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Plant Powered

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In all things of Nature there is something of the marvelous. —Aristotle

I woke up this morning thinking about my sixth grade friend Latitsia. She was very exotic in my mind: she was a vegetarian. (At the time that was rare and unusual.) That was 1959. She was very beautiful and took ballet. Also unusual, as I think she had to go to a neighboring town to find a dance studio. 

We were talking one day, and she said she and her mom and aunt were going to drive across the desert. “Wow,” I thought. That was not easy in those days, with practically no roadside restaurants– especially for vegetarians. I asked her what they would eat, and she said they took cans of frozen orange juice to sip, and they would eat avocados. That seemed very amazing to me.

Another thing that changed that year for me, in addition to having a vegetarian friend, was tea. My mom had always given me Lipton Orange Pekoe tea when I wasn’t feeling well, and to me that was Tea. That all changed when some new friends of my mom’s—out of towners—served us a very new and unusual tea that I loved, Constant Comment. It was an orange and clove flavored  black tea. That was the day that began my tea and herb hobby.

I love tea and herbs. 

I have many favorite brands, Yogi, Celestial Seasonings, Numi, to name a few. My top best pick is Traditional Medicinals.

I have highlighted them today in the chart above and in the photos below. I have used them and followed their growth and improvement over the last 25 years. Wonderful.

To my delight they have a new line of black teas. My favorite: an Assam Chai. 

So good. Organic Assam teas are often difficult to find; my Christmas Present to myself.

With each tea bag you receive carefully selected tea and a quote for the day on the attached paper. The company is B certified, and all of the ingredients are organic.

I love learning about the herbs, spices, and tea combinations. I find they are some of the easiest, most soothing, and comforting ways to enhance my well-being.

Bridges of love light.

Transformation

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By Nina Wilkins

We are in the midst of an incredible, immeasurable, mysterious, miraculous planetary shift of the ages. Wow. Almost too amazing to grasp. This change includes You. Your family, friends, pets, plants, trees, all animals, all species, soil, water, flowers– you name it. Every part of Gaia, Sophia, Virgo, Patcha Mama, our incredible Earth Mother, will transform and is transforming to a higher way of being Love. A higher frequency of Life and our higher spiritual Truths are manifesting all around us.

You may want to start small with these ideas as Sananda has told me often over the years that the planetary changes begin with us. You and I are building the New Earth by the way we live. Our consciousness of good is transmitting light to all around us. He has mentioned many times that the major changes in our world will be grass roots, from ourselves, our self love, to loving and forgiving our human family and to becoming conscious of the fact that we are all connected. We are not separate from our Creator, our Planet and all of her inhabitants including the Unified Universal Love of All.

Dandelions, frogs and butterflies show us by their lives how natural it is to transform into an entirely different form and still be themselves, though an expanded version of their essence. We are transforming into our higher selves as we speak. We are changing into our soul-infused personalities. As we become more aware and awaken to our good, we can make small changes that make a huge difference in our lives. In past blogs I have written about flower essences, charged water, crystals and music as simple and easy ways to help us transform daily.

Other readily available helpers are Herbs. Over the years learning about herbs and flower essences has been my hobby. We are all very unique in our bodies, emotions, beliefs and cultural adaptations, so I invite you to try a variety of herbs that you are drawn to. I have found Traditional Medicinals to be a high quality, reliable and available source of herbal teas. Teas are a good way to learn about herbs and to discover their benefits for You.

I have always loved dandelions. Their herbal profile is stated on the box in the photo below. Also, the Spirit of transformation is part of their essence. Your time will be well spent learning about and using herbs. One of my favorite mail order companies is Monterey Bay Spice Company. They are reasonably priced and have a beautiful online monthly newsletter. They sell herbs, spices and teas.

Every small change for the better we make in our lives will help the collective consciousness rise. Letting go of plastic will help our waters infinitely. Eating organic foods enhances our bodies but also soils and our farmers’ health. Riding bikes is fun and helps our air quality. So, let’s go. We do know what to do and be and it’s not too late.