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    Free Thyselfby

    Edward Bach

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    First published 1932.

    This edition The Bach Centre, 21!.

    Copyin" and distribution of this publication is allowed for non#co$$ercial

    purposes pro%ided nothin" is altered. &ll other ri"hts reser%ed.

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    The 'r Edward Bach Centre

    (ount )ernon

    Ba*ers +ane

    Bri"htwell#cu$#otwell

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    nited in"do$

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    & note fro$ the editor

    'r Edward Bach left +ondon in 193 to loo* for healin" plants

    in the countryside of 4ales and En"land.15n the sprin" of 1932 he

    ca$e bac* and spent so$e ti$e seein" patients at consultin" roo$s

    in 4i$pole treet. 6e found +ondon as hard to bear as he

    re$e$bered, and after a couple of $onths he left a"ain to resu$e

    his search.

    4hile in +ondon he wrote Free Thyself, co$posin" $uch of it in

    7e"ent8s 0ar*, where he went to escape the noise and bustle of the

    capital. The tet was published as a pa$phlet later the sa$e yearbut was ne%er reprinted durin" 'r Bach8s lifeti$e. The re$edy

    descriptions in particular were soon out of date, as $ore eperience

    with patients and the findin" of new re$edies led hi$ to refine his

    understandin" of each plant8s ualities.

    Bach discoura"ed the republication of his out#of#date writin"s

    whene%er there was a newer or $ore accurate boo* a%ailable, soFree Thyself was soon lost. This was a pity, because the real interest

    of Free Thyself is in the insi"ht it "i%es us into Bach8s underlyin"

    philosophy. (any of the uotes about healin" that are $ost fa$iliar

    1 The story of Bach's search for remedy plants is told in The Medical

    Discoveries of Edward Bach, Physicianby Nora Weeks.

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    to students co$e fro$ this tet. The subtitle to one of the short

    chapters could e%en su$ up e%erythin" Bach belie%ed and wrote:

    health depends on bein" in har$ony with our souls.

    5n 199 the Bach Centre republished Free Thyselfas part of a

    collection called The -ri"inal 4ritin"s of Edward Bach, o$ittin"

    the re$edy descriptions in line with Bach8s wishes. But both before

    and after -ri"inal 4ritin"sunauthorised editions of the wor* were

    printed, without any $ention of the fact that the re$edy

    descriptions were no lon"er accurate. For this new edition of theboo*, then, we ha%e "one bac* to the full %ersion, as 'r Bach first

    wrote it, and ha%e added footnotes to hi"hli"ht those parts of the

    tet that Bach $e$orably referred to as ;scaffoldin"

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    Free Thyself

    by

    Edward Bach

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    5ntroduction

    5t is i$possible to put truth into words. The author of this boo*

    has no desire to preach, indeed he %ery "reatly disli*es that $ethod

    of con%eyin" *nowled"e. 6e has tried, in the followin" pa"es, to

    show as clearly and si$ply as possible the purpose of our li%es, the

    uses of the difficulties that beset us, and the $eans by which we can

    re"ain our health= and, in fact, how each of us $ay beco$e our

    own doctor.

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    Chapter 5

    5t is as si$ple as this, the tory of +ife.

    & s$all child has decided to paint the picture of a house in ti$e

    for her $other8s birthday. 5n her little $ind the house is alreadypainted= she *nows what it is to be li*e down to the %ery s$allest

    detail, there re$ains only to put it on paper.

    -ut co$es the paint#bo, the brush and the paint#ra", and full

    of enthusias$ and happiness she sets to wor*. 6er whole attention

    and interest is centred on what she is doin" # nothin" can distract

    her fro$ the wor* in hand.

    The picture is finished in ti$e for the birthday. To the %ery best

    of her ability she has put her idea of a house into for$. 5t is a wor*

    of art because it is all

    her %ery own, e%ery stro*e done out of lo%e

    for her $other, e%ery window, e%ery door painted in with the

    con%iction that it is $eant to be there. E%en if it loo*s li*e a

    haystac*, it is the $ost perfect house that has e%er been painted: it isa success because the little artist has put her whole heart and soul,

    her whole bein" into the doin" of it.

