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I hold more pain and grief

than you can ever know,

and I know the ways of change.

When you feel the sting of pain,

let yourself surrender.

Do not bargain for relief.

That will keep us distant.

Walk the pathways of your pain.

Close your eyes and let my humming guide you.

Always, if you yield and trust,

a sweet elixir greets you.

Return again and again

for tenderness begins the change.

From Gaia’s Invitation – 120 Poems

from the Sacred Earth by Andrea Mathieson, 2005

My focus has now shifted from producing flower essences to helping others learn to listen.

Recently I gave a private flower essence tutorial to a young woman, a gifted clairvoyant whose

orientation was primarily toward communing with the angelic realms. I explained how this type

of listening involved a conscious rootedness into the heart of nature. After leading Danielle

through a guided meditation to ground her energy, I invited her to practice drawing up energy

through her root chakra before she went out to the garden to locate the flower that called her.

“There are two hosta plants,” she said, “in different locations in the garden.” After she put the

petals in a bowl of water to begin making the essence, I asked her to take quiet time to

commune separately with each of the plants. Later, she shared her experience.

“This way of listening feels very different,” she said. “I had to engage all of my body and even

touch the plants to get clear messages. Before that, the information was very random and

scattered...”