Olive Remedy for Regeneration

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What circumstances would compel you to try the Bach Flower remedy, olive? The dove brought Noah an olive branch to indicate that the flood was over and peace and quiet had returned to the earth. In a similar way the Flower Olive relates to the principle of regeneration, to peace and order being restored. Here’s a lot more, from The Encyclopedia of Bach Flower.

The depleted Olive state is the “calm†following the storm, when your body, mind, and spirit are utterly exhausted and spent after a long period of great strain.

The depleted Olive state always represents a reaction that might be best summarized as “There’s nothing left.†You don’t want to see or hear anymore but just want to go to sleep or be allowed simply to sit. The smallest jobs–even doing the dishes and opening the mail–become insurmountable obstacles.

If you find yourself quite often in this state, you’ll have to learn to manage your vital energies properly. Your error lies in completely spending yourself at the personality level, where energies are limited, rather than drawing strength from a higher source.

Especially during periods of extraordinary strain and demand, this negative state shows that we can’t rely only on personal energy to keep up our performance. To survive without harm from the tasks that push us beyond our personal limits, we must learn to draw on a source higher than ourselves. This form of cosmic energy has no limits, and we can access it if we ask for it consciously, knowing that, as children of the universe, we must rely on it.

At the same time, it’s important to recognize and accept the needs and requirements of our own bodies. Our inner Guidance uses signals to let us know that we are draining ourselves emotionally, mentally, or physically. People who have taken on too much for a long time find it difficult to receive and accept the warning because the signals of the physical body become very weak

In the practice of Bach Flower Therapy it’s essential to pay particular attention to the physical condition of a person in a depleted Olive state. Poor physical function often serves to indicate that the flow of energy is disturbed throughout the entire system, which can manifest as abnormal oxygen levels in the blood, for instance, or as reduced kidney function, or toxic intestinal flora. The negative Olive state calls for a thorough medical checkup and follow-up treatment. Interestingly, Olive is always of great assistance in the treatment of debilitating physical conditions because it strengthens the entire human system.

When taking Olive, people usually experience a great need for sleep. Just as with all Bach Flower reactions, you need to accept and give to this natural healing phase. In doing so your body regenerates and you finally begin to feel rested. If this surrender does not occur, the memory of the exhaustion may linger far beyond the time when the body has caught up. Olive is instrumental in relieving this sensation of “left-over†spiritual exhaustion.

Those in the positive Olive state will find that they have enough strength and positive thinking to enable them to cope with even the greatest stress. To others they appear to have inexhaustible resources and the ability to remain flexible in adapting to the energy demands made of them. Such people give themselves up completely to Inner Guidance, knowing that cosmic energy will flow to them from the universe whenever needed.

Adapted from The Encyclopedia of Bach Flower Therapy, by Mechthild Scheffer (Healing Arts Press, 1999).

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