    This is health, this is success and happiness and true ser%ice.

    er%in" throu"h lo%e in perfect freedo$ in our own way.

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    o we co$e down into this world, *nowin" what picture we

    ha%e to paint, ha%in" already $apped out our path throu"h life,

    and all

    that re$ains for us to do is to put it into $aterial for$. 4epass alon" full of >oy and interest, concentratin" all our attention

    upon the perfectin" of that picture, and to the %ery best of our

    ability translatin" our own thou"hts and ai$s into the physical life

    of whate%er en%iron$ent we ha%e chosen.

    Then, if we follow fro$ start to finish our %ery own ideals, our

    %ery own desires with all the stren"th we possess, there is nofailure, our life has been a tre$endous success, a healthy and a

    happy one.

    The sa$e little story of the child#painter will illustrate how, if

    we allow the$, the difficulties of life $ay interfere with this success

    and happiness and health, and deter us fro$ our purpose.

    The child is busily and happily paintin" when so$eone co$es

    alon" and says, ;4hy not put a window here, and a door there= and

    of course the "arden path should "o this way.< The result in the

    child will be co$plete loss of interest in the wor*= she $ay "o on,

    but is now only puttin" so$eone else8s ideas on paper: she $ay

    beco$e cross, irritated, unhappy, afraid to refuse these su""estions=

    be"in to hate the picture and perhaps tear it up: in fact, accordin"to the type of child so will be the reaction.

    The final picture $ay be a reco"nisable house, but it is an

    i$perfect one and a failure because it is the interpretation of

    another8s thou"hts, not the child8s. 5t is of no use as a birthday

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    present because it $ay not be done in ti$e, and the $other $ay

    ha%e to wait another whole year for her "ift.

    This is disease, the reaction to interference. This is te$poraryfailure and unhappiness: and this occurs when we allow others to

    interfere with our purpose in life, and i$plant in our $inds doubt,

    or fear, or indifference.

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    Chapter 55

    6ealth depends on bein" in har$ony with our souls.

    5t is of pri$ary i$portance that the true $eanin" of health and

    of disease should be clearly understood.

    6ealth is our herita"e, our ri"ht. 5t is the co$plete and full

    union between soul, $ind and body= and this is no difficult far#

    away ideal to attain, but one so easy and natural that $any of us

    ha%e o%erloo*ed it.

    &ll earthly thin"s are but the interpretation of thin"s spiritual.

    The s$allest $ost insi"nificant occurrence has a 'i%ine purpose

    behind it.

    4e each ha%e a 'i%ine $ission in this world, and our souls use

    our $inds and bodies as instru$ents to do this wor*, so that when

    all three are wor*in" in unison the result is perfect health and

    perfect happiness.

    & 'i%ine $ission $eans no sacrifice, no retirin" fro$ the world,

    no re>ectin" of the >oys of beauty and nature= on the contrary, it

    $eans a fuller and "reater en>oy$ent of all thin"s: it $eans doin"

    the wor* that we lo%e to do with all our heart and soul, whether it

    be house*eepin", far$in", paintin", actin", or ser%in" our fellow#

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    $en in shops or houses. &nd this wor*, whate%er it $ay be, if we

    lo%e it abo%e all else, is the definite co$$and of our soul, the wor*

    we ha%e to do in this world, and in which alone we can be our truesel%es, interpretin" in an ordinary $aterialistic way the $essa"e of

    that true self.

    4e can >ud"e, therefore, by our health and by our happiness,

    how well we are interpretin" this $essa"e.

