The Beauty and Shadowy Poppy is the most used and misused plant by us as human beings. Poppy is also one of those perfect mirrors to us. It can be both a powerful teacher, an healer and an harsh poison. It all depends on how we approach and respect it. Poppy is a great controversial healer for it is a good ally for the lethargic, indecisive, uninspired; people who have difficulty in letting the energy flow, those that have the tendency to create these ‘’pools’’ of stagnant energy in their bodies. But, if it is misused or not respected it intensifies those same issues as a teaching. It is a common thing shared by all the powerful Plant Spirits, it can bring the same problems that it can heal, with a great measure. This is why I call them perfect mirrors, because they show us our deep will on how we aproach things and Life in general.
Opivm Poppy is a reminder of the happiness and joy that is this journey through Life, and the awareness of that is sometimes hidden by grief or sorrow that we are experiencing. It is not a medicine that we use on a daily basis because then comes the controversy that we are then trying to hide the grief and sorrow instead of integrate and heal. And there is a price to pay for it. We must always aproach those powerful allies with true intentions and work with Poppy as a reminder that this happiness and joy that it shows us is lying under and we must pave the way for it to express itself again into our lives. From here also comes its association with Death too. On how important the Death process is, that something needs to die for something new to flourish.
Poppy Somnifera is a powerful soporific medicine and opens us up to those magical spiritual realms in her dreams, a place where we can learn and heal. A powerful teacher and an amazing medicine.
Don’t get fooled by the stamps that someone puts on anything, try to truly connect with it and really understand it instead.
