Making this years Dandelion mother tincture was a lesson in perfection. I have been thinking about remaking this essence for over a year. Yesterday, I drove to Kokee to check on a massive pasture of Dandelions that grows near the top of the mountain. As I arrived, I was stunned to see a mower going back and forth through the meadow. Without thinking, I grabbed my bowl and started picking. 80 or 90 flower heads later, I added water and placed the bowl on a large rock, which was near the entrance.
My connection with the energy of the Dandelion was different from the last time we met. This time, I was primarily aware that it was all Consciousness. Consciousness gathering and speaking to the flower and Consciousness as the Dandelion Deva. No difference.
I left the meadow and the guy on the mower drove by and waved. Not just any look and wave. This was a look that I imagine came from the Shaman. A look at the essence of it all through the eyes of the mower man. The bowl was left on the rock, in the sun, under the protection of mower man.
My friend, Ken Stokes, and I drove to the end of the road at 10 mile camp and headed off for a hike. Flowers, mosses, Redwood branches, cliffs dropping thousands of feet below. Hours later the mist settled in. A gentle mist that covered the rain forest, heading towards the swamp. That kind of rain is a blessing rain in Hawaii. We headed back down to see what fate had befallen the bowl full of Dandelions.
There it was. Sparkling magically. The meadow was a grass field. Two men were setting up a tent. After a few questions, they answered that they thought the bowl was a gift to the gods, so they didn’t go near it. That sounds good to me.
No stress in this job. Dandelion essence is a relief of mental stress and muscle tension from too much mental stress. Maybe you like try?
What a word, too. I have been hearing it lately, and it sounds like a word that could be cut out of our language. It is just ‘too’ much. I have ‘too’ little. That is ‘too’ many for me.
This word ‘too’ comes from the part of us that analyzes everything and decides what and how much is right for us. It comes from the mind. From the seemingly separate thinker that has an opinion on everything. Those opinions are born from fear. From childhood responses that form who we think we are.
One antidote is to consider whether our present reality is just right as it is. Not ‘too’ much or not ‘too’ little. Just right. I mean the whole thing. Even the part that seems “too’ much. Is it really ‘too’ much? Could it be the only way it could be.
Waiting seems to be one of the most difficult things. The mind just hates it. We want everything now. We want so badly that we pray for it, wish for it, focus on it.
In Human Design, almost everyone is instructed to wait. Wait to respond. Wait to be invited. Ugh, says the mind. I’m too busy to wait. I have too much to do right now. I have a life to make.
So, what about this waiting thing? Is it important or a waste of time? I vote for important.
Look at it like there are two worlds, one where you have to do everything and one where everything is done through you. In the later, you no longer go out of your self towards things. You stay within and things come to you. Things - that is, thoughts, feelings and perceptions come to you, appear to you, arise within you. You, your essence, no longer needs to forget itself in order to experience the body, mind and the world. This experience by your essence, or Consciousness, is the prize. Experience it and you know I’m right.
Waiting, with awareness, is a prerequisite for experiencing deeply. When you know that you are a unique perfect expression of God, waiting for life to unfold becomes easy. What could you do to improve it? Nothing. So give up the anxiety, pain and struggle and try waiting for what comes. It won’t be easy because almost everyone is racing, praying or hoping for something to happen. The only mentors you will find who are waiting are a rare few sages and awakening ones. Think about it.