    There are all the spiritual attributes in the perfect $an= and we

    co$e into this world to $anifest these one at a ti$e, to perfect andstren"then the$ so that no eperience, no difficulty can wea*en or

    deflect us fro$ the fulfil$ent of this purpose. 4e chose the earthly

    occupation, and the eternal circu$stances that will "i%e us the

    best opportunities of testin" us to the full: we co$e with the full

    realisation of our particular wor*: we co$e with the unthin*able

    pri%ile"e of *nowin" that all our battles are won before they arefou"ht, that %ictory is certain before e%er the test arri%es, because

    we *now that we are the children of the Creator, and as such are

    'i%ine, unconuerable and in%incible. 4ith this *nowled"e life is a

    >oy= hardships and eperiences can be loo*ed upon as ad%entures,

    for we ha%e but to realise our power, to be true to our 'i%inity,

    when these $elt away li*e $ist in the sunshine. ?od did indeed

    "i%e 6is children do$inion o%er all thin"s.

    -ur souls will "uide us, if we will only listen, in e%ery

    circu$stance, e%ery difficulty= and the $ind and body so directed

    will pass throu"h life radiatin" happiness and perfect health, as free

    fro$ all cares and responsibilities as the s$all trustin" child.

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    Chapter 555

    -ur souls are 0erfect, bein" children of the Creator, and e%erythin"

    they tell us to do is for our "ood.

    6ealth is, therefore, the true realisation of what we are: we are

    perfect: we are children of ?od. There is no stri%in" to "ain what we

    ha%e already attained. 4e are $erely here to $anifest in $aterial

    for$ the perfection with which we ha%e been endowed fro$ the

    be"innin" of all ti$e. 6ealth is listenin" solely to the co$$ands of

    our souls= in bein" trustful as little children= in re>ectin" intellect@that tree of the *nowled"e of "ood and e%ilA with its reasonin"s, its

    8fors8 and 8a"ainsts8, its anticipatory fears: i"norin" con%ention, the

    tri%ial ideas and co$$ands of other people, so that we can pass

    throu"h life untouched, unhar$ed, free to ser%e our fellow#$en.

    4e can >ud"e our health by our happiness, and by our

    happiness we can *now that we are obeyin" the dictates of oursouls. 5t is not necessary to be a $on*, a nun, or hide away fro$ the

    world= the world is for us to en>oy and to ser%e, and it is only by

    ser%in" out of lo%e and happiness that we can truly be of use, and

    do our best wor*. & thin" done fro$ a sense of duty with, perhaps,

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    a feelin" of irritation and i$patience is of no account at all, it is

    $erely precious ti$e wasted when there $i"ht be a brother in real

    need of our help.Truth has no need to be analysed, ar"ued about, or wrapped up

    in $any words. 5t is realised in a flash, it is part of you. 5t is only

    about the unessential co$plicated thin"s of life that we need so

    $uch con%incin", and that ha%e led to the de%elop$ent of the

    intellect. The thin"s that count are si$ple, they are the ones that

    $a*e you say, ;why, that is true, 5 see$ to ha%e *nown that always,;and so is the realisation of the happiness that co$es to us when we

    are in har$ony with our spiritual self, and the closer the union the

    $ore intense the >oy. Thin* of the radiance one so$eti$es sees in a

    bride on her weddin" $orn= the rapture of a $other with a new#

    born babe= the ecstasy of an artist co$pletin" a $asterpiece: such

    are the $o$ents where there is spiritual union.

    Thin* how wonderful life would be if we li%ed it all in such >oy:

    and so it is possible when we lose oursel%es in our life8s wor*.

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    Chapter 5)

    5f we follow our own instincts, our own wishes, our own thou"hts,

    our own desires, we should ne%er *now anythin" but >oy and

    health.

    either is it a difficult far#away attain$ent to hear the %oice of

    our own soul= it has all been $ade so si$ple for us if we will but

    ac*nowled"e it. i$plicity is the *eynote of all Creation.

