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Compassionate Care Gift Set To Soothe the Heart and Sanctify the Soul’s Journey

Benediction Oil, Peace-Full Passage, Compassionate Care-Giver Formulas

Compassionate Care Gift Set To Soothe the Heart and Sanctify the Soul’s Journey

Benediction Oil, Peace-Full Passage, Compassionate Care-Giver Formulas

Benediction Oil™ Benediction Oil™ is intended to protect and nurture the interior light of the soul during times of challenge and transition. Benediction works especially in the heart — both physically and soulfully — helping to ease anxiety, anguish, and pain. This opening of the heart bestows peace and composure, strengthening the soul through challenging life passages. Most importantly, the soul learns to tap into the transcendent all-embracing force of love — both human and divine — as an anchor and beacon for navigating any challenging transition. Perhaps the most important of these passages is coping with life-threatening illness and the process of dying.

The foundation of Benediction Oil™ is the precious ruby-red oil of St. John’s Wort (Hypericum perforatum) in a base of certified organic olive oil. St. John’s Wort Oil was regarded by medieval mystics as the “blood of Christ” for its protective mantle of light. Certified organic essential oils of Rose Attar, Angelica and Jasmine instill higher awareness by opening the heart and soothing anxiety. Flower essences of Holly, Motherwort and Hawthorn strengthen and purify the heart; while Self-Heal essence helps the soul transform illness into wellness; and Angel’s Trumpet essence carries consciousness of the spiritual world.

Primary Indications for Use * For states of anxiety, fear, anguish or bewilderment â&#x20AC;&#x201C; when there is a need for calm, centering and containment * For encouraging a process of surrender so that the body and soul can work together to breathe into and with the experience of suffering * For extreme feelings of isolation, abandonment, loss or grief, helping the soul recognize transcendent forces of love and support * As a sacred unction during the death process to help both body and soul transition in grace and peace

Benediction Oil is especially beneficial applied directly to the heart.

Practical Directions Direct application: Benediction Oil is especially resonant with the heart. Gently massage a small amount of oil into the central area of the breastbone. Allow one or both palms of the hand to rest over the area, while offering a pSrayer or healing intention. Other significant areas for direct, prayerful application include the point between the center of the eyes, the pulse points of the wrist and the center point on top of the head, known as the Spirit Point. The Spirit Point and the Heart Point are the two most important areas to activate and nourish during the actual dying process. Massage: Benediction can be used as a full body massage or applied to particular areas where its healing qualities are needed. The extremities of the hands and the feet are particularly important

Practical Directions Direct application: Benediction Oil is especially resonant with the heart. Gently massage a small amount of oil into the central area of the breastbone. Allow one or both palms of the hand to rest over the area, while offering a prayer or healing intention. Other significant areas for direct, prayerful application include the point between the center of the eyes, the pulse points of the wrist and the center point on top of the head, known as the Spirit Point. The Spirit Point and the Heart Point are the two most important areas to activate and nourish during the actual dying process. Massage: Benediction can be used as a full body massage or applied to particular areas where its healing qualities are needed. The extremities of the hands and the feet are particularly important

for bringing warmth and guiding the heartâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s outflow of forces. Since the Benediction formula is very rich, it can also be extended further with a neutral massage oil for full body treatments. Effleurage and similar gentle methods of massage are most effective with Benediction. Other methods of subtle body healing such as Reiki and Therapeutic Touch are excellent when used in concert with Benediction Oil. Bath: A bath with Benediction Oil provides a womb-like feeling of comfort and security, especially during times of anxiety or restlessness. Add approximately an ounce of Benediction to warm bath water. Potentize the mixture by stirring clockwise and counterclockwise for about one minute. While in the bath, visualize being birthed from a sacred womb. Breathe slowly from the heart, and feel with each breath the contraction and expansion of the soul as it accepts

and releases pain, anxiety or fear. Wrap in large towels or sheets after bathing so that the healing substances can be fully absorbed, resting quietly for approximately 10-20 minutes. It is ideal to do this bath directly before going to sleep for the night, or prior to an afternoon nap. Compress: Add up to an ounce of Benediction to an additional amount of warm almond or other oil. Soak pieces of flannel cloth in this mixture and then apply to the needed area. Cover with an additional heat source. This is a good method for addressing trauma and pain, particularly when there is an acute soul dimension included in the suffering.

Compassionate Care Giver

During many decades of the Flower Essence Societyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s therapeutic outreach and research with our worldwide network of practitioners, we have been especially mindful of the enormous benefit of flower essences in helping those who are dying, but also for the circle of loved ones and professional caregivers who are challenged to deal with their own overwhelm and grief during this liminal time. We particularly recognize Jane Ellen for her pioneering research, networking and devotion to the use of flower essences for the dying process. Jane collaborated with many other practitioners, especially Dr. Kelly Warshel of Windber Hospice. These clinical observations led to the development of two foundational flower formulas: Compassionate Care Giver and Peace-Full Passage. Based upon reports from practitioners, each formula has been refined to address the fullest possible spectrum of core issues presented during the threshold-crossing process.

