Certificate of New Zealand Native Flower Essence Therapy Thesis and Case Studies

Ngati Ra - One Tribe Under The Sun

Kate StrongChristchurch 8014

January 2016

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Al Fatiha (Sufi Opening Prayer)

Bismillaah ar-Rahman ar-RaheemAl hamdu lillaahi rabbil ‘alameen

Ar-Rahman ar-Raheem Maaliki yaumid DeenIyyaaka na’abudu wa iyyaaka nasta’een

Ihdinas siraatal mustaqeemSiraatal ladheena an ‘amta’ alaihim

Ghairil maghduubi’ alaihim waladaaleenAameen

In the name of God, the infinitely Compassionate and Merciful.Praise be to God, Lord of all the worlds.

The Compassionate, the Merciful. Ruler on the Day of Reckoning.You alone do we worship, and You alone do we ask for help.

Guide us on the straight path,the path of those who have received your grace;

not the path of those who have brought down wrath, nor of those who wander astray.Amen.

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Mother Father God, Plant Ancestors and Allies of this Land, I ask for your assistance in my journey in writing this Thesis,

as you have done so through my learning.

Thank you for the call oh Wise ones, I hear you, I am forever your humble servant.

Arohanui

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Essences assisting me this Lifetime:

No 29 Mairehau

No 39 Shaking Break Fern

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No 46 Totara

No 53 Wharangi

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No 67 Red Rata

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STUDY UNIT CERTIFICATES CREDITEDTO

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Course No. Course Date Certificate

101 Flowers 30.11.2015 CC0179102 Flowers 30.11.2015 CC0100103 Ferns 25.10.2015 CC0073104 Ferns 12.10.2015 CC0059105 Trees 28.09.2015 CC0053 106 Trees 05.10.2015 CC0048107 Seeds 12.10.2015 CC0049108 Seeds 19.10.2015 CC0044109 Plants 07.12.2015 CC0046110 Plants 07.12.2015 CC0044

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Module OneYour understanding as to why flower essences and

specifically New Zealand native flower essences No's 1-84 are the core healing modality for the Aquarian Age.

July 1999 marked the dawn of the Aquarian Age according to Maori elders and a transition out of the Piscean Age.

We have been in the Piscean Age for the last 2000 years, and it was a much lower vibration than the Aquarian Age.

The Aquarian Age (aqua – Latin for water) is governed by Uranus and Saturn. Saturn rules Earth based wisdom and teachings, and Uranus rules new forms of vibrational medicine. It carries with it the energy of co-operation with nature and personal responsibility.

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The symbol for the Aquarian Age is two wavy lines one on top of the other, symbolising above and below, inner and outer, the divine and human.

In the Maori language the word for “spirit” is Wairua. Wai meaning waters and rua meaning two. Dr Rose Pere, the Official Spiritual Patron and Guardian in Perpetuity of the First Light Flower® essences, explains that one of the two waters is waiora which is pure divine energy, the divine spark; the other is waituhi which is water that records everything we do, positive and negative (like the Akashic Records).

The waters must flow in harmony within a person for health to happen.

Another water reference is the Maori phrase – nga wai whakaora, which means sacred healing waters. This refers to the First Light® flower essences and their ability to restore us to alignment with our original blueprint. Our bodies are approx. 80% water and sacred healing waters will harmonise us nicely in this Aquarian Age.

The Aquarian Age is the age of the divine mother, in numerology the number for Love is 8, and 8 is also the number associated with the Goddess; the Divine Mother. Te Wheke is the Maori word for Octopus, having 8 tentacles and 3 hearts. Te Wheke is also the symbol for the Divine Mother.

As we move into this new age of changing times; with technology, stress, extreme weather patterns, its fast paced life, we need to reconcile the higher vibratory rates of the Aquarian Age in ways that we may not have needed to do in the Piscean Age. We need to find new ways of doing things. We can look to Nature and her cyclical rhythms that have been a constant for billions of years.

