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The Bach Remedies, a step forward Before he died Dr Bach had to backtrack with his ideas about the remedies due to their failure to provide the results he anticipated possible. However, during the years before he discovered the final remedies he had developed ideas as to what we were actually trying to achieve with the remedies and how the remedies would be used. He explained: The ultimate goal of all mankind is perfection, and to gain this state man must learn to pass through all experiences unaffected; he must encounter all interference’s and temptations without being deflected from his course: then he is free of all life’s difficulties hardships and suffering. The next question must be then, how do we achieve this state of perfection, what are we doing wrong? In most of us there is one, or more, adverse defect which is particularly hindering our advancement, and it is such a defect, or defects, which we must especially seek out within ourselves, ......... This leads to selecting remedies which is where we need some help. For someone who studied Homoeopathy an obvious choice for Dr Bach would have been to explore any link between his remedies and Homoeopathy’s understanding of miasms. This is a division of humanity into three distinct groups each with associated states of mind and physiology. Dr Bach did acknowledge the understandings of Homoeopathy might be of some help when he wrote: And so now, in summing up, we can see the mighty part that Homoeopathy is going to play in the conquest of disease in the future. The three groups of Homoeopathy also appear in Ayurveda which has a well tried understanding of humanity and its health issues. Ayurveda has the understanding that the satisfactory function of the human body depends upon the balance of these three groups. Being in balance will ensure good health and a long life, being out of balance in one or more groups we are likely to suffer disease associated with a group. Both Homoeopathy and Ayurveda provide information regarding the type of disease associated with each group. The states of mind associated with these three groups define our personality and any disease we might suffer; these are what Dr Bach discovered. Following the connection with Homoeopathy, the obvious step would be to see if an arrangement of the Bach remedies into the three groups described above can be achieved. This would give us an association between similar remedies and an indication of the disease associate with these remedies. The remedies do indeed arrange into a structured table which also shows the pairing between the first and second nineteen remedies. With the first nineteen Bach was looking at basic personality types, how we deal with life. With the second nineteen he suffered states of mind and associated physical complaints which were only relieved when he discovered the flower that treated them. So we have remedies that represent how we deal with life, first nineteen, and remedies that describe the type of problems we will experience, second nineteen. The balance between these two groups of nineteen, within the three groups understood by Homoeopathy and Ayurveda, describe our personality and potentially dictate our health. Personal recognition and responsibility for our problems was a constant reminder in Dr Bach’s writings; it is an essential aspect of any self improvement. For the patient, it will be necessary that they are prepared to face the truth that disease is entirely and only due to faults within themselves...... They will have to have the desire to correct these faults and to realise that healing depends upon their own effort,......The patient of tomorrow must understand that he, and he alone, can bring himself relief from suffering, though he may obtain advice from an elder brother who will assist him in his effort. So we are not expected to embark on our healing completely alone, Dr Bach appreciated that we are likely to need the assistance of someone who has “been there, seen it, done it”. This is important as we will all view life as we see and experience it through our negative states of mind, so until we rid ourselves of our negativities we are not in a position to help others. For the helper he tells us that: Each case will need a careful study, and it will only be those who have devoted much of their life to the knowledge of mankind and in whose heart burns the desire to help, who will be able to undertake successfully this work for humanity, to open the eyes of a sufferer and enlighten him on the reason of his being, and to inspire hope, comfort and faith which will enable him to conquer his malady. Another truism is worth mentioning here regarding personal responsibility and purchasing a cure or instruction. Health can no more be obtained by payment of gold than a child can purchase his education: no sum of money can teach the pupil to write, he must learn by himself, guided by an experienced teacher. And so it is with health. There is very much an inverse rule in seeking help and advice. We can pay a great deal of money for consultations or courses but the best advice we will probably receive will be at little or no cost. The answers lie within us, hence the title of Dr Bach's book "Heal Thyself". Dr Bach’s writings contain further information on using the remedies, but it is worth looking at one of his thoughts on disease. Disease will never be cured or eradicated by present materialistic methods, for the simple reason that disease in its origin is not material. For those coming to the remedies looking for relief from a serious or terminal disease, the implications of this statement might not be appreciated as their disease progresses relentlessly. However for those who have tried to eradicate more minor ailments then we may well have found that the harder we try to treat the disease with drugs or indeed any inappropriate therapy, the worse it appears to get. Recommendations regarding the frequency of taking a dose of the remedies has drifted somewhat from what Dr Bach discovered in his work with bowel flora. In his earlier work in bacteriology he made the following observation that is probably healing law. To begin a case a dose may be given two or three times until improvement is well marked, then cease. So long as progress is being made give no further treatment, but if there is a relapse administer three or four more doses, and so on, each time after, less should be required. He explains further: If you had a friend who had suffered a great loss and was in despair, you would first visit him often to cheer and comfort him; but as he became reconciled the visits might safely grow less. In his writings Dr Bach appears to suggest that we treat any disease before it fully develops, a little idealistic perhaps in the case of the single fatal heart attack victim! The fact are that our dis-ease travels down the generations and is very evident as we see the traits in our parents and children. Philip Larkin explains this in his poem "This be the verse" or if you prefer a biblical explanation try Exodus ch20 v5. Considering the above we can begin to appreciate the the remedies are not just to treat "everyday moods" as the industry suggests, we need to take on board the understandings of both Homoeopathy and Ayurveda and with Dr Bach's input take them a step further. It is only then that we can begin to see what the Bach remedies are really for and to stand a chance of selecting our correct remedies. The above is the basis of understandings that have been used to treat specific states of mind on a permanent basis, if in doing so we have fulfilled the criteria understood by Dr Bach, then physical benefits should occur. The advantage of this knowledge is that there is no need to guess, go round in circles, everything is logically laid out. If the above is of interest and you would like further information, please get in touch.
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