LATIN: Yucca baccata

GOOD FOR: Military mentality essence. For aggressive, irritable, belligerent, overbearing people who control other people's lives.

DID YOU KNOW:

You are a very cerebral person who relies on visuals to teach you what you need to know. Others may also see you as very "spacy" and ungrounded. In order to learn, you need to see it with your own eyes in order to understand, absorb and appreciate it. Slide show programs, Powerpoint productions, movies and film train you quite effectively. With your powerhouse brain you are able to grasp theory and philosophy, especially the more complex thought processes such as mathematics, physics and the hard sciences.

HEALTHY YOU:

You can be a genius (definition: someone who has a focus on one skill and becomes a master at it). Your mind is not practical nor necessarily rational. Like Einstein, you are a dreamer with a mission. To say you're smart is an understatement--however, harnessing this magnificent ability is the real key here. In some ways you can be likened to a cosmic radar picking up information long before the rest of us receive it. Logic is an elusive quality for you, although you can be in a narrow definition, in some areas. For example, let's say you love computers; you will be a geeker for sure! You have a love of mental activities, be it speaking, teaching, writing, reading or delving into some high, mathematical or scientific bint. Some of you are going to be super scientific and pave new inroads into unknown areas of human development. Others of you are on the other side of this coin and will blaze new trails creatively in literature and the arts. You have brains and talent--don't waste them!

UNHEALTHY YOU:

On one hand, you can be very "cosmic" and "out there" which isn't really unhealthy. However, if suffer a terrible trauma, you can "split" and go into psychosis, MPD, schizophrenia, or other unstable mental realms. This is rare, but it is possible in worst case scenarios that we hope no one ever has to experience. In real life, you can be very confused mentally and forgetful. At times, especially under stress, you question your reality or which one you're living in! Daydreaming comes naturally to you and that isn't all bad--because out of that comes a lot of creative development. However, don't languish in that state. You still are in a third dimensional body and live down here and among us. Utilize your awesome brain power, knowledge and wisdom; don't throw it away.

PROVING:

SOFT-LEAVED YUCCA by ANNE ZIPKES

Copyright 2000 - 2004 Eileen Nauman
All Rights Reserved

13 Mar 2000
FLOWER ESSENCE LOG
Stage 1 Proving

Name: Soft leaf Yucca
Latin Name: Yucca pendula
Date: 10/13/99
Location: 9000 Block of Meadowknoll, Dallas, TX
Time of Day Picked: 12:45 PM
How Long in Water: One hour
Moon Phase/Sign/Degree: Waxing in 1st Qtr - 7 degrees Sag.
Astrological Phenomena: Fixed T-Square.: Mercury (11th), Uranus (2nd), Saturn
(5th) - Grand Trine: Mars, Jupiter, Venus
Other Phenomena: None observed
Light Conditions: Full-to-Partial Shade
Weather Conditions/Temperature: Intermittent Light Breeze - 90 degrees

FLOWER DESCRIPTION

1. Petal Color(s), Shape, How Many: Six ivory petals - long egg-shape
w/pointed tips - lucious/succulent/full/overflowing - every other petal having
dark gray/brown tip - some very light yellow-green longitudinal striation on
central ridge on underside - petals are heavy and thick - even when open, hang
down towards ground - growing in opposites on stem that grows alternately off
main stem.
2. Inner Color to Petals: See #1
3. a) Stamens (How Many, Color, Shape, Size): Six white, 1 1/2’" x 1/4’"
stamen - yellow anther - arching out towards petal - interior white petals
are concave, bell-shaped, arched.
b) Pistil: One large (2’" x 1/2’") light green base w/upper 1/5 creamy
white - stigma has six-petaled opening at top w/tinge of yellow down in
center. Ovary is very big, very full, very ripe/fertile/pregnant - ovary is
primary to flower - no hiding of anything - (so cooperative) filled w/many,
many reams of eggs.
c) Sepal: None observed.
4. Fragrance: None observed.
5. Stem: Primary: heavy, thick (7/8’" diameter), fibrous, smooth, green
stalk from fairly uniformly round at base to irregular sides and ridges towards
top. Secondary: smooth, stiff, 1/4’" diameter, in alternate growth pattern
w/ridge of branching off apparent in growth beneath flower stem. Tertiary:
short, single, round, smooth stem in opposite growth pattern supporting
flower.
6. Leaf: Long, lance-shaped in basal rosette pattern - coarse, rough, dark
pea-green color - pointed tips of leaves are sharp/draw blood - leaves are
flexible, unless you move into them the wrong way - newer/upper leaves grow
upwards in ’"Hallelujah’" - lower/older leaves bend to drape down towards
grown, protecting base of stem.
7. Root: None observed.

