BACH FLOWER REMEDIES: VINE REMEDY
Ambitious, dominator, Ruthless, Dictator. Vine relates to the soul quality of authority. In the positive state the person is very capable, sure of himself, able to carry conviction, has all the qualities of a good leader – a very strong willpower and an unfailing presence of mind in any ticklish situation. He is ambitious and wants to get to the top and to hold the reins. But with all these qualities of head, the positive Vervain type person remains humane at heart. He remains the wise, loving leader of the people, who understands their problems and guides them to solve them. He uses his position and his leadership qualities in the service of the people and in return gets their cooperation automatically.
But in the negative VINE state the person is obsessed with only one idea – to dominate others. In his quest for power, he throws to winds all ideas of fairness and foulness, ” Everything is fair in love and war’ becomes his motto. In the pursuit of his ambition, he proceeds ruthlessly removing any obstructions in the way. He rides roughshod over the feelings of others. He wants power to dominate others, and to secure this power he will use any means. When he tastes power, he wants to have more and still more power. He cannot stand any opposition, and would crush it by any means. He is like a dictator or a tyrant who wants to subjugate others by force, into obedience. Persuasion or reasoning has no meaning for him. He is over-confident of his righteousness. It hurts his ego, if somebody dares to express a different opinion. With such a closed mind and an intensely selfish approach to life which is totally cut-off from his higher self, the power that he holds makes him cruel and insensate to the aspirations or feelings of others. Such a person is always surrounded by power-brokers, yes-men and flatterers and seldom can claim a true friend who could give him sincere advice in time of need.
Whether it is a parent who rules his children with an iron rod or a school master who is over-strict to maintain discipline in School or a dictator who over-runs other countries in his mad rush for power, they have one thing in common – rigidity and inflexibility of mind and will, and ruthless approach to opposition bordering on cruelty,
A direct reflection of this mental state on the physical side is painful rigidity and stiffness of the muscles and joints, high blood-pressure and a score of other tensions and disabilities.
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