Dolkar Wellness & Longevity: Essential Oils - Our Partners on the Spiritual Path

Monday, April 20, 2009

Essential Oils - Our Partners on the Spiritual Path

When we think of the word “healing”, we normally consider that we are speaking about the physical body. But true healing, in my opinion, doesn’t take place on the physical level. The physical body is the most dense of our bodies. In fact, it is the end result of our thoughts, worries, and experiences. Therefore, it’s only logical that trying to heal the physical body would be like the little dutch boy who runs from place to place – trying to plug up all the holes in the dam. Successful healing, then, would take place in the most subtle body we have….the light body or spiritual body.

We can either be the dutch boy who runs frantically back and forth and never really resolves the core of the issue. Or we can go right to the source and apply our healing efforts where subtle changes ripple through out the entire being. Because of their high vibrational properties, essential oils are really a spiritual approach to healing.

We all talk about spiritual development – the ascension of consciousness to higher levels of all-pervasive awareness but most of us (the masses) don’t really spend enough time in this pursuit to really understand what it means. However, the time is ripe for humanity to really begin the process of spiritual development and essential oils can assist us.

Essential oils and the process of anointing have always been used to advance humanity into a spiritual reality. In the writings on the temple walls in Egypt, we see people smelling the lotus blossom.

As a Buddhist, the lotus flower holds a lot of spiritual meaning to me. However, the rose has replaced the lotus in our society. It has the highest frequencies and stimulates an increase in energy within the center of the brain where the “control center” of our physical body resides – the Limbic system and can be activated by smell. It is by raising the frequency within our physical body that we raise the frequency within our spiritual bodies.

Rose ~ (rosa damascene) Because the rose has the highest vibrational frequency, it important for spiritual development. It is considered a supreme healer of both the body and spirit, and it is very easy to use with basic natural healing techniques. True rose oils are the number one choice for opening the heart chakra - the first step in spiritual pursuits. Trying to live a spiritual life without opening our hearts is like pouring water into a vase that has a hole in the bottom.

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ROASTED PEAR-BUTTERNUT SOUP WITH CRUMBLED STILTON

Ingredients:
2 each ripe pears , peeled, quartered and cored
2 pounds butternut squash , peeled, seeded and cut into 2-inch chunks
2 each medium tomatoes , cored and quartered
1 large leek , pale green and white parts only, halved lengthwise, sliced and washed thoroughly
2 cloves garlic , crushed
2 tablespoons extra-virgin olive oil
1/2 teaspoon salt , divided
Freshly ground pepper to taste
4 cups vegetable broth or shitaki mushroom
seasoning, divided
2/3 cup crumbled Stilton or other blue-veined cheese
1 tablespoon thinly sliced fresh chives or scallion
greens

Instructions:

Preheat oven to 400°F.

Combine pears, squash, tomatoes, leek, garlic, oil, 1/4 teaspoon salt and pepper in a large bowl; toss to coat. Spread evenly on a large rimmed baking sheet. Roast,
stirring occasionally, until vegetables are tender, 40 to 55 minutes. Let cool slightly.

Place half the vegetables and 2 cups broth in a blender; puree until smooth. Transfer to a large saucepan. Puree the remaining vegetables and 2 cups broth. Add to the pan and stir in the remaining 1/4 teaspoon salt. Cook the soup over medium-low heat, stirring, until hot, about 10 minutes. Divide among 6 bowls and garnish with cheese and chives (or scallion greens).