    -ur soul @the still s$all %oice, ?od8s own %oiceA spea*s to us

    throu"h our intuition, our instincts, throu"h our desires, ideals, our

    ordinary li*es and disli*es= in whiche%er way it is easiest for usindi%idually to hear. 6ow else can 6e spea* to us -ur true

    instincts, desires, li*es or disli*es are "i%en us so that we can

    interpret the spiritual co$$ands of our soul by $eans of our

    li$ited physical perceptions, for it is not possible for $any of us yet

    to be in direct co$$union with our 6i"her elf. These co$$ands

    are $eant to be followed i$plicitly, because the soul alone *nowswhat eperiences are necessary for that particular personality.

    4hate%er the co$$and $ay be, tri%ial or i$portant, the desire for

    another cup of tea, or a co$plete chan"e of the whole of one8s life8s

    habits, it should be willin"ly obeyed. The soul *nows that

    satisfaction is the one real cure for all that we, in this world,

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    consider as sin and wron", for until the whole bein" re%olts a"ainst

    a certain act, that fault is not eradicated but si$ply dor$ant, >ust as

    it is $uch better and uic*er to "o on stic*in" one8s fin"ers into the>a$#pot until one is so sic* that >a$ has no further attraction.

    -ur true desires, the wishes of our true sel%es, are not to be

    confused with the wishes and desires of other people so often

    i$planted in our $inds, or of conscience, which is another word

    for the sa$e thin". 4e $ust pay no heed to the world8s

    interpretation of our actions. -ur own soul alone is responsible forour "ood, our reputation is in 6is *eepin"= we can rest assured that

    there is only one sin, that of not obeyin" the dictates of our own

    'i%inity. That is the sin a"ainst ?od and our nei"hbour. These

    wishes, intuitions, desires are ne%er selfish= they concern oursel%es

    alone and are always ri"ht for us, and brin" us health in body and

    $ind.

    'isease is the result in the physical body of the resistance of the

    personality to the "uidance of the soul. 5t is when we turn a deaf ear

    to the 8still s$all %oice8, and for"et the 'i%inity within us= when we

    try to force our wishes upon others, or allow their su""estions,

    thou"hts, and co$$ands to influence us.

    The $ore we beco$e free fro$ outside influences, fro$ otherpersonalities, the $ore our soul can use us to do 6is wor*.

    5t is only when we atte$pt to control and rule so$eone else that

    we are selfish. But the world tries to tell us that it is selfishness to

    follow our own desires. That is because the world wishes to ensla%e

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    us, for truly it is only when we can realise and be unha$pered our

    real sel%es that we can be used for the "ood of $an*ind. 5t is the

    "reat truth of ha*espeare, ;To thine own self be true, and it $ustfollow, as the ni"ht the day, thou canst not then be false to any

    $an.ourney a short >oyful ad%enture if we realise

    that freedo$ fro$ bonda"e is only "ained by "i%in" freedo$= we

    are set free if we set others free, for it is only by ea$ple we can

    teach. 4hen we ha%e "i%en freedo$ to e%ery hu$an bein" with

    who$ we are in contact= when we ha%e "i%en freedo$ to e%ery

    creature, e%erythin" around us, then we are free oursel%es: when

    we see that we do not, e%en in the $inutest detail, atte$pt to

    do$inate, control, or influence the life of another, we shall find that

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    interference has passed out of our own li%es, because it is those we

    bind who bind us. There was a certain youn" $an who was so

    bound to his possessions that he could not accept a 'i%ine "ift.&nd we can free oursel%es fro$ the do$ination of others so

    easily, firstly by "i%in" the$ absolute freedo$, and secondly, by

    %ery "ently, %ery lo%in"ly, refusin" to be do$inated by the$. +ord

    elson was %ery wise in placin" his blind eye to the telescope on

    one occasion. o force, no resent$ent, no hatred, and no

    un*indness. -ur opponents are our friends, they $a*e the "a$eworth while, and we shall all sha*e hands at the end of the $atch.

    4e $ust not epect others to do what we want, their ideas are

    the ri"ht ideas for the$, and thou"h their pathway $ay lead in a

    different direction fro$ ours, the "oal at the end of the >ourney is

    the sa$e for us all. 4e do find that it is when we want others to 8fall

    in with our wishes8 that we fall out with the$.

