BACH FLOWER REMEDIES:CENTAURY REMEDY
This is a unique remedy for the imbecile, the weak-willed people who have no individuality of their own, who are easily influenced by others and are used as willing slaves to do their bidding, who are used only as door-mat. They spend all of their time in serving others, but there is no grace attached to such service, just as there is no grace attached to the service of a slave to his master. A slave cannot refuse to obey his master, and he gets something in return by way of food or some sustenance allowance.A centaury person does not get anything in return for his services and he is not bound to do the bidding of the other person, and yet he submissively works for others.He provides the cheapest labour rather free labour to the unscrupulous persons around. He does the work of his colleagues in the office, while they loitre around gossiping, while he has to carry his office-files home in the evening to finish his work. He unduly tires himself out by over-work thus doing injustice to himself, and he contributes unconsciously to an evil in the society by encouraging people to shirk their duty and waste their time. We have said, there is no grace attached to the service done by centaury person, and yet service of fellow men as a very noble ideal is an accepted fact. It is the intention behind the service, much less the actual act of service, which earns grace or condemnation. Service to be commendable has to be voluntary, for the benefit of a fellow being, without any ulterior motive, and to inculcate humility in ones’ own-self. On the touch-stone of the above qualifications, the servile bidding by unscrupulous persons executed by centaury person cannot be named service of mankind. Yet centaury type is a good person-honest, meek, yielding type, never wants confrontation and always ready to help. But he is only good to others and good for others. He does not have an individuality. He has all the mental faculties intact but because of a very weak willpower, he always says yes’ to others’ bidding. He simply cannot say ‘No’ even if he knows that the other man’s demand is unjustified and even beyond his power to meet.*61\308\8*