Compassionate Care Giver Healing Through the Heartâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Chalice Primary Qualities and Indications for Caregivers and Family of the Dying * Facilitates awareness of compassionate presence as one helps provide practical care and emotional support during the death journey * Helps to maintain a steady flow of energetic forces despite the heart stress and physical demands of care giving for one who is dying

* Encourages the balanced shifting of awareness to the one in need, while maintaining a healthy physical and psychic center * Opens the heart to another’s suffering, while at the same time cultivating the necessary strength and solidity of one’s own heart forces * Assists in developing witness consciousness as a balance to the heroic consciousness of being able to fix and save another; leads to realization and acceptance of death as a sacred life passage

The Compassionate Care Giver formula contains a synergistic blend of the following flower essences and essential oils: Angelica – Acknowledgment of and receptivity for higher realms beyond physical reality; facilitating the understanding of death as a spiritual opening Bleeding Heart – Ability to let go of the physical reality of a loved one, allowing the heart bonds of love and devotion to find a new anchor; ability of the heart to stay present to the dying process despite personal anguish and attachment Borage – Assists with states of grief and despondency regarding the impending death of a loved one; helps lift and balance depressed states of sorrow and anguish so that one can be positively present to give care and to serve

Calendula – The ability to hold a receptive space of compassionate listening and receiving; provides balance for the heroic tendency of needing to fix and save Holly – Core activation of the heart; compassionate presence for the suffering of another; counteracts compression of heart forces due to stress, anxiety or fear; ability to know when and how to help another Impatiens – Allowing the unfolding and flow of another’s final life journey; patient attendance to the practical and spiritual needs of another in the dying process Love-Lies-Bleeding – The serenity of surrender, acceptance of the reality of dying including the pain and suffering of another; allowing the heart to feel grief and letting go, despite anguish and attachment

Pink Yarrow – Addresses dysfunctional merging; sympathetic bonds that go beyond appropriate boundaries; ability to feel compassion and to serve another in the dying process from a solid core of strength within one’s Self Rock Fringe – Depletion and burnout due to the intense needs of one who is dying; learning how to direct and consolidate one’s heart forces to allow replenishment despite overwhelming demands Walnut – Strength to move forward and release dysfunctional bonds or familiar habits; acceptance of another’s transition during the dying process

Yellow Star Tulip – The ability to move fluidly and gracefully into the soul space of another; empathic attunement by developing an imaginal inner space for the reality of the other; compassionate presence through moving beyond the narrow bounds of one’s own identity and reality Essential oils provide a sensory foundation that anchors the qualities of the flower essences. The Compassionate Care Giver formula includes Angelica and Helichrysum to lift the consciousness and allow a higher light-filled awareness; Rose Attar to open the portals of love and compassion in the heart and Lavender to soothe frayed nerves during times of stress and anguish.

Peace-Full Passage

Let it not be a death but completeness. Let love melt into memory and pain into songsâ&#x20AC;Ś I bow to you and hold up my lamp to light you on your way. Rabindranath Tagore

Peace-Full Passage Embracing Body-Soul Transcendence Primary Qualities and Indications for Those Facing the Threshold of Death * Soul centering and inner peace during a time of dissolution and departure * Moving beyond the primordial fear of death by learning to identify a transcendent spiritual reality within the soul

* Accepting the broken-heartedness and grief of the dying process by learning to embrace new levels of heart connection and awareness * Balancing seemingly opposite qualities of strength and surrender; finding the courage to endure challenges to the physical body while learning how to let go

The Peace-Full Passage formula includes a synergistic blend of the following flower essences and essential oils: Alpine Aster – Supports body-free consciousness; freeing the spiritual body from the physical body by addressing the primordial fear of death; helps one to realize that spiritual identity transcends the physical body Angelica – Encourages opening to the reality of trans-physical realms, especially the presence of one’s higher Guardian or Guiding Angel; relieves the existential loneliness and isolation experienced during the dying process

Angel’s Trumpet & Pink Angel’s Trumpet – Supports spiritual passage; helps the soul to transition into the reality of being born into the spiritual world, even while dying in the physical body; the Pink Angel’s Trumpet especially helps the heart to unite with the loving embrace of higher worlds Aspen – Helps to ease the fear of the unknown and unseen; especially addresses cultural superstitions or religious dogmas that may create apprehension in the mind and heart of one who is dying Bird’s Eye Gilia – The soul consciousness of being seen and understood by the spiritual world, especially during times of loneliness, stress or uncertainty; a balm for one plagued with doubt or the feeling of unworthiness; when the reality of spiritual communion feels remote or unavailable

