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IN INDIA, GANESH IS SOUGHT after as the remover of
obstacles and there are countless temples devoted to him. I have created many essences over the years, but this one proved to be the most unusual. I had developed a specific technique for making essences which had served me well for most of my career, but one of the essences in the new set taught me a sharp lesson. It refused to succumb to my method of making an essence. I intuitively knew that an essence had to be made from a vine with bright red flowers on it. I searched and was delighted to discover the vine that matched up to my inner vision, but was disappointed when I saw only a few flowers, and they were all well past their best. Fortunately, there were buds waiting to flower and I hoped that they would flower during my visit and that I could catch them at the right moment for the making of the essence.
As soon as I was in contact with this vine, I began to feel a great
and surprising attraction to Ganesh, who, up to this point, I was not so sure about Ganesh being the remover of obstacles, though, because as far as this essence was concerned I was being presented with obstacles. I could not make this essence without some flowers and after many days the buds still sat on the vine showing no inclination to form into flowers for me to make an essence! I watched carefully, not understanding why things did not seem to be going my way. My journey was fast approaching its end and after a week of waiting, despair began to set in. My mind was in turmoil; it was as if nature on this vine stood still with the buds remaining tightly closed. All of the other essences had come together in a simple manner ... all except this one.
The next morning, and my departure day, I was awakened by many friends knocking excitedly on my door with the news that the Ganesh Pushni Vine was in full flower. Every single bud was splendidly flowering. Can nature do this I asked? Unbelievable! I have to admit to feeling annoyed and confused at this belated but magnificent show. I carried on with my pre-determined course. Nature had tricked me and I had no time to make an essence as I was leaving within the hour. I entered my taxi. As I took my leave, a fellow pilgrim came running to me and pushed through the window a small pouch, a polythene zip-bag filled with spring water and also the Ganesh flowers. I was astounded but instantly placed it on the back ledge of the car where it could imbibe the rays of the sun. Arriving at my destination in Mumbai, I made for the first time one of the most important essences in the over-opulent surroundings of a most gracious colonial hotel. Statues of Ganesh greeted me as I sat on a plush sofa with my Earl Grey tea and cake, served by a Maharaj dressed waiter, whilst I carefully decanted the new essence into a clean essence bottle. Ganesh had broken all the rules, made its own essence in its own way, not the way my mind dictated from patterns of the past. It simply smashed through all of my old rules! Certainly, I had been taught to let go of set ideas and to live and act in the immediate instant. Working
with divine mind was very different to working with my mind. Divine
mind sweeps away restrictions and is like a mighty river in its action
At Light Spirit Essences we have worked hard with our new range of essences and have developed essences and books to help people overcome and identify those mind patterns that are preventing growth. Ganesh is one of our main mind-busting essences which, when taken, opens pathways for more new and enlightening thoughts to flourish and develop. © Patricia Caswell, 2007
Light Spirit Essences - The Reference
Guide Book At the back is a full index for qualities and disharmonies and a quick reference guide for the essences. It has turned into a really stunning book and would make a perfect present for anyone. The book includes 8 of our newest essences which are now only just being made available to our customers. Click on the image to the right for more information.
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ABOUT THE AUTHOR
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He
is a strange-looking god with an elephant head instead of a human one.
When I was in India on a pilgrimage to the holy tomb shrine of Avatar
Meher Baba, preparing a new and vastly more powerful range of essences,
I came directly into a deep learning experience with Ganesh. Through
this experience and subsequent research I now know that he is a great
teacher where our human mind is concerned. His elephant head represents
divine mind.
held
absolutely no previous importance or interest for me. The whole experience
of Ganesh started to open up with articles and stories about him crossing
my path in a myriad of unexpected ways. I was enthralled by the story
of Ganesh and it gave me a real understanding of how the Hindu gods
are representations of aspects of the divine. I was yearning to visit
Ganesh Temples and even arranged a trip with friends. It took me some
time to discover the name of this vine, and when I did I could eventually
understand why it was having such a powerful effect upon me. Its name
was Ganesh Pushni Vine! What an amazingly strong presence it had to
affect me like this. 
On
the eve of my departure, I re-checked and in exasperation gave up on
this essence. Maybe I should have made it when I first saw it with its
faded flowers!
and
has absolute precision timing within it. But, the timing is its own,
and not mine - what a great teaching! This was obviously an essence
for dissolving set mind patterns, and I could apply it not just to making
an essence, but to life in general. I could sense that this essence
would be a great help in my practice as I had discovered that mind is
one of the greatest obstacles to spiritual growth and intuitive development.
