“There are wonders in life and miracles of meaning that evades those people whose eyes are closed and dwell in darkness. To feel how one's inner soul or spirit is uplifted in the glory of enlightenment, the awareness and the closeness one finds with the creator will suddenly make you feel the happiness and contentment that is yours to deserve in this life that you live. To see the light, to hear the truth and to feel the strength of love: these are indeed blessings that have been bestowed on those who accept and understand and seek the wisdom and knowledge and the fact that they have been guided and steered towards the most perfect and pure principles and codes that have been written and shown to man. Light attracts and darkness repels. All those who can shine the torch that produces light can reveal what lies hidden in the darkness. The greater the light becomes the less will be hidden by the evil of darkness. So shine the torch in the direction of those eyes that wish to see the light. Speak of the wonders of truth and knowledge to the ears of those that wish to hear and let those, whose hearts are filled with love, feel the greatest love that exists. And when these things happen and they most certainly will happen, then you, and those that act in this way will elevate themselves to the higher planes of wisdom and knowledge that await you.” – excerpt from The Sweet Waters of Truth, guided writings through the late Barney Manashewitz and named andtranscribed by Beverley Marsden
This passage introduces you to our course of Herbology, which is based on relationship – relationship between plant and human, plant and planet, human and planet. The relationship continues with the grower, the herbs and the planet, the collector or gatherer and the planet and the understanding that all the miracles that we seek in healing have been given to us, in the earth and in our body’s own self-healing mechanisms. To grow, cultivate and collect herbs connects one to the earth inviting wholeness, healing and awareness of the beauty of the creation of our Universe.