03什麼是精微芳療法？

03什麼是精微芳療法？

 

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These are by no means all the possibilities: you may well find yourself guided towards others of which I am not yet aware.

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精微精油的內涵

決不是（by no means）只有

auric massage行氣按摩

chakra balancing輪脈平衡

absent healing隔空治療

planetary healing行星治療

meditation冥想

ritual宗教儀式

以及

religious ceremony虔敬的儀軌

這些而已

所有的可能性是存在的

也許你正朝向更深沉的路徑開發

而我先前並不知道

 

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There are no ‘right’ or ‘wrong’ ways of working in Subtle Aromatherapy.

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對於精微芳療而言

無對錯、無方術

莊子天運篇曰

動於無方

居於窈冥

或謂之死

或謂之生

它是以窈冥來涵蓋死生

超乎一切自然現象之上

它的精微是玄妙而彬蔚

所有的可能性都能發生

 

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Provided you act with honesty and sensitivity, whichever way you work is right.

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只要心存虔敬、感恩

一切的工作方式

都是正確的

 

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In the past decade traditional aromatherapy has been more widely practised, studied and described than ever before.

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在過去的十年

傳統芳香療法

已經更廣泛地實行

研究及描述

比以往任何時候

都要來得興盛

 

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Thanks to recent and ongoing research we now have a wealth of knowledge about the physical properties and actions of essential oils:

their chemical make-up, their action against specific bacteria and viruses, why certain oils are hazardous, how they enter the bloodstream, how they affect the various organs of the body, the mechanics of olfaction and even a little about how they affect the brain.

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最近和正在進行的研究

我們衷心感謝

有關精油的物理屬性和操作方式

已經提供足夠豐富的知識

譬如：

它們的化學組成為何？

它們是如何對抗特定細菌和病毒？

為什麼某些精油是有害的？

它們是怎麼樣進入血液的？

它們影響到身體器官的哪些部分？

嗅覺是怎麼樣運作的？

甚至精巧到它們是如何影響到大腦？

這些都有精實的探究

 

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New oils are being discovered and introduced, as well as different varieties of the oils we already know.

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新的油項目被發掘而介紹

及不同品種的油推陳出新

 

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More books are being written, more teachers are travelling around the world sharing their knowledge.

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更多的書被書寫發行

更多的教師至世界各地旅行

分享他們的知識

 

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This does not necessarily make us into better aromatherapists than our predecessors who based their judgement to a large extent on the accumulated experience of centuries.

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但這並不意味著

我們比我們的祖先

在芳療這一塊領域裏

有更出色的作為

而是說

幾世紀以來

我們積累更多的前人經驗

以至於能做更大程度的判斷

這些基石是前人賜予的

沒有這個框架

我們也無法發展得這麼快

 

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It does make us better-informed aromatherapists, maybe more ‘scientific’ aromatherapists, though whether or not that is a good thing is the subject of much discussion and some disagreement.

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比起我們的祖先

我們稱其量

也僅僅是個資訊靈通的現代芳療師而已

或許更科學一點

但這種現象是好是壞

是否已經偏離了古芳療的原汁原味

這個爭議

就值得大家一齊來面對囉