Bleeding Heart – Soothing feelings of broken-heartedness; helping to transform states of grief and anguish when current bonds of affection and connection are being severed; ability of the heart to move beyond its current form of relationship and find new forms of expression; ability to say I Love You while also saying I Leave You California Wild Rose – Helping the heart to anchor courage; claiming the fierce fire of the heart even as the physical reality of the Self is disrupted; death as an initiation of the Heart into transcendent love. Chrysanthemum – Ability to shift awareness from the temporal personality to the enduring presence of the Higher Self; fear of death and mortality because one believes that the finality of one’s temporal body and identity is the end of the Self

Bleeding Heart – Soothing feelings of broken-heartedness; helping to transform states of grief and anguish when current bonds of affection and connection are being severed; ability of the heart to move beyond its current form of relationship and find new forms of expression; ability to say I Love You while also saying I Leave You California Wild Rose – Helping the heart to anchor courage; claiming the fierce fire of the heart even as the physical reality of the Self is disrupted; death as an initiation of the Heart into transcendent love Chrysanthemum – Ability to shift awareness from the temporal personality to the enduring presence of the Higher Self; fear of death and mortality because one believes that the finality of one’s temporal body and identity is the end of the Self

Forget-Me-Not – Builds the spacious expansion of the heart so that it can move beyond its current boundaries of space and time; awareness that “death ends a life but not a relationship” (Tuesdays With Morrie by Mitch Albom); stimulates the energetic field of the heart to expand beyond the reality of the third dimension through the numinous force of love Love-Lies-Bleeding – Ability to accept pain, suffering and dissolution as part of the dying process; Letting Go and Letting God; surrender as a spiritual process of giving one’s Self over to a further destiny Penstemon – Courage to accept and endure the bodily challenges of the dying process; ability to fully use the physical forces of the body at each stage of the dying process despite hardship; counteracts the tendency to self-pity or the feeling of helplessness

Splendid Mariposa Lily – Shifting the awareness of death to the awaiting reality of Spiritual Birth; supports awareness of the Divine Mother; feeling of being surrounded by a mantle of maternal warmth and love; addresses feelings of abandonment and fear that may light up if birth and early childhood were traumatic Walnut – Builds new forces for transition; breaks attachment to past realities so that one is free to move forward to new possibilities and opportunities in the Soul’s Life; metamorphic strength of the soul to move to a new trans-physical identity

Essential oils: The following essential oils bring additional depth and structure for the vibrational qualities of the flower essences in the Peace-Full Passage Formula: Angelica helps to build a bridge to Higher Self Awareness, Rose Attar assists the heart in creating new forces of love and strength, Chamomile, Lavender and Sandalwood provide soothing and centering attributes to quell and calm the intensity of the transition process.

How to use the Spray Formulas FES flower essence spray formulas are blends of flower essences made from organically grown or ethically wild-harvested flowers, preserved in a base of organic grape alcohol, with a touch of foodgrade organic essential oils. Formulated for Direct Use — These formulas are conveniently packaged with spray tops, ready for direct application. The standard application is one or two sprays in the mouth, four times daily in-between meals or before eating. For emergency or intense episodes, take more frequently until the condition has stabilized. When to Use — The two most important times for application are the transitions upon awakening, and just before sleeping. Many find it helpful to keep a bottle of the formula on the night stand for this

purpose, along with another bottle that is carried in the purse or briefcase, or kept at the place of work. Topical Application — The spray-top formulas allow topical applications to be effortless and sanitary. One of the most effective applications is on the pulse point inside the wrist. Spray and then lightly rub in the mixture; then apply gentle pressure for a minute or so while breathing deeply. Topical Application with Cream — These formulas are compatible with Self-Heal Creme, or you can use any other carrier creme that is suitable. Apply one or two sprays per ounce of cream and then stir in each direction. General Misting – The formulas can also be very effective when lightly misted around the whole body, the head and surrounding body space. Be sure to close eyes and remove glasses before doing so. This method is a special favorite for many children.

purpose, along with another bottle that is carried in the purse or briefcase, or kept at the place of work. Topical Application — The spray-top formulas allow topical applications to be effortless and sanitary. One of the most effective applications is on the pulse point inside the wrist. Spray and then lightly rub in the mixture; then apply gentle pressure for a minute or so while breathing deeply. Topical Application with Cream — These formulas are compatible with Self-Heal Creme, or you can use any other carrier cream that is suitable. Apply one or two sprays per ounce of creme and then stir in each direction. General Misting – The formulas can also be very effective when lightly misted around the whole body, the head and surrounding body space. Be sure to close eyes and remove glasses before doing so. This method is a special favorite for many children.

“The action of these remedies is to raise our vibrations and open up our channels for the reception of our Spiritual Self ...” Dr. Edward Bach

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Dear death is a doorway From night into light, From weight to the height, From search into sight ~ A heart-guarded archway From earth to new birth. Arvia MacKaye Ege