What's in a Name?

What's the difference between a plant and a weed? Just a name...

Actually did you know that many of what the majority of people label as useless weeds have immense healing and health properties? For instance one of our common garden weeds, Purslane, is a divinely nutritious addition to any salad and is packed full of vitamin B12 which is a bonus for our nervous systems. Dandelion,besides increasing the honey flow in our garden bees, is also good for our gal bladder and liver. Stinging Nettle is good as an expectorant and in healing skin ailments and Milk Thistle has healing properties for liver and abdominal ailments.

Oh I could go on and on, but I think you get my point. So maybe the next time you're about to pull out and discard that common garden weed, investigate via the nursery or the Internet before you ignorantly discard and overlook one of nature's healers. Don't overlook the amazing properties of what we class as weeds just because of a name.

I'm currently reading Gary Zukav's, 'The Seat of the Soul' and it is here that I have had my eyes opened to another of life's cliches.

Gary suggests that when we mention the word, 'marriage', a certain consciousness is invoked, or a certain energy around the name. When two people marry, they become a husband and a wife. A husband is the head of the home, the verb according to the Oxford Dictionary means to manage economically and try to save, which probably explains why my husband, every time he looks at me, complains about the household expenditure. Ha, ha...A wife on the other hand is the hostess of a household or a woman of humble rank, one who plays the support role. So as we see the relationship between a husband and a wife is not an equal one.

When we marry under the old archetype, we automatically fall under the historic patterns of  marriage, despite our intentions to do otherwise.

Now Gary suggests that we as a human species have evolved to a new consciousness and that where we once sought marriage as a means of safety and survival (two are stronger than one), we are now choosing to have spiritual partnerships where each of the two partners is equal. Couples are preferring
to enter into a sacred agreement between themselves to assist in each others spiritual growth. Spiritual partners know that there is a deeper reason why they are together which has to do with the evolution of their souls, as opposed to the traditional marriage partners who are often together to quell each others financial fears.

Spiritual partners only stay together as long as they continue to grow spiritually. They know that no amount of vows taken can hold them together if they have fulfilled their need in assisting each others growth.

Couples who have evolved to this level of spiritual partnering, may still choose to enter into marriage, as it is an expression of their physical bond, however they will do so consciously with the intention of learning from and assisting their partners in their individual spiritual paths.

So, the archetypal marriage, need not be like the common garden weed. Fuelled with a bit of consciousness, the two parties may choose to awaken to a new found relationship of equality where both partners choose to work together to advance their souls.

All it takes is a shift in paradigm (thought), a renaming (the spoken word) and the course of events that result (action).

Isn't that fantastic! I love life and all it's lessons

May you my reader, have an intoxicating week of shifting paradigms and renaming weeds as useful and meaningful.

with all my love
Nicolette