Empowering and wellness for Empaths and Psychics
A few people who have responded to the survey on the side bar have asked for a question and answer session.
If anyone has a question I have not looked yet, or gotten to yet, please feel free to ask and I will answer to the best of my ability.
Topics can range from Empath, depression, my personal experiences, Bach Flower Remedies or anything else that’s related.
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I’ll look at posting the answers on Sundays.
Are they a placebo? Part 4
Over the years, I have used the remedies with great success, which would pretty much suggest that they are not a placebo.
I thought I’d share some compelling examples.
One day, my mother’s two year old dog suddenly collapsed and went limp for no apparent reason. She carried her into the bedroom where he lay listless on the bed.
I decided to give her four drops of Rescue Remedy, so I placed it in his mouth, and watched as she smacked her lips, and then fell into a deep sleep.
A couple of hours later, she woke up, and I gave her four more drops. She repeated the exact same smacking noise, and once again fell into a deep sleep.
When she woke up the third time, she was perfect fine, as though nothing had been wrong.
Now, I’m not a vet, and I can’t say what was wrong, or if she was going to get better on her own, but I have no doubt that those four drops sent her to a healing sleep. With the little I know about dogs, it would appear that dogs do go limp right before they die. Once again, it is speculation on if this would have happened, but healing certainly took place.
Another time, I came across a possum that was injured on the foot path. He or she as the case may be, was barely moving, and didn’t look all that healthy. As I carry a bottle of Rescue Remedy on me, I gave him a few drops. He seemed to recover within a minute, and was quickly gone.
I have used the Bach Flower Remedies on other animals and have had good results.
It’s reasonable to suggest that animals are not subject to the placebo effect.
Next: Personal healing
Are they a placebo? Part 3
The thing about the Bach Flower Remedies is that if you choose the wrong ones, you won’t notice changes and then claim they don’t work.
The reason behind this is that If you don’t need that remedy, you will not notice anything because everything is already connecting as it should.
To put it another way, say the fuse to your bathroom has blown, and you replace the fuse to your kitchen. The bathroom lights will still not work, and the kitchen will still work because you haven’t actually replaced the correct fuse. (Nowadays, it’s all switches, but I’m sure you get the idea.)
So do you say, hey, these fuses are bunk. I replaced one, and it doesn’t work. This electricity is all just smoke and mirrors, or do you say, maybe I need to replace the correct fuse, and then do so?
I liken the Bach Flower Remedies to fuses because that’s what they are, in a sense. They are the fuses that link us to our higher self, and ensure that the messages we should receive get through. (And yes, I know it all sounds a bit esoteric, but bear with me here.)
Everything is vibrational in nature. I believe that’s accepted as scientific fact nowadays. Under that assumption, that would include things such as our emotions and feelings.
Now suppose each emotion is linked to what is termed as your higher-self? That is, the greater soul aspect of whom you are. You would have 38 main links.
Now imagine a fuse box with 38 slots (39 if you want to add one which is a general back up). Each slot contains one of your emotions and when working correctly, your messages from your higher-self come through clearly, reassuring you that all is as it should be, and prompting you what to do, and which way to go.
Over the years, one by one, those fuses weakens or breaks. Then the messages become vague, like a radio dial turning and moving off frequency, until they become either distorted, or there is just static.
Eventually, many links become broken, and then you may feel alone, because you are cut off from your main source and the messages no longer are coming through as they should You are basically flying blind or worse, some dark presence has hi-jacked the links and is using them to drain you of your energies. (Once again, I know for some this will sound inane, but I will deal with this subject in a future blog.)
Life can break those links. Shock, trauma, belief systems, negative actions, thoughts, deeds, and attacks can break them.
Break enough of them, and you might just end up a basket case, just trying to survive day to day.
Sometimes you will undergo a purge, or a good therapist will put you back on the right track, but generally, you tend to just fall into depression, and feel there is no hope in sight.
Now, imagine that each of the remedies is a living fuse and as each fuse breaks, you can use it to restore the link.
But the trick is knowing which link is broken and then knowing which remedy to use. Match them up, and you will heal the condition. Get it wrong, and nothing happens.
The remedies are simple. They are simple to take, simple to use and simple to self-administer. They are safe and effective. However, the skill is in knowing which ones to take at the right time, and that is easier said than done.
My depression series blogs address many types of depressions, and what remedies will aid them. However, humans tend to be complicated, and our feelings and emotions can have many layers, and for each one that is healed, a new one might pop up in its place, which is the next stage of healing.
Next: Using them on animals.
Are they a placebo? Part 2
Because they are so small, I would carry around a bottle of Rescue Remedy in my pocket, and keep a tube of Rescue Cream at work. A practice that has continued to this day.
There were many departments no my floor, and across from me, there was a young lady who was complaining about her knees, and how, for years, she had problems with them hurting. I suggested she put some Rescue Cream on them, and she agreed to try.
A few weeks later, she came up to me and said that ever since she used the cream, she had not experienced any more pain and said it was amazing stuff.