Maori elders have known about this new age. Ancient teachings and traditions are now no longer exclusively being held by any one cultural group, this wisdom is for all to experience and benefit from. One of these teachings is about the power of plants to heal mankind.

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New Zealand’s flora and fauna is unique, when the land broke away from Gondwanaland 120 million years ago, the land remained untouched for 100 million years, and the isolation contributed to the high vibratory rate and its ability to heal. Some species of trees have an unbroken ancestry for around 190 million years.

Dr Bach in the early 1900s knew about the power of plants to heal, and created his Bach flower essences to address Piscean age issues. We may still have the same issues but the vibratory rate is different now and The First Light® flower essences are ideal to address the change in frequencies.

In the Piscean age essences were created with a single healing note. In the Aquarian age essences have been created that have a vibration of a healing chord, which comprises of 3 healing notes. One to address everyday situations, one to address the soul’s journey and one to address universal healing energies and archangelic powers.

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Module TwoYour understanding as to why and how New Zealand native

flower essences No’s 1-84 work to facilitate a healing outcome.

One of the key points Franchelle Ofsoské-Wyber and Tony Wyber, the creators of The First Light Flower® essences, reiterate in their teachings, is that “Nothing Is Separate”. Everything is connected. Indigenous cultures have looked to nature for healing for millennia. They knew that nature is a reflection of the heavens and that everything is connected, and so nature held a high vibration.

Patriarchal society and modern western civilisation has systematically wanted to stomp out any power that people had of this wisdom of nature as a source of healing ie: the witch hunts, industrial man who wants to “tame the beast” that is nature.

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Because humans have a cerebral cortex, they want to anthropomorphise (attribute human characteristics to things like God, Nature etc) and so don’t know how to be in right relationship with nature, seeing nature as having lesser value than anything produced by the mind, or anything technological or industrial.

But there is no denying that a walk on the beach, a walk through a forest, walking in a meadow or looking at a rose has a soothing effect on our soul in a way that nothing else can. Nature restores us on multiple levels.

The Aquarian Age is one of co-operation not competition, it’s one of taking responsibility, and NZ is thought by Maori and other indigenous cultures to be situated where Ancient Lemuria was. The Lemurians were a sophisticated people and knew about plant intelligence and also knew the time would come when plants would be of greater assistance in healing people. This wisdom would be available to more people than ever before. Maori Lore has assisted with this inclusivity.

Nature is not random. Fibonacci numbers are nature’s numbering system, and this sequence can be seen in all of nature and the universe, not that plants know this, but they grow in a sequence so that say the leaves on a plant can have optimal sunlight, or this sequence is reflected in a sunflower where as many seeds can be packed into the flower in this spiral arrangement. This order is relevant and is reflected in its ability to heal.

This numbering system also relates to astrological principles, our relationship with the planets, to our chakra system, our aura, our DNA and our personality. It’s all connected.

NZ has its own unique ecosystem that sets it apart from anywhere else in the world. One of these aspects is that when NZ broke away from Gondwanaland, unlike other countries, its flora and fauna remained untouched for millions of years, and so has a higher vibration.

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The ecosystem has a high number of white and green flowers. Green being the keynote colour of the heart and soul, and white being the keynote colour for spirit.

There also is a high number of small flowers in NZ flora and fauna, it takes a plant a lot of energy to produce a flower. The larger flowers are produced to attract bees for pollination. NZ doesn’t have nectar producing bees, pollination is assisted by the stitch bird and insects like the native moths, and so doesn’t need larger flowers. The smaller flowers contribute to the plants higher vibration because they grow with vitality and vigour.

Plants are by nature very complex, reflecting the complexity of the intelligence that created them. This complexity transposes into the vibration when creating NZ flower essences. The various aspects of a plant, ie the flower, stem, colour, petal, pollen etc, all contribute to its energetic potency.

The plants of NZ have stepped forward at this time to assist with healing and are reflected in the potency of The First Light® Flower essences No 1-84.

