White Chestnut

Dysfunctional state of mind

Brooding over, repeated thoughts and obsessive worries

Innate resource / positive virtue

Concentration / Peace

Positive affirmation

"I let my thoughts flow like clouds: I am peacefully focused on creating my present!"

White Chestnut is the Bach flower corresponding to those obsessed with repetitive, unwanted thoughts that preoccupy their minds and interfere with work or the pleasures of the moment.

By nature, White Chestnut is inclined to focus on a single activity. We can say that Concentration is their innate resource. However, this ability originates from the tendency to hesitate compulsively about future activities which make White Chestnut anxious.

White Chestnut therefore invites us to develop the virtue of Peace, which is the ability to silence the inner voice suggesting obsessive assumptions about events that have not occurred yet, and concentrate on the present circumstances, whether it be work or leisure. In fact, what makes White Chestnut functional is not just the tendency to concentrate, but the ability to act in a focused way in the present place and time.

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