    4e are li*e car"o#ships bound for the different countries of the

    world, so$e for &frica, so$e for Canada, so$e for &ustralia, then

    returnin" to the sa$e ho$e port. 4hy follow another ship to

    Canada when our destination is &ustralia 5t $eans such a delay.

    &"ain, we perhaps do not realise what s$all thin"s $ay bind us,

    the %ery thin"s that we wish to hold are the thin"s that are holdin"

    us: it $ay be a house, a "arden, a piece of furniture= e%en they ha%e

    their ri"ht to freedo$. 4orldly possessions, after all are transient,

    they "i%e rise to aniety and worry because inwardly we *now of

    their ine%itable and ulti$ate loss. They are there to be en>oyed and

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    ad$ired and used to their full capacity, but not to "ain so $uch

    i$portance that they beco$e chains to bind us.

    5f we set e%erybody and e%erythin" around us at liberty, we findthat in return we are richer in lo%e and possessions than e%er we

    were before, for the lo%e that "i%es freedo$ is the "reat lo%e that

    binds the closer.

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    Chapter /5

    6ealin".

    Fro$ ti$e i$$e$orial hu$anity has reco"nised that our

    Creator

    in 6is lo%e for us has placed herbs in

    the field for our

    healin", >ust as

    6e has pro%ided the corn and the fruit for our

    sustenance.

    &strolo"ers, those who ha%e studied the stars, and herbalists,those who ha%e studied the plants, ha%e e%er been see*in" those

    re$edies which will help us to *eep our health and >oy.

    To find the herb that will help us we $ust find the ob>ect of our

    life, what we are stri%in" to do, and also understand the difficulties

    in our path. The difficulties we call faults or failin"s, but let us not

    $ind these faults and failin"s, because they are the %ery proof to usthat we are attainin" bi""er thin"s: our faults should be our

    encoura"e$ents, because they $ean that we are ai$in" hi"h. +et us

    find for oursel%es which of the battles we are particularly fi"htin",

    which ad%ersary we are especially tryin" to o%erco$e, and then

    ta*e with "ratitude and than*fulness that plant which has been sent

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    to help us to %ictory. 4e should accept these beautiful herbs of the

    fields as a sacra$ent, as our Creator8s 'i%ine "ift to aid us in our

    troubles.5n true healin" there is no thou"ht whate%er of the disease: it is

    the $ental state, the $ental difficulty alone, to be considered: it is

    where we are "oin" wron" in the 'i%ine 0lan that $atters. This

    dishar$ony with our piritual elf $ay produce a hundred

    different failin"s in our bodies @for our bodies after all $erely

    reproduce the condition of our $indsA, but what $atters that 5f weput our $ind ri"ht the body will soon be healed. 5t is as Christ said

    to us, ;5s it easier to say, thy sins he for"i%en thee or ta*e up thy bed

    and wal*;

    o a"ain let us clearly understand that our physical illness is of

    no conseuence whatsoe%er: it is the state of our $inds, and that,

    and that alone, which is of i$portance. Therefore, i"norin" entirelythe illness fro$ which we are sufferin", we need consider only to

    which of the followin" types we belon".3

    hould any difficulty be found in selectin" your own re$edy, it

    will help to as* yourself which of the %irtues you $ost ad$ire in

    other people= or which of the failin"s is, in others, your pet a%ersion,

    for any fault of which we $ay still ha%e left a trace and areespecially atte$ptin" to eradicate, that is the one we $ost hate to

    3 t this early sta:e of his ork Bach belie7ed that the first tel7e

    remedies represented tel7e basic types of hman personality. By the

    time he completed his ork this nderstandin: had been re7ised. -ee

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    see in other people. 5t is the way we are encoura"ed to wipe it out in

    oursel%es.

