Bougainvillea for Children

Creativity is the keyword for many activities that let us experience such a focused and almost trance-like state, e.g. when we make music or paint or plant a garden or whatever. Bougainvillea is the poet among flower essences.

It is about being absorbed in fantasy, making the impossible possible, imagining the unimaginable, taking pleasure in the wonders of life that so often get lost in the prosaic daily routine and no longer receive any attention. It is about anticipating a telephone call just before it rings, recognising images and meanings in the constellation of clouds in the sky, in the flames of the fire or even just the drape of a curtain.

To create something wonderful out of something sober, to elicit a sparkle from what appears grey in grey - abilities that are inherent in every child and the loss of which entails inestimable forfeiture in quality of life. Those who lose access to their inner child may later only find pleasure in arranging their books on the shelf according to size or removing every germinating dandelion plant from the lawn that has been mown with millimetre precision. A road may then only be tar and asphalt instead of a path to adventure. 

Animals can no longer talk to you and you can’t talk to them anyway, but what’s the point? Animals are stupid, they follow their instincts and have no feelings. That’s why we draw the wrong conclusions or ignore the meaning when our dog lays its head on our lap when we are sad or our cat lays on our aching spot and seems to send healing energies with its body heat. Animals do not (usually) need bougainvillea - but it can open the eyes of humans.

Bougainvillea is for the children who are admonished at school not to dream or doodle. It makes you develop self-confidence for what you are and what you can do. Without imagination, the earth becomes rectangular. Bougainvillea strengthens children and their abilities, makes them fight back when they are forced to divide the world into ones and zeros, makes them dance so gracefully out of line that even ossified spectators find pleasure in it.

For adults, it gives them new access to their creative side. You want to write a love letter and can only manage something that reads like a shopping list? You need Bougainvillea! Your inner world will gain a new dimension. It’s not about taking away ratiocination and routine, it’s about adding a fun, creative, soulful and magical component. Decide for yourself what is appropriate at what time, but don’t condemn any part of yourself. This is the recipe to a fulfilled life.

Let your inner child recognise magical worlds in the grey everyday. Learn to become open in meditation to whatever may come, however little you expect. Support your relaxation exercises such as autogenic training or similar and deepen your fantasy journeys. Flirt with everyday life! Bougainvillea will help you.