In the words of Dr Rose Pere, the Official Spiritual Patron and Guardian in Perpetuity of The First Light Flower® essences, “Aotearoa is a precious nature reserve that has been set aside to help the world community to return to wholeness.”

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Module ThreeGive an explanation of each of the five distinct essence

families and the areas they work in, including the healing chords of each.

There are five families that make up essences No 1-84. These are Flowers, Ferns, Trees, Seeds and Plants. These essences contain 3 notes in a healing chord, helping to restore, balance and meet the demands of the Aquarian Age, which is of a higher vibration than the preceding Piscean Age.

A bottle of essence lasts for 28 days and we can work in cycles of this time frame to help with impactions and imbalances to facilitate healing.

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1. The Flower Essences No 1-36 – Transformation - Joy The 36 flower essences work at the level of the personality, which is the part of us that views life as we see it, facing and handles the world. They work to enhance clairaudience.

The essences work to transform negative predispositions, behaviours and attitudes that we have that are impacted by our emotional and mental states.

The essences help to close the gap between the personality and the Soul. This disconnection is one cause of disease and disharmony. Aligning the personality with the Soul brings wellness and a joy for life.

The Flower essences facilitate the expression and restoration of Joy.

Healing Chords:

Note A – The Anatomy of the Personality and Personality Maintenance

Working with the flower essences we can transform negative personality traits, the parts we don’t always like about ourselves, for example: jealousy, envy, over thinking, over working, aloofness, or dependency on others. We can also focus on positive qualities that we want to attain as well, for example: confidence, self-motivation, open mindedness, feeling of security in oneself.

Our birthdate reflects our own signature area to work on where we have our default key area of disharmony in this lifetime. This is our “power flower”.

Note B – The 12 Zodiacal Types

When we were born the position of the sun determined what zodiacal sign we were born under. This sun sign influences our personality and impacts all areas of our life. It is our unconscious default mode in responding to life at a personality level.

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Our sun sign has positive and negative characteristics which seeks to express themselves through primal urges corresponding to the equivalent zodiacal sign. Each sign has its own designated primal urge. For example: I am a Capricorn and my primal urge is “I aspire”. Other primal urges are “I relate” for Libra, “I want” for Taurus.

There is a triangle formation for this directional flow of expression that can be worked with to determine which essence is optimal for where in the energy cycle expression has been blocked or is stagnated. This pain-stress-depression triangle helps to pin point with accuracy what essence to use.

Note C – The 12 Departments of Life and the 12 Body Zones

There are 12 Departments of Life that describe our life experiences. For example: Spirituality, Profession, Death, Travel, Health, Money. Each department of life corresponds to a zodiacal sign and there are 3 flower essences assigned to each department.

There are 12 body zones which relate to the 12 zodiacal types. For example: Aries governs the ears, eyes, head face. There are 3 flower essences relating to each of these body zones.

2. The Fern Essences No 37-43 – Clear – Love The 7 fern essences are made from NZ native ferns and work at the level of the Aura to clear negative energetic imprints, impactation and trauma. They help to wash away long standing trauma, which can be deep seated, and their related tertiary fears, to restore our ability to experience Love.

They work to enhance clairsentience.

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There are 7 types of trauma in life. Each type of trauma has a corresponding tertiary fear that is experienced at the level of the aura.

Our Aura is the lens through which our Soul can shine and reflect our ability to radiate Love.

Healing Chords:

Note A – Anatomy of the Aura and Aura Maintenance

There are 7 layers in the aura and each of the 7 fern essence relates to a corresponding layer. Maori tohuna (wisdom keepers) say that ferns represent the skin of the earth, and our aura is our metaphysical skin.

Aura maintenance is determined by the day of the week we were born. It is no accident we were born on a certain day of the week, each day being ruled by a planet, and each planet influencing certain characteristics and benefits.

