My friend seems ok for now, and no, I did not give him any sort of flower essence, with or without his knowledge.

Thank you both for your thoughts. I think that the question of whether a person is asking for help is a very important one. It is difficult to witness someone in a state where they might do themselves harm, but their path isn't necessarily for us to understand - or to meddle in.

I'm sort of glad this issue came up - my eyes are just a little more open.

Here's what I think, I'll start it with a disclaimer that it may ruffle some feathers but please consider it. I feel that we have been tricked into the idea that we need to develop a set of morality and integrity and ethical rules with which our minds will judge situations. I feel this is an unnecessary and even harmful reprecussion of religion and the struggle between power and powerlessness. I believe living your life attached to a sets of rules (even if their intent is just guidance) is a way that pulls us out of being in the present moment. It facilitates us judging the present through the past and increases the potential for repeating mistakes and/or compaunding old mistakes due to actions based in reactionary thought paterns. So because of the way we've been raised and the society we try to fit into and the ego, we develop a character to avoid taking responsability for the present moment. We identify only with how the moment fits our set of rules, instead of allowing for infinite possibilities and increasing the potential for clearing our karma in every interaction.

The way I see it is, the only choice of actualy using your free will to it's highest power is to come at every present moment trying to listen to your self, your intuition, to others, to the energy in the environment, etc. Pay attention to your feelings, they are an intuitive guide. Trust that you will know the right action when the time is right for you to act and concern yourself only with receiving and watching the moment as it unfolds. Watch and be in the moment with gratitude for having it and you will be charged when the time comes for you to act in the moment. In this way you develop your intuition, you learn to discern instead of laying down judgements, and you will have your highest healing and clearing in every experience.

Specifically, in this case, I would sya if you are groundd and your intuition tells you to slip in the essence then do it! Your friends spirit may be asking your spirit to help him, and you can trust that if you come from love your choice will be the righ one.

Prabuddh, I never claimed to be particularly intuitive, nor did I claim to be a healer, gifted or otherwise. Please do not put words in my mouth.

I believe I expressed pretty clearly that I was concerned with the ethics of the situation, that I saw the potential for imposition even where helpfulness was intended.

Can you understand that I was in pain when I asked this question? That I needed some insight and some objective guidance?
I got those things from the wonderful people here. None of them needed to tell me, "don't play god."

And Prabuddh, in the end I sent love and detached. I did not pray (except for myself) because even that can be an imposition. What will be will be.



I still miss my friend, though. :(

"Heal thyself"

it's a good place to start and sometimes, it's enough.