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The Guru Sniffs Out The Truth About Aromatherapy.
January 15th, 2005
By Christopher Herz
The Health Guru / eCureMe LIFE
So, you know what you like. What you see. What feels good to you. What your
favorite taste is like rolling over your tongue and into your belly. You know
your favorite music by now. That’s four of the five, but what about the
smell?
Your Guru, coming into the New Year, was looking for a little something more
than what he went into the old one with. While mediation, decent nutrition and
a constant downloading of information into my mind were doing wonders, I still
wasn’t able to relax and enjoy the recent rain that’s been hitting
Los Angles like a left hook from vintage Mike Tyson.
Out of nowhere, well, not really out of nowhere, as your Guru believes that
there is no such thing as coincidence; I met one of my Shamans while waiting
in line for a Bagel at Canters Deli. She had under her arm a basket filled
with candles, oil and inscents, and offered me a cure for all that ails me.
"That’s a pretty big promise," I said to her, letting her know
that your Guru’s mind was constantly racing and had a difficult time
slowing down naturally.
"When’s the last time you stopped and smelled something,"
she asked me.
I couldn’t remember. Before I knew it, the bagel I was going taking to
go wound up being an entire sit down meal, and in that time, my New Shaman
opened another door towards enlightenment for me.
Now let me do the same for you.
The art of Aromatherapy can be traced to the Chinese and Egyptians, although
like many inventions, there is a debate as to who came up with it first.
Since none of us has figured out the art of time travel, we’ll call it a
draw and take what masters from both civilizations have left us.
Essentially, Aromatherapy is the extracting of essential oils from around 40
different plants and roots. This extraction gives you the strongest dosage of
natural healing vitamins and minerals. They are usually applied in massage
oils and baths, and in some rare cases, teas.
While the essential minerals existing in these plants do provide one with
healing powers, it is the smell that actually is believed to being the
healing device. How can a smell heal? Well, your Guru is always telling
you about the power your mind has to create reality, and this is no
different.
You know how some smells, wherever you smell them, take you back to a wonderful
memory. The scent of your first love’s perfume or cologne? The spices
used in a dish that your moms used to cook up for you. Scent, perhaps more
than sight or sound, can affect your memory and your mind stronger than any
of the other senses.
How Guru? How can it do this? I hear you asking as well as see you shaking
your head. But it’s true. Check this rhythm:
Your nose is filled with calledolfactory nerve cells, which, when stimulated,
send messages to the Limbic portion of your brain, which is where all of your
memory and learned emotions are stored.
Now, remember, we told you that this form of medicinal usage has been around
since back back back in the day, so a detailed perfection of which scent and
how much it can trigger a certain emotion has been carefully laid out, and,
with that in mind, is able to calm down a stressful thought or series of
thoughts.
Pretty intense, no? So, along with your meditation and secession of your
addictions, you are now ready to dive deeper into your mind by activating
all of your nerves, stress and bad memories. And, once activated, you will
be able to sooth and regenerate.
Now understand that this treatment, as with all treatments, should be
administered by a trained professional. With the increased interest in
holistic health care, there are no shortage of experts. Don’t go
picking shrubs from your back yard and squeezing them into a tea.
Your Guru does not need any sick followers on his path. Seek your own
Shamans, they will provide.
All of this because your Guru loves Bagels.
Well, actually, because I was open to new things and I don’t mind
talking to strange people with baskets full of goodies I have no idea
about. Keep searching for the answers, but until then, the Guru always
provides.
Give until it hurts.
..and then some.
Peace.
H.G.
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