Note B – Trauma and Aura Impactation

Trauma can impact on our aura influencing us at a physical, mental, emotional, and spiritual level. The 7 ferns address the 7 types of trauma.

Native NZ ferns are considered to be around 500 million years old and subsequently have potent devic powers. Ferns have no flowers and produce no seeds. They have a self-contained reproductive system, fertilising themselves, and so therefore are asexual. This asexual energy is a neutral energy, and has a profound effect in healing as it rebalances and recovers equilibrium. A state of trauma will knock a person sideways and they are off kilter.

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Native NZ ferns access cellular consciousness because they were around evolutionary wise long before man took on physical form. Salt water is at the core of a cell nucleus and is the key to maintaining the cells ability to function at a DNA level.

Trauma is stored at a cellular level and the fern essences wash the trauma at this deep level to restore balance to a being’s rightful state of Love.

Note C – 21 st Century Influences on the Aura

The 21st century has brought its own kinds of trauma to the aura. Technology, radiation, pollution, noise, chemicals, modern appliances, stress, not to mention changes to the planet.

Collectively we are experiencing trauma because now we have the technology to keep us abreast of situations occurring across the Globe.

Basically our nervous systems are overloaded which can lead to a myriad of dis-eases.

The fern essences are the perfect solution to address these modern concerns.

3. The Tree Essences No 44-50 – Balance – Truth The 7 tree essences work at the chakra level to balance, protect, strengthen and clear them. The unresolved negative impactations on the chakras affect our ability to have a Truth based relationship with life.

They work to enhance clairvoyance.

There are 7 energetic distortions to the chakras that express as anxieties. The 7 tree essences help the chakras to function optimally. We can then express our

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Soul truth actively in the world. The tree essences are about healing our power and holding more light.

Healing Chords:

Note A – Anatomy of Chakra and Chakra Maintenance

Disharmony in the 7 chakras are addressed using the 7 tree essences. Each essence relating to a specific chakra. Our vitality is dependent on the free flow of energy through the chakras.

In Maori tradition, Tane, the creator of the physical world, was able to bring together his father, Rangi; the sky, and his mother, Papa; the earth. He did this via a tree. The Maori word for tree is Rakau, meaning “trees energise the earth with the powers of light”. Trees channel prana from the heavens. They are like acupuncture points on the land, bringing down the light. Trees channel different frequencies depending on the softness of their wood and the altitude they grow.

The constitutional chakra essence correlates to the day you were born in the week, like the ferns.

Note B – Personal Chakra Impactation

The chakra system is the metaphysical organs of the organism, transmitting light to keep us alive and functioning. If the accumulation of disharmonious energy is not addressed, then it can affect our health. There can be a number of sources that affect the chakras; for example: abandonment, grief, betrayal, sexual abuse.

If trauma at the aura level is not addressed within 28 days, it will impact the chakras.

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Chakra impactation is expressed as anxiety.

Note C - 21 st Century Influences on the Chakra

The same things that affect the aura in the 21st century affects the chakras as well. Even disturbing images on TV affect the chakras.

The 7 tree essences are formulated to address these issues, and if used regularly can significantly reduce the impact the effect that modern living has on the chakra system.

4. The Seed Essences No 51-62 – Repattern – Peace The 12 Seed essences work at the DNA level. There are 12 strands of DNA and the seed essences address 12 core negative beliefs, 12 shadow behaviours, and 12 primary fears.

They work to enhance clairgustus.

The distortions in the DNA create patterns that can affect us for lifetimes, as well as being passed down to future generations.

The 12 Seed essence seek to repattern the DNA bringing about a keynote energy of Peace.

Healing Chords:

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Note A – Anatomy of the DNA and DNA Maintenance

Our “quantum self” is associated with our DNA. It links our physical with the metaphysical. Factors like stress can impact our DNA, but in particular our thoughts and behaviours. These patterns can be created by us in this lifetime, past lifetimes, or come to us via ancestors, whether they be living or dead.

