Garden of One first came to me in poem form October 1992 while
meditating in the woods of Pennsylvania.
Shining within the Garden of One
transcending Time, Space, Expectation and Belief
shimmering droplets of Perfect Love
slip silently into luminous pools of Life.
Peace be with You, my Brother, my Sister.
Look beyond this Illusion, this Veil
to the perfection of Truth held within a flower's bud,
a child's laughter, a song dancing and whispering in the wind.
Garden of One is an organization dedicated to the blooming or flowering of each individual soul/consciousness; to activate and expand your full potential and your own unique, Sacred Mission in Life, through Education, Consultation and Transformational Products.
Sometime during the year 1994 I made a pronouncement to the Universe... I decided (in my "Infinite Wisdom" - tongue in cheek, folks!) that I was ready to do "World Service"... but of course I had a few caveats ("rules")... It had to be something that crossed all racial, cultural and language barriers; it couldn't leave anyone out and it had to work whether people knew what it was or not.... (somehow I thought I would be teaching some class or seminar). About a year later, after I completed the first 49 Essences, I realized they embodied everything I had asked for, I laughed for at least a week! The Universe has a wonderful sense of humor!
In the Fall of 1994, before a trip to Peru to experience the Solar
Eclipse (among other things!), I felt compelled to begin a garden
- not a small one either, 24 feet by 90 feet. Spring 1995, I was
given guidance to start making Essences within that garden. I
never had any conscious intention of making Essences (this seems
to be a universal theme among essences producers) but there I
was with an outline for 33 essences, one every three days. Every
component of the essences was in multiples of three - the hours
in the garden, the number of flowers used, the crystal patterns,
used even to the number of ounces of water used for the Mother
Tincture! The essence then "cured" in an antique bottle
from Lourdes for the next three days until the next essence was
completed, then it was transferred into another bottle. Sometimes
I would be given the name of the plant that the essence was to
be made from ahead of time, but more often when I went out to
do the essence the "plant of the day" would be "lit
up". As the Essences were being made I would meditate on
the uses and possibilities of that particular plant and the Essence
that was forming. As I went on, Full Moon Essences were added
as were the Seasonal Essences - these all began on very significant
dates. The first Full Moon Essence was on Wesak, a Festival in
India that's held every year that the location is never revealed,
and is constantly changed - each year thousands of people find
the Festival through their own intuition and guidance and Buddha
appears in the physical. The first Seasonal Essence was made on
the Summer Solstice which was, according to the Mayan Calendar,
the time when humankind must turn to their spiritual nature or
be no more.
When all the essences were completed I had to dig up the garden
and give it away! I was told that the Essences captured a certain
moment in "time" and were never to be made again. I
was given a way of homeopathically expanding them and told that
when they needed to be expanded there would be enough of them
out in the world (collective consciousness) that people could
handle a stronger dosage - so they are designed to evolve with
or to evolve the consciousness on the planet. Three years later
I discovered that when the Essences were co-created, energy was
pulled or drawn from the future into the present, it has taken
time for the world to catch up energetically.
Rachel Ginther, Alchemist & Facilitator
for Garden of One
Alchemy is the transmutation
of things (concepts, ideas, thoughts, feelings,
actions, individuals, energies) into a higher form for
the betterment of All.
Garden of One is an organization
dedicated to the blooming or flowering of each individual soul/consciousness;
to activate and expand your full potential and your own unique,
Sacred Mission in Life through Education, Consultation and Transformational
Products.
Rachel Ginther, Alchemist and Co-Creator of the Garden of
One Vibrational Products, has been making Essences since 1994.
She has traveled extensively worldwide and brings a background
of Sacred Living to all she does through teaching/sharing wisdom,
writing, consulting and producing the Garden of One Vibrational
Products which activate the healing potential within each of us
and create Oneness/Union in Self, Planet and Cosmos.
Vibrational Essences are unscented infusions of the energies of
a particular flower, crystal, color, symbol, seed, metal, fruit
(or combinations of these and other organic elements) in water
(and usually a preservative). They are designed to create a level
of consciousness that helps us to rapidly change, alter, remove,
improve our beliefs about ourselves. Each flower, crystal etc.
has a pattern to it which fits like a key into our energy field
or aura. This key opens us to accepting ourselves, moving through
transitions, accelerating our growth and therefore helping all
things around and involved with us to grow too. Because of the
energetic nature of Essences they are the basic building blocks
of Creation therefore they have their own intelligence. They are
designed to release energy blockages (core issues) at the root
level... In other works, we may feel we have an emotional block
in our consciousness yet that blockage might be actually held
in an unconscious mental belief we have about ourselves. We could
work for a long time on the emotional aspects of an issue and
not be able to resolve it because it is the symptom rather
than root. Essences deal with the root.
