PEARS

a feminine expression

Music Player Instruction:  play and allow in the feminine energy

First year high school.  I went to a new school – a girls’ high school.  There, we were to be groomed to be professionals and future leaders.  We were not trained to be housewives and mothers.   Yet, we had to do a term of either a sewing class or a cooking class.
Both didn’t appeal but I chose a cooking class.  First lesson – we were shown the tools of the baker’s trade and were told that we’ll be making “a pear blancmange”.  I whispered to my buddy – “a what?”  She repeated a “pear blancmange”.  And that was my introduction to having a pear as a dessert.  To me, pears were the fruit from our pear trees. Now I was introduced to something new.  I hesitated at first and then got into this experience.  The end result was amazing.  A poached pear with chocolate sauce dripping and oozing from all directions.  We then had to sit together and taste our dessert.  It was delicious, soft, sweet and sensual – although it was not a word I would have known but it sure was appropriate.  We, the girls felt an energy that I can now describe – a feminine energy.  It changed my outlook re a cooking class and how I felt about pears.   
As time went by I noticed that pears were calling me and trying to tell me something. They appeared in my art classes – the Cezanne and Van Gough still life paintings. They came up in History classes – depicting them as expressions of their time – the female goddesses of ancient Greece and Rome. More pear stories came my way – as emblems and as sacred pear trees.
It is now that I realize that the spirit of the pear was with me since early childhood. It was inviting me to explore and express its feminine energy. It presented itself in the various forms – as one that is able to give and receive, is joyous, graceful, sweet, strong and flexible.

Pears are also the fruit of medicine. They have much to offer.  They are

• rich in folates/ vitamin C/ copper/ potassium/ antioxidants
• a prebiotic/ have dietary fibers/ promote digestive health/ lower the risk of type2 diabetes and cancer/ promote heart health
• full of plant compounds    –  red pears for heart health 
                                               – green pears for eye health

• anti – inflammatory
• a support to those trying to lose weight – being fillers [ water and fiber]

 

Miriam Broder

References
https://delishably.com/fruits/All-AboutFruits-and-Vegetables-Pears
https://www.hort.purdue.edu/newcrop/janick-papers/pearinhistory.pdf
https://thepresnenttree.com/blog/tree-meanings/pear-trees-meaning
https://www.healthline.com/nutrition/benefits-of-pears#TOC_TITLE_HDR_3
NOTE:  the above is my experience and my research into pears.  If health issues arise please consult
a qualified health professional

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