Getting To Know Essential Oils

Essential oils contain many healing properties, which are listed on the following pages. But that’s not all. Through interacting with the essential oils, one can open a gateway into another world. You might think of this world as the spirit world. You might think of it as the underlying consciousness and intelligence of the universe. You might think of it as the field of pure energy that exists through all dimensions of time and space. You might have another way of thinking about it altogether.

Any form that is helpful to you for making the connection is fine. The important thing is to use it, to make the connection to the inner reality. This connection is the key to self empowerment. It is the key to healing ourselves and the earth. It is the key to personal evolution; the key to co-creation. It will lead us to our very purpose for being here.

How can essential oils help us to make that connection? Allow me to show you how it has worked for me. I will share several forms and encourage you to use them. After you have begun to experience the feeling of connection, you may get ideas about how to do the same thing in a different way. Please follow these ideas-experiment and play with the possibilities. I am sure they are endless.
 

OUR FIRST MEETING

Whenever I acquire a new oil, I make the intention not to be influenced by what I have read about the oil. I want to experience the oil as if I have never heard of it before, with complete “beginner’s mind” . I put a drop of oil on a Q-tip or a strip of paper. Then I slowly and deeply smell the oil. I fill out the aromatic profile (see above), making notes as information comes to me.

First, I begin by identifying the top note aromas that I am smelling, and writing them down (such as floral, smoky, herbaceous, etc.).

I notice as my attention is drawn to certain areas of my body for physical responses to the oil. Do I suddenly feel warm? Do I begin to salivate? Do I feel like moving? Do I want to lie down? Any physical sensations or responses are then written on the profile.

I check for emotional or energetic responses. If I remember a sad event, I will make a note of it. If I feel lots of energy in a certain chakra or area in my energy field, see or think of a color or season, or have any impressions at all, I record it all on the profile.

Sometimes I will move the oil droplet on the Q-tip through my energy field at each chakra point to get an impression of how it feels in my field. It may feel tingly, prickly, smooth, expansive, warm, or softening. I continue to write down all my impressions until I feel complete.

After a few minutes, I will return to the oil and smell it again. I notice the differences in the first and second impressions, recording the aromatic notes that arise known as heart notes.

Later, I will return to record the base notes (the aromatic notes that are left after an hour may be very different than the first ones that you smelled as it came out of the bottle), and any final impressions that may come to me.

Now I have information that I received directly from the oil. It is always fun to read about an oil afterward and see how similar (or different) my impressions are to the collective information that is available on the oil. When I am using the oil with a client or for myself, my direct information will provide a level of connection that is not available through a book.