Sea Purslane aka Star Flower - Sesuvium portulacastrum

This Flower was found at the edge of a salt pond where a continual wind whips across its blossoms.  These five pointed brilliant pink blossoms shine through piles of salt foam and relentless conditions that would leave most plants wilting and dead. Despite this unceasing climatic assault, this plant remains cheery in its Flowers as well as tasty.  I say tasty because this plant is a salad green used extensively in this way in Asia. 

This Essence first came aboard after a trip to St. John in 1998.  Since then I have found it to be a helpful Essence for remaining of good cheer during extreme, stressful, or traumatic situations.  I spent more time with this Flower on my 2002 trip and found out more about her.  Sea Purslane helps transform earthbound personal love into more universal forms of love.  It helps to release us from sorrowful burdens and disappointments about human love.   It helps us find a love that has no expectations of possession or specific outcome but simply  is.

One way in which this Flower reveals its support to transform personal romantic love into universal love is by the location where it grows, exactly at the bridge of land between ocean and salt pond.  The ocean represents romantic love while inland bodies of water represent spiritual love.  This Flower literally and energetically bridges these two worlds.

I AM universal love.