How we relate is attributed to our DNA and in turn how we relate affects our DNA.

The 12 seed essence restore the 12 blueprint patterns, that are our 12 core relationship patterns to life. The subsequent result of this right relationship to life is Peace.

The constitutional DNA essence is determined by the day of the week you were born.

Note B – Personal and Past Life DNA Impactation

The events in our lives, whether they be this life or past lives, impact our personal DNA. Stress is a huge contributing factor, whether it be epigenetic or from our current life.

What we don’t heal tends to repeat itself in order to work itself out. These are cycles of similarity.

Seeds are described as capsules of power; they encapsulate the mystery of life. They keep their viability for a long time, with their own consciousness, are perfect for getting to the core of hardened, habitual patterns. We can seed into the 12 strands of DNA the primordial light codes of 12 keynotes of peace.

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Note C – Hereditary/Ancestral and 21 st Century Influences on the DNA

This note addresses the genetic patterns of impactation that has come through the ancestral line. It also addresses the impactation from 21st century living which affects large groups of people at the same time.

If our ancestors had health issues or attitudinal problems, then there is a high possibility that this pattern will be passed on genetically to the next generation. This is what the bible verse “the sins of the father” is about. It’s a documented fact that certain generations hardships biologically affect subsequent generations ie: famines will switch on the gene in descendants to store fat in case there’s another famine.

Issues affecting DNA in the 21st century are climate change, the decline of the earth’s magnetic field, chemicals, toxins, ultraviolet light, the procession of the equinoxes, increased atomic radiation.

5. The Plant Essences No 63-84 – Growth – Soul

The 22 Plant essences work at the Soul level addressing the 22 phases of expression of consciousness a soul has to meet in order to reach its goals. This process is governed by laws and principles.

They work to enhance clairknowing.

These plants have stepped forward to assist humanity at this time because of their ability to mediate between heaven and earth. Higher spiritual forces and humanistic forces like sexual energy and vitality. The plants help to integrate these two forces.

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The ecosystem in NZ is unique in itself in that trees that grow in forests don’t produce tap roots, like other ecosystems. They depend on the support of other trees for protection, and so depend on cooperation. They are the upper canopy so that plants below them can thrive. There is no toxic warfare between plants in this ecosystem.

The plants in this flower essences set consist of trees, shrubs, ferns, perennials, and vines. They assist with strengthening, supporting, cleansing, regenerating and connecting.

Healing Chords:

Note A – Anatomy of the Soul and Soul Maintenance

The Soul is at the heart of our existence and the evolution of the Soul is the meaning of life. The purpose of life is to unfold the soul’s potential and it does that through 22 expressions of power. These 22 relationships are encoded in the 22 plant essences helping us on our journey to self-mastery. We need to change and grow and evolve on this journey, we can’t stay the same.

Our soul is our connection to the Divine. The soul’s journey is reflected in the 22 Major Arcana cards of the Tarot.

The plant maintenance essence is called the Life Path essence and is dependent on our birthdate, as a numerical equation, broken down to a digit no greater than 22.

Note B – The Soul’s Archetypal Life Journey and Soul/Karmic Lessons

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On our journey through life our aim is to bring us back to a place of being one with life. The 22 plant essences assist us to see life as a Soul who is having Soul lessons and experiences. 22 is a master number in numerology and means “the sum total of all things”.

By altering our responses to life we are able to progress spiritually. The plant essences assist to transmute karmic blocks allowing for a forward progression.

These 22 lessons are archetypal life experiences that we have to master and perfect. They are opportunities to break free from mass consciousness, and transcend belief systems.

Note C - Universal Healing Energies and Archangelic Powers

The 22 universal healing energies are both heavenly and earthly in origin and related to archangelic powers. We can restore the balance of masculine and feminine energies that work within us by working with these energies.

Traditionally these universal healing energies have been invoked through prayer, magic and invocation.

When we work with the 22 plant essences we are dialling into these energies to facilitate a healing outcome for the Soul.

