Lamu Provings

2.2 Ipomoea imperati

Trituration proving, 13-3-2011, Lamu

Provers: Prover 2, Prover 8, Prover 14, Prover 18.

Notes: Prover 2.

On our way to our house on Lamu Prover 2 saw heaps of plants lying on the beach in

the blazing sun. That night, walking between the houses, we saw long vines stretched on

the beach; “Would they have thorns”’. So we stepped over them cautiously. Next day to

the central house for proving the long vines appeared to be the same as lying on heaps:

‘Dessert Flower’. The plants were still lying there in heaps and the gardener was taking

more out. In spite of the sun they were still flowering. This wondered Prover 2 and made

him feel sorry. So he took some of the branches and flowers and told this to Prover 10:

“So, why don’t you prove it?” Humorous, and a nice idea.

So with Prover 14, Prover 18 and Prover 8 we started the trituration. In fact Prover 2

started, focussed as he was on the plant. The milk sugar was sticking to the bowl very

much. In the mean time, they were sitting not far from Prover 19, who prepared a plant

for the next group, Prover 2’s attention was attracted to the other plant. That bothered

him; he wanted focus on his own plant.

The others were discussing about an other spot to triturate. Prover 2 was not interested

being focussed and did not want to be disturbed. This all takes him away from ‘his plant’.

On trite Prover 2 has a caring feeling for the plant, he wants to do it well (it has to do

with the heaps of cut plants on the beach, lying in the sun).

Prover 8 wants to do the triturate very accurately.

Prover 2 feels a depth; not really a hole; something like a funnel. He is in a kind of fun-

nel, but it is not dark. The walls of it are rather light, with pink or lilac spots, the color of

the flower.

Prover 2 sinks in some grief, with shivers on his back, mostly under his shoulder blades.

He feels sympathetic, is focussed on emotions.

His fingers are sticky from the plant, the plant is sticky (like it winds around other

plants?)

Prover 19 comes to make pictures of the plant. And Prover 10 comes to check how

we are doing. Prover 2 feels deeply disturbed by them, he does not want them around:

“Leave me alone, I am busy! I am irritated, slightly angry. This is my world, that is where

I am!”

Observation: Prover 8 was triturating intensely, powerful. Prover 18 now is triturating

slowly and very intensely; it is almost impressive for the attention or the tension she has.

Prover 2 will be the next; and he longs to get rid of this intensity she has with the plant.

He wants to trite lightly and powerfully; when it will be his turn…

In other groups they laugh, are happy. We are not, we are silent and focussed

Its almost Prover 2’s turn. He gets rid of the depth, the concentration. For a moment he

has the opportunity to let loose, look around; he gets some air.

Bur Prover 18 is very(!) deep (heavy?, struggling?, grieving?)

Prover 2 thinks: “This is just the first round of the trituration and I lived through so

much already”.

Prover 2’s trituration: (2nd of first potency)

On, On, it Has to. This while he is scraping the bowl; first with short strokes, small

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LamuProvings.indd 21 06-10-11 15:38:18squares but intensely and thoroughly. He thinks: “Intensely but small strokes, really not

efficient”. Later his movements are getting more wild. It has to be done, it has to. Keep

going on! It is as if I want to go through ‘it’, the bowl but something else at the same

time. As if he is digging in, smoothing like a kind of flat funnel, a hole.

There is an anger in his trituration and scraping. Almost a blind forcing through.

Only in the last part there is a relief: “I am through (it?)”.

Prover 8

Later Prover 8 is funny, walking around our table, kind of dancing while scraping. But

this disturbs Prover 2 somewhat too, she is so lightly; funny and irritating at the same

moment. It is not right, it does not fit the situation.

There is heaviness in Prover 2 (us?), silence; he is turned in himself. Then he says to

himself: “It is just a little (?) plant, but there is so much in it”.

Prover 8 keeps walking around us, almost mesmerizing, voodoo, spiritual.

Prover 18: “I almost get crazy from the tension, charge in all of us”.

Now Prover 2 is afraid Prover 18 gets crazy, so charged, burdened. A minute ago she

really was on the verge.

He wants to protest against it. “It is just a plant…”, as a denial of the tension, burden

and charge.

We are almost at 2/3 of the first round of trituration.

Prover 19 comes; ”You were to add the second part of sugar earlier”. He says it very

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LamuProvings.indd 22 06-10-11 15:38:20polite/cautious. That is like he is; or is it because how we are?

We are in turmoil: ‘We did not do it right. It should have been done differently. And we

tried all we could. It feels burdensome, we should have done better”.

We discuss: in some way it feels better to talk (about it), it distracts. And at the same time

it is not right, does not fit our situation.

Almost ready. Only still to add the sugar that we missed. Confusion is our situation; but

also Prover 10 and Prover 19 are somewhat confused.

We laugh, especially about the fact that ‘others’ (Prover 10 and Prover 19) make mistakes.

Prover 19 is busy with his i-phone: it distracts me. It interferes, irritates. I feel a kind

resurrection, rebelliousness in me.

Prover 18: “I am making a hole”.

Later again: “Distraction again, it distracts. It takes me from my path, my line, my focus,

my focus has a kind of funnel, tunnel perspective, I am not in a tunnel, really. But I am

not apt to leave this track (tunnel) either; I want, need to go on, further, finish it. Do not

disturb me!”.

And we laugh and feel relieve again when we are together again, the others having left

us.

We have a discussion about ‘who is in charge’.

Finally Prover 2 can relax a little again, just a short while. Because Prover 18 has her

turn.