FLOWER ATTUNEMENT MESSAGE: Initial Impression: Fountain of bubbles - Bells - Joy - Inner experience of personal truth. Plant chosen was not the tallest in the cluster. It was the hardest to get to - the one in the group with most potential - somewhat protected by the others - the truest essence of the group. After journey: There are times for following the rules and times for doing your own thing.

Journey: Into base of plant: Fibrous, light tan, not dried out/not moist.
Roots: Shallow, light tendrils, susceptible to what nutrients are
provided/available - dark brown in moist soil. Stems: Primary: This is
straight, forward, directional, no questions, structural, on-purpose - lots
of hard work and sacrifice ’till I get to upper part w/flowers - then can
breathe and begin to relax and reap benefits. Secondary: Being creative, adding
one’" uniqueness, personal touch/signature/expression (individuation).
Tertiary: Believing in self - I can do - making it happen. Flower: Birth,
creativity - I am! I am! I am! It is as simple as that. Humility and Inner
Knowing - Spiritual Empowerment - Self Worth - Selfishness - Excitement and
Enthusiasm w/inner tranquillity - viewing the world from above ground level -
earned self-respect - no sadness or negativity - Pride.

PRIMARY CHAKRA: Crown
SECONDARY CHAKRA(S): Solar Plexus, Throat

PATTERNS OF IMBALANCE: Indiscriminate, over caregivers - Difficulty in
speaking up - Those that have no joy in living - Those who take things too
seriously - Workaholic - Repressed femininity - Dysfunctional upbringing,
based on rigidity/rules/duty - Unempowered vulnerability - Defensiveness -
Overly judgmental - Those without direction - Neck problems - Throat problems
- Sinus problems - Fear/Anxiety/Concern - Hot Flashes/Menopause - Fertility
problems - Low Self-Esteem

SYMBOLS: Three/Four bees bussed thru: Reminded me of a healthy expression of
our individual sexuality - Fertility - Be productive and enjoy what you’"
doing - How hard they work and how happy they are. The youngest of my female
dogs (and the most feminine-looking) kept barking off/on throughout the
proving: Reminded me to hear my own feminine side. Mosquito bite on right
ankle: Said: "Do it now!’"

POSITIVE HEALING PATTERNS: Learning to be of service to others - Learn to nurture w/responsibility - High productivity, while enjoying work -
Optimistic - Clear self-expression - Flexibility - Learn to move w/direction,
stay on-purpose - Open to individual creative expression - Experience the
macro view of things - Helps with heart problems - Helps with indigestion -
Helps receptivity - Altered states of consciousness - Helps with fertility
problems.

ESSENCE WATER DESCRIPTION

1. Tasted Like: Sweet, rich moss (no bitterness)
2. Any Taste in Mouth or Throat: Same
3. Affected Me Physically? Where? Sensations?: #1: Heat in back of throat
and in ears, light sweat on upper torso - Slight nausea - Vision of front of
abdomen breaking open in an expression of ascertain and growth - Slight
sexual arousal - Upper torso and head very hot w/light sweat - Kink-like pain in
back at neck, along vertebra. #2: Same taste - Pressure on right temple and
front sinus below eye - Pressure moving across face to and thru left eye, with
lessening strength - Bitter line across back of tongue - Dull ache on left
side of chest and in left biceps (not connecting, just simultaneous) A
feeling of fear and concern - Slight burning at back of throat - Bubble up thru
chest.
4. a) Color to Water: None observed.
b) Odor to Water: None observed.
5. Dreams the Night After Drinking the Flower Essence: None
6. Other: When I opened my eyes after Taste #2, things looked clearer,
sharper (as though at a higher elevation). Definitely experienced an
atmospheric difference. Saturn resonates strongly with this plant; i.e.,
bringing spirit to what we manifest. Also, both the feminine and the
masculine are strongly represented thru this plant. It seems to suggest that
we use are assertive, outgoing energy to voice and express our femininity.
And that that process is a healing principle.