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Explain your understanding of Nature’s Healing Matrix®.

Mother Nature has everything humanity needs in order to heal itself. Sequences, patterns, knowledge and guidance can all be found within nature, and being in right relationship with the plants is how this information is revealed to us.

This wisdom has been known since ancient times, and this information has been shut down through the centuries to the majority of people, but innately people are drawn to nature because it makes them feel good. And there is a reason for that.

Going one step deeper than feeling good on a warm summer’s day, shamans and medicine women know that nature has a healing sequence that she uses to heal herself after disasters, such as from floods and fires.

There is a 5 step sequence that she uses to self-regenerate, and we can look to this sequence also to heal ourselves. Each step overlaps the previous one, and

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each step has its own family of plants that promote growth and evolve the sequence, healing the damage.

No 5 is relevant in itself as 5 is the number associated with magic, healing, the feminine. You can find this reflected in the symbol of the pentagram, and this power was deemed to be evil for centuries by patriarchal society.

Nature’s Healing Matrix is encoded into the First Light® essences No 1-84. There are 5 families of essences, each dealing with a section of this healing sequence. They are: flower essences, fern essences, tree essences, seed essences, plant essences.

Like layers of an onion, each inside the last, we can’t see the inside layers but they make up the onion as a whole. Disease is like an onion, although it presents physically and that may be the only thing we see, the symptoms; behind that symptom there are other layers that contribute to the issue.

Healing can happen anywhere in this sequence, it can be addressed at any layer of the onion so to speak. There is a lot of flexibility.

Transform > Clear > Balance > Repattern > Grow

Flowers > Ferns > Trees > Seeds > Plants

Joy > Love > Truth > Peace > Soul

The Flowers of Transformation Set No’s 1-36

This is the outer layer of the onion, the most visible, the part we show the world, the part that meets and handles the world; the personality. This is the part of us that deals with life, some may also call this the ego. These essences correspond to the 12 zodiacal signs, 3 essences per star sign. The flower essences help to transform these 36 personality traits, which consist of negative emotions, thoughts and feelings, into a disposition of Joy.

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The Life Trauma Set No’s 37-43

This is the next layer in on the onion, it is the layer of the aura. These are the fern essences which address the 7 layers of the aura. These fern essences gently clear and help to wash away the imprint of trauma, and also tertiary fears which present as avoidances. The underlying quality permeating the fern essences is Love.

The Personal Power Set No’s 44-50

The next layer in is the layer of the chakras. The tree essences address the 7 chakras. The chakras influence our organs, glands and endocrine system. The essences also address secondary fears that are expressed as anxieties. The tree essences help to clear, balance, strengthen and energise the imbalances in the chakras. The underlying quality permeating the tree essences is Truth.

The New Beginning Set No’s 51-62

The next layer in is the layer of the DNA, this includes core negative beliefs in the DNA, including hereditary, ancestral and past life patterns. This includes patterns held at the physical, emotional, mental and spiritual levels. The seed essences realign the 12 strands of DNA to the original genetic blueprint for life. The underlying quality permeating the seed essences is Peace.

A powerful triangle is formed when working the ferns, trees and seeds together. The metaphor used is to weed, feed, then seed with the essences to help restore harmony.

The Life Enhancement Set No’s 63-84

The other essences are like 4 pillars supporting the plant essences in the Life Enhancement Set, which heal at a Soul level. The plant essences address the 22 archetypal soul lessons that correspond to the 22 Major Arcana in the Tarot. Working through these soul lessons allows our soul to face life lessons, lessons that we may have been avoiding in this lifetime and past lives. The support here is to help the Soul to evolve to reach its fullest potential.

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Module Five

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EITHER: Describe how the use of First Light® flower essences No’s 1-84 could be worked with at a therapeutic level to positively impact specific groups,

communities and the community in general OR: Describe your ideas on what new techniques and applications you see as a possibility for New Zealand flower essences No’s 1-84.