Word quickly spread around my floor about the remedies, and by the time I left that place, a couple of years later, at least half the staff were using Rescue Remedy and Cream, and swearing by it.
I have had similar results elsewhere, too. Those who follow my suggestions, in spite of them being doubtful, come back with amazing stories, especially when they use it on their families.
And nearly everyone starts off doubtful, that is, until they try them.
But are they a placebo? Is this all the power of suggestion?
Trials have been done on the remedies which suggest as much.
However, just looking at one of the trials, all that was used was Rescue Remedy, which, as it goes, is wonderful in an emergency, but considering that it only uses five of the 38 remedies available (six in the Rescue Cream) , it is hardly a cure-all.
Furthermore the fact that five remedies are mixed into one bottle dilute their healing potency. This is a very important fact to be aware of, and it amazes me that no one has ever mentioned it or even considered it. (At least no one I’ve found.)
In order to successfully conduct trials, you first need to understand, not only what each remedy does, but what remedy the subject actually needs.
Let’s say that someone is depressed and a double blind test is done to see if the remedies work, administering Rescue Remedy is quite unlikely to work.
If the cause of depression is guilt, then there’s nothing in the Rescue Remedy that will help the subject.
To break it down, as stated, there are five remedies mixed into the Rescue Remedy.
Cherry Plum (for fear of letting go)
Star of Bethlehem ( Shock / Trauma)
Clematis (dreamy / unconscious)
Rock Rose (fear / terror)
Impatiens (Impatience / in a hurry)
As you can see, there is nothing in there that would deal with guilt. For that, Pine would be the appropriate remedy.
In actual fact, Rescue Remedy is very limited in its use. Make no mistake, it is wonderful in an emergency, and I’ve seen miraculous results, especially on animals, but if you’re going to test it to treat specific conditions, you would first need to identify the cause of the condition, and then ensure you are using the right remedy.
Otherwise, nothing will happen.
Next: Why nothing will happen
I’ve had a question in my mind recently:
Do sociopaths get depressed?
A Sociopath is someone who is someone lacking in empathy . They give the illusion of being emphatic but their actions are self serving and rarely benefit others.
I know they get upset, anxious, worried and lose sleep over problems that will affect them, but do they actually get depressed? Do they even feel down in the dumps?
So far, in my observations, I’d have to say I’ve not seen it. I could be wrong, of course, as I’ve not had the resources to do any meaningful study on the subject, but let’s assume I’m right for a moment.
The reason I pondered this question is because I’m wondering if one of the major cause of depression, (and cause of those who do self-harm), is empathy.
Are Empaths not only more prone to depression, but does depression mean that you may be an Empath?
Of course, I know enough to understand that this is a very simplistic premise, as depression can be caused by post-traumatic stress disorders, or uncleared shock and trauma, leading to clinical depression and everyone can have that happen in their life.
Still, there seems to be a common link between depression without obvious cause and being an Empath.
If someone is depressed, the first thing I wonder about them is are they one? In many cases, the answer is yes.
Still thinking it over.
If you know someone with depression, I’d love your feedback on the below poll.
What I want to do with this entry is discuss if the Bach Flower Remedies are a placebo or not.
It is reasonable for people to be sceptical about the BFR’s and so they should be. I certainly was. When I first saw them around 1992, the claims they made about healing emotional conditions seemed a little too good to be true.
To my logical mind back then, I just couldn’t see how that was possible.
It is true that many claims are made about products that are false and misleading. There are a lot of scams out there. There are many unscrupulous people who use spiritual mumbo jumbo to sell their goods with the promise of healing on a miraculous level.
They are blatantly misleading and how they are allowed to advertise their products and get away with it is just beyond belief.
They hurt the products that are legitimate. It’s like looking for a diamond in a mountain of glass facsimiles. At first glance, it looks promising until you realize it’s just another fake.
I’ve come across my fair share of such scams, and I’m sure many others have, too.
The Bach Flowers seemed to fall under the same category, so it wasn’t until 1994 when I finally tried them.
A lady, who I was getting therapeutic massages from, explained that they did work. At the time, I was quite drawn to her, and hung on her every word (in fact, this turned out to be a soul call, which is a call for help on a spiritual level) but I didn’t know that back then.
So, I bought a few, tried them, and found that worked so well that it was remarked that I was on happy pills.
What really sold me was that, around that time, I received some really bad news about a business investment I had made. As it involved a partner, it made it worse. I had made this decision right before I started trusting my intuition. (Which advised me against it, but I didn’t know enough at the time to listen.)
Normally, I would have not been able to sleep due to mulling over it and worrying about what I had to do, the reactions, and so on, but I decided to take Star of Bethlehem, which is the remedy for shock and trauma.
I immediately felt a peace settle over me, and the problem didn’t bother me again and it did eventually resolve itself, like most things do.
I started trying them on other people and found that the remedies would have a calming effect, especially on my mother, who could be highly strung.
I found that by putting same Rescue Remedy on her wrist, she calmed right now. My mind told me this shouldn’t be possible, but the results were certainly real.
Next: Are they a placebo – Part 2
