Watching “Into the Universe with Stephen Hawking.” It is a pretty awesome series… and Stephen Hawking is a pretty amazing mind. Quite frankly, we are all amazing, imperfect creations, and we are all screwed (if we don’t get us, or a comet doesn’t get us, or a gamma ray burst doesn’t get us, the sun will definitely get us!). I’m not sure we can even relax enough to say, “at least in our lifetime the earth will not be destroyed how we know it.” I will say, that I think cutting NASA funding was a mistake.

The video talked of a planet “like” earth named Gliese 581g that I have since been slightly fascinated with… since potentially, in thousands of years, we might possibly inhabit it… who knows.

I burn a lot of incense and use a lot of essential oils to perfume my lotions, body oils, and candles… which brings me to the question… why can I not find nag champa essential oil or nag champa in anything other than a pre-made incense stick from India? I have heard that it contains essence of plumeria (that insanely awesome smelling flower) and sandalwood and various other tree resins? I have also heard it is psychoactive, yea.

Essential oils are necessary for hundreds of things. When you think of not wanting to eliminate rainforest because there might be a plant essence that can cure cancer… you’re talking about an essential oil… it is the unique arrangement of compounds all wrapped up in the pure essence of that plant that alters mind and matter states.

I’ve started my collection with a few: lavender, patchouli, sage, cedarwood, mint, sweet orange, and tea tree which is doable for about $50. I still need get some of the “essential” essential oils which would be things like chamomile, geranium, rosemary, and sandalwood. There is recipes of essential oils available in books and online that can aid you in curing/eliminating ailments of the body and mind.  After diving into the subject I am amazed and the possibilities that exist with the right combo of essential oils.