Maybe you’ve had a motorcycle crash, maybe never? However, one day you might be in a similar unbalanced emotional, physical, psychological state caused by something else. So let’s say, this article is a little exaggerated in the aspect of first aid or in son of the alternative suggestions to do with the small accidents.

When you are living in a city where traffic is the biggest problem, the solution I found in getting from A to B was to buy a motorcycle. It is more correct to say a scooter than a motorbike, only a 50 cc Taiwanese model. It is red and has got colourful “comet” written on with a shooting star picture on it. PGO is similar to the well-known trademark classic Italian scooter, Piaggio, one of the most famous models in the world. That’s OK. The important aspect is being functional. I love this kitsch, economical gasoline-using scooter that I can park anywhere, negotiate through traffic jams and even go onto sidewalks briefly if traffic is “clogged up”. There is no better joy than going somewhere on my scooter on a hot, sunny summer’s day. I cannot quit riding the scooter, even after all the adventurous moments I’ve lived through of maybe being faced with death, or being maimed.

Me being an old Marmaris child, now living on a tropical island that has rain for 300 days a year, when i got my drivers licence, rather than using a car, i preferred buying a little motorcycle (my driving teacher is still telling his students about me as an example). The first accident on my scooter was by one of my friends who asked, “give me a ride” and as soon as he got on the scooter, he felt like he was in a motor cross race. He disappeared for two minutes. When he came back one of the indicator lights was broken. He broke it when he was leaning to turn a corner by an apartment. It was the second week after i bought it. However I tried to be spiritual saying, “I don’t care about material things”, something tiny inside me ached. After this incident I did nothing about the disappointment and sadness I felt, but when i think about it now, maybe i should have smelt a couple of drops of orange oil and felt joy, or put a drop of rose or bergamot oil onto my heart chakra because of the anger towards the person who had the accident.

The second accident of my scooter wasn’t my fault either.  I gave my helmet and scooter to my brother when I was going on a vacation. He thought he’d have a few rides on it and it looked so easy. At first he was going well and liked it. One day after a ride he came home and while he was parking, he engaged the throttle and brake together and hit the wall. He and the house were okay, but there was a big split on the front of scooter. It had been 2 or 3 months since I had bought the scooter. After I found out, rather than taking a medicinal herb or essential oil, I drank a glass of cold water.

I made a decision not to let others ride my scooter. Now I’d take care of the scooter. I didn’t want a third accident to follow this way and see people in danger. The scooter looked like a toy and because of this people misbehaved on it and it was damaged.

My adrenaline and feeling of shame was high at my own first accident. I left my flat at the light of dawn light went to my job and parked the scooter. The parking space was in front of a famous fashion designer’s shop. Two hours later, it started to rain “cats and dogs”. I went to start my scooter and take it to a sheltered place. My hand was wet and as I pushed the automatic start I gave it too much throttle. I was standing next to the scooter and holding both sides of wheel and the bike reared up when i gave it too much gas. The front wheel rose up to 10 cm below the window of the shop and stayed there for 3-4 seconds. It happened so quickly. I still don’t know how I stopped it before going through the window. People from other shops were coming out and staring at me because of the noise of the scooter and the absurd site. I sat on the wet scooter seat and left the area before i blushed. I came back to work and drank a chamomile tea. I had so much excitement and all of my nervous system was stimulated.  The relaxing influence of chamomile made me calm down a little bit.

Later, when I got back home, i made a frankincense inhalation to relax my breath and heart beat, which were going nuts. This helped me not to relive the scenario of “what if the scooter went through the window” thoughts which were hard to get rid of.  Frankincense was perfect because of its influence to leave the past behind and come into the moment. I filled the bathtub to continue the relaxing process. I put in some lavender oil (2 drops), the most relaxing oil known for centuries, a balancing and spiritually empowering oil; cedarwood oil (2 drops), so warm, bringing a joyful feeling, a good cleanser; orange oil (2 drops), mixed these into almond base oil.
 

While we are talking about aromatherapy mixtures, here’s some important information: generally, if you are making a synergy from essential oils, three oils are be enough. The amount of drops that are mixed into the bathtub, are between 5 to 10. That is enough. I advise you to mix the essential oil with a quarter glass of milk and then mix it into the bathtub when it is full of water. This helps oils to dissolve in the bath water so essential oils don’t touch just one part of your skin. Also putting the essential oils in the water last of all provides maximum benefit, because the essential oils vaporize very quickly.

