MothersI am aware that not everyone has been as blessed with their relationship to their mothers as I have been, however whether or not we have received the nurturing we were hoping for from without, it is also true that we need to go within to draw from our inner core the nurturing and support we need. Essential oils are wonderful in their ability to help us access that part of ourselves. So why not make an essential oil blend to connect us to the nurturing qualities we are looking for? To help you to decide on which oils to include here are some ideas from Dr. Berkowsky's Spiritual PhytoEssencing Repertory where he lists the following rubrics and their associated oils:
The young mother set her foot on the path of life. She asked, "Is this the long way?"
And the elder said: "Yes, and the way is hard. And you will be old before you reach the end of it. But the end will be better than the beginning."
But the young mother was happy, and she would not believe that anything could be better than these years. So she played with her children, and gathered flowers for them along the way, and bathed them in the clear streams; and the sun shone on them, and the young Mother cried, "Nothing will ever be lovelier than this."
Then the night came, and the storm, and the path was dark, and the children shook with fear and cold, and the mother drew them close and covered them with her mantle, and the children said, "Mother, we are not afraid, for you are near, and no harm can come."
And the morning came, and there was a hill ahead, and the children climbed and grew weary, and the mother was weary. But at all times she said to the children, "A little patience and we are there." So the children climbed and when they reached the top, they said, "Mother, we would not have done it without you."
And the mother, when she lay down at night looked up at the stars and said, "This is a better day than the last, for my children have learned fortitude in the face of hardness. Yesterday I gave them courage. Today, I have given them strength."
And with the next day came strange clouds which darkened the earth, clouds of war and hate and evil, and the children groped and stumbled, and the mother said: "Look up. Lift your eyes to the light." And the children looked and saw above the clouds an everlasting glory of stars, and they guided them beyond the darkness. And that night the Mother said, "This is the best day of all, for I have shown my children the Great Spirit."
And the days went on, and the weeks and the months and the years, and the mother grew old and she was little and bent. But her children were tall and strong, and walked with courage. And when the way was rough, they lifted her, for she was as light as a feather; and at last they came to a hill, and beyond they could see a shining road and a beautiful land. And mother said: "I have reached the end of my journey. And now I know the end is better than the beginning, for my children can walk alone, and their children after them."
And the children said, "You will always walk with us, Mother, even when you have gone on your journey to the sky." And they stood and watched her as she went on alone, and she walked out of sight. And they said: "We cannot see her, but she is with us still. A Mother like ours is more than a memory. She is a living presence."
Your Mother is always with you. She's the whisper of the leaves as you walk down the street, she's the smell of bleach in your freshly laundered clothes she's the cool hand on your brow when you're not well. Your Mother lives inside your laughter. And she's crystallized in every tear drop. She's the place you came from, your first home; and she's the map you follow with every step you take. She's your first love and your first heartbreak, and nothing on earth can separate you. Not time, not space ... not even death!
Nurturing: angelica; benzoin; blue chamomile; calendula; carrot seed; cedarwood; cinnamon; cistus; dill; Douglas fir; fennel; frankincense; geranium; grapefruit; jasmine; laurel; lavender; lemon; marjoram; neroli; nutmeg; patchouli; pine; Roman chamomile; rose; silver fir; vetiver; violet; ylang ylang.
Nurturing : defective: Calendula; carrot seed; Douglas-fir
Mother, aversion to: citronella
Binah, Sefirah of: black spruce; calendula; carrot seed; cistus; cumin; dill; eucalyptus; fennel; frankincense; ginger; grapefruit; jasmine; laurel; lemongrass; melissa; myrrh; myrtle; neroli; nutmeg; rose.
Malkhut, Sefirah of: bergamot; black spruce; blue chamomile; cedarwood; citronella; cumin; galbanum; geranium; helichrysum; jasmine; marjoram; myrrh; neroli; patchouli; Roman chamomile; sandalwood; silver fir; vetiver.
In the Kabbalah, Shekhinah is considered to be the female aspect of God and is the presence of the divine in the material world. Upper Shekhinah is identified with the Sefirah of Binah ‘the upper mother’ and emanates from the heart and expresses it as an active force which then descends and concentrates in the Sefirah of Malkhut 'Lower Shekhinah'. Rose is also an oil that is often associated with Shekhinah.
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