    4e are all healers, and with lo%e and sy$pathy in our natureswe are also able to help anyone who really desires health. ee* for

    the outstandin" $ental conflict in the patient, "i%e hi$ the re$edy

    that will assist hi$ to o%erco$e that particular fault, and all the

    encoura"e$ent and hope you can, then the healin" %irtue within

    hi$ will of itself do all the rest.

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    Chapter /55!

    The 7e$edies.

    C65C-7DH

    7estraint I +o%e

    &re you one of those who lon" to ser%e the world: who lon" to open

    out both ar$s and bless all around you= who wish to help and co$fort

    and sy$pathise, and yet for so$e reason circu$stances or people stop

    4 -ee pa:e 4. This hole chapter as omitted hen'ree Thyselfas

    pblished in the collection The %riginal (ritings of Edward Bach.

    5 Bach's description of $hicory is 7ery close to the indications for

    $entary >see pa:e 42 belo?. By the time all 3! remedies had been

    researched in 1"36 Bach described $hicory as a stron:er person more

    controllin: than controlled@ This and other

    remedy descriptions :i7en in footnotes in this chapter are from the

    definiti7e 1"41 edition of The Twelve $ealers and %ther &emediesA see

    .bachcentre.com9healers .?

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    you 'o you find that instead of ser%in" $any you are held in the "rip

    of but a few, so that your opportunity of "i%in" as fully as you wish is

    li$ited: are you "ettin" to that sta"e when you wish to realise that it is,

    ;when all $en count with you, but none too $uch

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    on the sides of the crystal strea$s, will set you free to lo%e your life,

    and teach you to ha%e the tenderest sy$pathy for others.

    &?75(-D9

    7estlessness I 0eace

    &re you one of those who suffer tor$ents= whose soul is restless:

    who can find no peace, and yet bra%ely face the world and hide your

    torture fro$ your fellow#$en: who lau"h and s$ile and >est, and help

    those around you to *eep a cheery heart whilst you are sufferin". 'o

    you see* to soothe your sorrows by ta*in" wine and dru"s to help you

    face your trials: do you feel that you $ust ha%e so$e sti$ulant in life

    to *eep you "oin"

    5f so, that beautiful plant &"ri$ony, "rowin" alon" the sides of our

    lanes and in our $eadows, with its church#li*e spire, and its seeds li*e

    bells, will brin" you peace, the peace that ;passeth understandin"

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    C+E7&T611

    5ndecision I teadfastness12

    &re you one of those who find it difficult to $a*e decisions= to for$

    opinions when conflictin" thou"hts enter your $ind so that it is hard

    to decide on the ri"ht course: when indecision do"s your path and

    delays your pro"ress: does first one thin" see$ ri"ht and then another

    5f so you are learnin" pro$pt action under tryin" circu$stances= to

    for$ correct opinions and be steadfast in followin" the$= and the little

    "reen cleranthus of the cornfields will help you to this end.

    C+E(&T513

    5ndifference I ?entleness

    &re you one of those who find that life has not $uch interest: who

    wa*e al$ost wishin" there were not another day to face: that life is so

    difficult, so hard, and has so little >oy: that nothin" really see$s worth

    11 Bach's final description is 7ery similar@

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    while, and how "ood it would be >ust to "o to sleep: that it is scarcely

    worth the effort to try and "et well1!6a%e your eyes that far#away

    loo* as thou"h you li%e in drea$s and find the drea$s so $uch $ore

    beautiful than life itself: or are your thou"hts, perhaps, $ore often with

    so$eone who has passed out of this life 5f you feel this way you are

    learnin" ;to hold on when there is nothin" in you ecept the will

    which says to you # hold on< 1Hand it is a %ery "reat %ictory to win

    throu"h.

    That beautiful plant which adorns our hed"es where there is chal*,

    the Cle$atis, better *nown as Tra%eller8s oy, and whose feathery seeds

    are, always lon"in" to be blown away and start a"ain, will help you so

    $uch to co$e bac* and face life and find your wor*, and brin" you

    >oy.