I had my worst accident last year at the end of July. At the time a feeling of anger and heaviness was in my thoughts. I can’t say what was bothering me, except that I was feeling over-loaded with worry. I was feeling down when i got on the scooter. A small drizzle of rain began. When i came to an intersection of four roads, I saw a car coming from my left, I had the right of way and the car was at a stop sign. I was planning to continue without altering my speed. The young girl in the car slowed a little and didn’t stop at the compulsory stop sign. She casually looked at my face and wasn’t driving with attention. I braked and turned to the left suddenly so as not to hit her. The ground was slippery and i skidded. I was going in one direction and the scooter in another!
 

First I hit my head, then I felt my left side was cramping. My hand and knees were bleeding. Later I realised that my elbow was injured. I got up on my feet and because of the shock started to abuse the girl for her dangerous, careless driving. She had parked her car and come to help me. She was in more of a panic than me. In that condition, I took her telephone number and her licence plate number.  Two men with a trailer passing by offered to drive me home. I put the scooter on their trailer and came back home. My body was dirty and I wanted to take a shower as soon as possible. I began to cry heavily in the shower, my emotions from the accident now coming to the surface. It took one day for the pain to start in my body and this lasted one week! I cleaned my bruises by lavender oil. The antibacterial, antiseptic influence of Lavender is perfect to clean open wounds and also influences cell renewal. This made the wounds heals quickly. I put a couple of drops onto a napkin and sniffed it.  Lavender’s soothing motherly comfort was holding me together very well after this kind of trauma.

The fear in me after this accident was much more deeper than the others. I was reluctant to ride my scooter. Sometimes I was riding so slow it would’ve been better if I’d walked.  At this point, i took a consultant’s help. Physical wounds can easily be cured but for the deeper ones you may need this kind of help. For the fear, emotional and mental blocks, cedarwood, ylang ylang, chamomile, cypress, sandalwood, Melissa, black pepper, cardamom, benzoin, angelica, spikenard, and myrrh essential oils can be used. For me, i made a spray to use against fear and anger by using a cedarwood, ylang ylang and orange oil mixture and was using it frequently, wherever i was.
 

I had my latest accident again on a rainy night, recently. Maybe i should change the tires it slid terribly. I was on my way back home riding my scooter in miserable rain. There were 20-30 metres to my apartment; the rain was so hard that the inside of my helmet was wet.  My indicator lights weren’t working, i think the battery was weak. There was a car right behind me and i naturally drove slowly. I braked to go onto the sidewalk to let an impatient driver pass me. Maybe because i didn’t give a signal, my slow speed or the driver of the car has hormonal abnormalities, he tooted the horn in the silence of the night and i was startled. I jumped on the scooter.
 

I had had enough of a whole busy day, the darkness of the evening while is riding and the endless rain. Because of that I could feel the electrical reaction in my neurons and brain. I gave the driver of the car reverse victory sign.  Then, as i gave him my finger to signal my displeasure, I let go of the handlebar, lost my balance and fell down in a stupid way! 
 

It all happened in three seconds. Falling behind the car didn’t make me any more politer. I came home and checked for any injuries to my body. There wasn’t much damage and shock but the wounds on my right hand were deep. I went and picked up my little scooter and came back home. This time i had manuka (New Zealand’s tea tree) oil at home and this is the most antiseptic thing i could find. I cleaned my bruises with manuka.  I boiled linden flowers and st John’s wort mixture.

The soft and calming influence of linden flowers, and the effect of st john’s wort changing negative emotions to positive, is the mixture i used after the accident frequently. That night when i went to bed, i couldn’t sleep because of the pain in my hand and the ideas about selling the scooter! I made massaged my temple with two drops of valerian oil. I can’t remember how i fell to sleep. While my hand was healing and the skin was drying out i benefited from using pure aloe vera gel to moisturise it. 
 

I thank God I didn’t t have an accident that hospitalised me.  Accidents and illnesses are a reality of this material life. Rather than seeing all the accidents, illnesses and shocks that happen to me in this life as “God’s slap”, or “bad karma”, I see them as a chance to grow and improve my understanding of life and how i relate to life. I give my love to all the herbs and the essential oils that bring healing to me where there have been wounds and fear deep within me; for the healing of my spirit from the accidents I’ve had and all the other experiences where they have helped me along the way.