a landscape. That does not mean they do not have purpose. In many cases, they are a more valued resource than you might have realized.
How do we determine value? Often it has more to do with what we can do with something to help us.
If you think a flower can cure your malady, you might pay a lot of money for it. If you are unaware of its benefit, you might try to eradicate it, losing the precious gifts its life is offering. And in the process of judging the flower, based on perceived value, you will have missed the opportunity to develop a relationship with a part of Nature that is indeed full of purpose, most of which you have yet to discover – just like YOU.
As you learn more about your own true nature and your purpose, think about the dandelion, “the weed”, and release that judgment to find the true beauty of her being.
Talking about weed medicine....I was told once to take note of the "weeds" that grow around your home...they come there to be close to you so they can be of service to you! How lovely!