    CET&7D1J

    4ea*ness I tren"th

    &re you one of those people who$ e%erybody uses, because in the

    *indness of your heart you do not li*e to refuse the$ anythin": do you

    14 Bach old later identify other remedies that applied to some of the

    states described in this first sentence@ compare for eFample the

    descriptions for %ornbeam li7e Wild (ose and Willo in the 1"36

    descriptions in .bachcentre.com9healers .

    15 nother line from iplin:'s#f.

    16 Bach's final description@

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    >ust "i%e in for the sa*e of peace rather than do what you *now is ri"ht,

    because you do not wish to stru""le: whose $oti%e is "ood, but who are

    bein" passi%ely used instead of acti%ely choosin" your own wor*.

    Those of you who are door#$ats are a

    %ery lon" way alon" the road to

    bein" of "reat ser%ice once you can realise that you $ust be a little

    $ore positi%e in your life.

    Centaury, that "rows in our pastures, will help you to find your real

    self, so that you $ay beco$e an acti%e, positi%e wor*er instead of a

    passi%e a"ent.

    ?ET5&1K

    'oubt I nderstandin"

    &re you one of those with hi"h ideals, with hopes of doin" "ood=

    who find yourself discoura"ed when your a$bitions are not uic*ly

    realised1L 4hen success is in your path are you elated, but when

    difficulties occur easily depressed

    5f so, the little ?entian of our hilly pastures will help you to *eep

    your fir$ness of purpose, and a happier and $ore hopeful outloo*

    e%en when the s*y is o%er#cast. 5t will brin" you encoura"e$ent at all

    1 Bach's final description@

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    ti$es, and the understandin" that there is no failure when you are

    doin" your ut$ost, whate%er the apparent result.

    )E7)&519

    -%er#enthusias$ I Tolerance2

    &re you one of those burnin" with enthusias$: lon"in" to do bi"

    thin"s, and wishin" all done in a $o$ent of ti$e 'o you find it

    difficult patiently to wor* out your sche$e because you want the result

    as soon as you start 'o you find your %ery enthusias$ $a*in" you

    strict with others= wishin" the$ to see thin"s as you see the$= tryin" to

    force the$ to your own opinions, and bein" i$patient when they do

    not follow21

    5f so, you ha%e within you the power of bein" a leader and a

    teacher of $en. )er%ain, the little $au%e flower of the hed"e#ban*s,

    will help you to the ualities you need, *indness for your brothers, and

    tolerance for the opinions of others: it will help you to realise that the

    1" Bach's final description@

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    bi" thin"s of life are done "ently and uietly without strain or stress.

    CE7&T-22

    5"norance I 4isdo$

    &re you one of those who feel that you ha%e wisdo$= that you could

    be a philosopher and a "uide to your fellow#$en 'o you feel the

    power within you to ad%ise the$ in

    their difficulties, to soothe their

    sorrows, and at all ti$es to be a help to the$ in their troubles= and yet,

    throu"h lac* of confidence in yourself, you are unable to acco$plish

    this, possibly because you are listenin" too $uch to the %oice of others

    and payin" too "reat attention to the con%entions of the world

    'o you realise that it is only this lac* of confidence in yourself, this

    i"norance of your own wisdo$ and *nowled"e, that te$pts you to

    listen too intently to the ad%ice of others

    Then Cerato will help you to find your indi%iduality, your

    personality, and, freed fro$ outside influences, enable you to use the

    "reat "ift of wisdo$ that you possess for the "ood of $an*ind.

    22 Bach's final description emphasises that $erato people acti7ely ask for

    ad7ice@

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    5(0&T5E23

    5$patience I For"i%eness

    &re you one of those who *now that deep down in your nature

    there is still a trace of cruelty= when buffeted and harassed you find it

    difficult not to ha%e a little $alice2!6a%e you still left within you the

    desire to use force to brin" another to your way of thin*in":2Hare you

    i$patient and does that i$patience so$eti$es $a*e you cruel: ha%e

    you left in your nature any trace of the inuisitor2J

    5f so, you are stri%in" for euisite "entleness and for"i%eness, and

    that beautiful $au%e flower, 5$patiens, which "rows alon" the sides of

    so$e of the 4elsh strea$s,2Kwill, with its blessin", help you alon" the

    road.