Vibrational Essences are Earth, People, Children, Plant and Animal friendly. Used in many different ways . . . you are only limited by your imagination! They may be taken with food or drink, put in your personal products (shampoo, creams. lotions etc), used in the bathtub, used in Earth Healings and other rituals, used with children, plants, animals . . . in whatever ways come to mind that honor and support the evolution of consciousness and the growth of humankind.
You can choose Essences many different ways . . . by reading the name and description and noting which one sounds or feels "right" . . . use kineseology (muscle testing) . . . intuition, guidance, instinct . . . check the energy of the essence for you or another by holding the essence to your heart or by passing your hand over it to sense its vibration. There truly is no "right" or "wrong" way to choose - simply pick and use the essences with which you feel most comfortable.
Flower/Vibrational Essences and Aromatherapy Oils are often confused... Aromatherapy oils or Pure Essential Oils are made from the volatile oils of the plant, they are the "physical essence" of the plant.... A Flower/Vibrational Essence is the energetic or "spiritual essence" of the plant.
I always recommend first and foremost that people follow their own intuition when using any of the Garden of One Products and Tools to Transform. This is the purpose... to get us in touch with ourselves and what best serves us at any given time.... Also the Applied Kineseology Technique listed below is a wonderful way to get us tuned into our systems. For myself I find that 1-3 drops of essence first thing in the morning (to set my energy frequency for the day) is a good guideline... For you it may be similar or perhaps very different - there is no "right" way..... Remember there are no rules for those that are willing to be totally responsible for what they create in the world...
The Garden of One Essences are preserved with Atomidine, an Edgar Cayce formula of atomic iodine. This is iodine trichloride, not the iodine found in shellfish. Many Essences are preserved with alcohol which many people are allergic to, my intention was to find a preservative with an extended shelf life that was compatible with most people's (hopefully everyone's) bodily (and energetic) systems. I have not found anyone allergic to it, even those with shellfish allergies have been able to tolerate the essences with no reaction. Iodine is used in water purification and is safe to consume, the Essences will have a slightly metallic taste.
Yes, the Essences are enough AND each of us has an energy field or aura that surrounds us. It has layers that hold all of the many things we've experienced in this lifetime and others. As many layers of the aura that are external to the body we have the same number that are internal. So the Essences work on our systems from the inside out, while the Oils and Mysts work from the outside in - As Above, So Below. The Mysts and Oils also have pure essential oil combinations in them that activate different levels of the physical and energetic systems.
As you're guided - I usually suggest that people test themselves in the morning using a method of Applied Kineseology to see what they need that day (or moment etc) - you can use them as often as you feel you want or need to....
Yes, absolutely - layering mysts is very effective...
No, just spray away! Pausing in between to feel the effects is a good way of being conscious with it all....
There are many methods that can be used to determine which Essence, Mysts and Oils are appropriate for you to use at any particular time. Dousing, with dousing rods or with a pendulum, kineseology using the name of the product, intuition, guidance or gut feelings are some of the many ways. There is a technique you can use to choose Essences, etc from the catalogue and you can utilize it once you have your products to determine what you need to use on a day to day basis.
Kineseology is away of testing the electrical system of the body to determine what maintains or increases it's ability to channel and direct energy for positive life-enhancing results.
Stand holding the bottle (or a piece of paper with the name of the item on it - multiple pieces of paper chosen at random and tested individually can get your intellect out of the process) with both hands, this creates a circuit and balances the masculine and feminine aspects of our nature. Hold the bottle at the heart or the solar plexus. Close your eyes, make sure your knees aren't locked. Now the important part.... ask a yes/no question, make it as specific as you can - "Is this good for me" is usually too general. The more specific you can be the clearer your answer. "What Myst(s) would assist me to my next level of spiritual growth?" "What would help me to release the emotional trauma of my childhood?" etc. So settle and center yourself and ask the question (to yourself) - if the answer is "yes" your whole body will move forward, if it is a "no", your body will move back. The experience can be subtle or quite dramatic - once again, this is about you getting in touch with you... ultimately only you can know what is right for your system, most people have that level of self-knowing in a dormant or sleeping state - these techniques, and the products themselves are designed to awaken, enhance, nurture and empower your own innate abilities.
What's so nice about this technique is that you can use it to help you choose anything from supplements, to food, to where you need to be for the weekend! It's unlimited in it's capacity.