Ngati Ra – One Tribe Under The Sun – The Aquarian Age. The age of information. With the invention of the Internet, now more than ever we are a Global community. With social media we have instant access to people all over the world, our friends are no longer our neighbours across the street or in our suburb, but across the world. We HAVE to factor this in now.

Some say technology is making us more anti-social, more isolated, I can see that, but I also think it’s making us more aware and connected on some other level. I am way more open to other cultures, how other’s live and have known people in lots of different countries for 15 years or more now because of the internet. I have not had bad experiences on the internet with people.

In my business as a spiritual healer, most of my clients are from the US, some

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days I have to anchor myself in this Land to remind myself that NZ is here, I am here, and NZ is important too.

As a Pakeha, my ancestors are from overseas. (One side is from the US for a few hundred years so could be why I feel a bit unanchored when I talk to people from the US) There is a Homesickness that has been passed down through the generations. I remember my Grandfather singing and crying for Scotland, but he was born here and so were his parents. The legacy of the ancestors travelling so far away from their homeland to start afresh, is still apparent.

Not to mention the fact that most of the country still celebrate occasions at the wrong time of the year, ie: Easter when its Autumn. We have christmas trees with lights when it’s still light at 10pm at night. And put frosting on our windows when the sun bakes it on. Anchoring the festivities in the right season is what grounds us and roots us. We are still doing what our ancestors did, mindlessly.

Whether it be that our ancestors came here to start a new life, or because they were forced out of Ireland because of the famine; or because of a war, most often they were the second son’s on down the sibling order, as first sons inherited the land so stayed put.

I spent a lot of time contemplating this arduous journey they took to get here, and how when they got here they usually didn’t go back. It was such a long journey. So there was a sense of isolation. The early settlers in NZ were duped into coming here, there were propaganda posters, painting NZ as an idyllic already established Island. When they got here it was nothing of the sort, and they had to contend with the fact that there was a native culture already established here, and the problems that caused that are still apparent today.

It was the working class man who did well here, as he had skills the upper class needed. Coupled with our No 8 fencing wire mentality and making do, the isolation really impacted their sense of connection with a feeling of Home. The illnesses, and also the drinking culture reflect this isolation. It took a few generations to get things established here, for them to put roots down.

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So NZ’s isolation has been a factor for our ancestors, but for the Land it has been a Godsend, because now our unique flora and fauna, created as such by breaking away from Gondwanaland, is of such a high vibration it can now be introduced back into the Global Tribe.

For a country that often other’s see as a suburb of Australia, we have the plant allies who can reconnect and heal our Global community, a reconnection with Spirit, so that now people don’t have to visit NZ to see our beautiful country, but the essence of what makes the land so magical, can travel to them.

My vision is for the essences to journey to all parts of the world, to war torn countries (which I realised in parts of the world have little vegetation, ie: the middle east) , to the origins of our European ancestors, saying hey, we are back, have you missed us?

Through guidance from my Life Essence – Red Rata – I would love for everyone to feel safe in their Spiritual autonomy, that we can celebrate our differences knowing we are all one Tribe. That our history does not dictate our future. That we are open to the possibilities of unification, by accepting our differences.

I often felt awful about how I perceived that my ancestors stole the land from the Maori. To the point that I played it out where I felt either unwelcome wherever I went or that I was trespassing. I could not feel at Home anywhere.

The flower essences have helped me to feel that the energy of this Land, the sacred knowledge, is calling for healing for all, and the ancestors want us all to have access to All That Is. We are Home. We belong. We are connected - We are One Tribe Under The Sun.

Bibliography:

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The Sacred Plant Medicine of Aotearoa by Franchelle Ofsoske-Wyber

The New Zealand Native Flower Essence Study Course, NZNFE: 101 – NZNFE: 110, First Light® Flower Essences of New Zealand.

Photos:Creative CommonsStock photos from dollarphotoclub.com

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