    23 Bach's final nderstandin: of this remedy shos a ti:hter focs on speed

    and patience@

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    7-C 7-E2L

    Terror I Coura"e

    &re you one of those in absolute despair,29 in terror: who feel that

    you can bear nothin" $ore= terrified as to what will happen: of death=

    of suicide= of insanity=3of so$e awful disease: or fearful of facin" the

    hopelessness of $aterial circu$stances

    5f so, you are learnin" to be bra%e a"ainst "reat odds, and fi"htin"

    for your freedo$, and the beautiful little yellow 7oc* 7ose, which

    "rows so abundantly on our hilly pastures, will "i%e you the coura"e to

    win throu"h.

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    4&TE7 )5-+ET31

    ?rief32I oy

    &re you one of those "reat souls who bra%ely and without

    co$plaint, still endea%ourin" to ser%e your brother#$en, bear

    sufferin" cal$ly and with resi"nation, not allowin" your "rief to

    interfere with your daily wor* 6a%e you had real losses, sad ti$es,

    and yet "o uietly on33

    5f so, the beautiful 4ater )iolet, which floats so freely on the

    surface of our clearest strea$s, will help you to understand that youare bein" purified throu"h your "rief, uplifted to a "reat ideal, so that

    you $ay learn to ser%e your fellow#$en e%en in the hour of your

    affliction: that you are learnin" to stand absolutely alone in the world,

    "ainin" the intense >oy of co$plete freedo$, and therefore of perfect

    ser%ice to $an*ind. &nd when this is realised it is no lon"er sacrifice

    but the euisite >oy of helpfulness e%en under all conditions.

    (oreo%er that little plant will help you to the understandin" that so

    $uch you thin* of in life as bein" cruel and sad, is truly for the "ood of

    those you pity.

    31 The indications for this remedy chan:ed :reatly by the time Bach had

    completed his research. &n 1"36 he described it ths@

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    4e can all ta*e coura"e and *eep a stout heart, for 6e 4ho

    placed us in this world, did so for a "reat purpose.

    6e wants us to *now that we are 6is children, to *now our own

    'i%inity= to be perfect= to ha%e health and to ha%e happiness. 6e

    wants us to *now that, throu"h 6is +o%e, we can acco$plish all

    thin"s, re$e$berin" that it is only when we for"et this that we

    suffer and are unhappy. 6e wants the life of each one of us to be

    one of >oy and health, and lo%in" ser%ice, for as Christ told us:

    ;(y yo*e is easy, (y burden is li"ht.;

    toc*s of these re$edies can be obtained fro$ the leadin"

    +ondon 6o$oeopathic che$ists, thou"h they can be prepared as

    follows by anyone who cares to $a*e their own.

    Ta*e a thin "lass bowl, fill with clear water fro$ a strea$ or

    sprin" for preference, and float enou"h of the bloo$s of the plant to

    co%er the surface. &llow this to stand in bri"ht sunshine until the

    flowers be"in to wilt. )ery "ently pic* out the bloo$s, pour the

    water into bottles and add an eual uantity of brandy as a

    preser%ati%e.

    -ne drop alone of this is sufficient to $a*e potent an ei"ht

    ounce bottle of water, fro$ which doses $ay be ta*en by the tea#

    spoonful as reuired.

    The doses should be ta*en as the patient feels necessary: hourly

    4"

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    in acute cases= three or four ti$es a day in chronic cases until relief

    occurs when they can be dispensed with.

    &nd $ay we e%er "i%e than*s to ?od 4ho, in 6is +o%e for us,

    placed the herbs in the fields for our healin".