This is my truth (Part Two)

I had numerous dreams about these plants last night and they were all about the same theme. It was a theme I was supposed to remember and share. (Part Two)

Our Elders Who Guide Us. Likewise, in later dreams it kept coming. The plants help us with shadow work by helping us see how to undo our shadows and how to break free of them. I know this to be true. They are not some stoic tool only to see our ugliest truths and then we have to uncomfortably chew on those truths for days while we struggle to find our way free of them.

We need to make sure we are not blocking the healing because we are overly focused on examining our own sickness that the plants are trying to heal. Surrender to the plants and ask them for help. Ask them for guidance. Ask them for healing. To use them to only look at our shadows but not receive their fix is to me heart breaking. The plants are not parlor tricks to amuse us as we explore our own psyches…that puts us above them. They are our relations. They are our beloved elders who care so very deeply and want nothing but the best for us. They are gifted healers. They know how to heal things that we do not.

Working with these plants is not only for those tough enough to take it. Working with these plants should be for everyone, for they are great healers and they heal with great beauty, gentleness, and love. If this is not the message you are hearing elsewhere, you may want to consider looking to different sources for information. The plants help us with shadow work by helping us see how to undo our shadows and how to break free of them.

This is my truth.

(Seumas January 2022)