Guest guest Posted January 23, 2002 Report Share Posted January 23, 2002 Hi Greg, to me, one of the great blessings of gardening is being involved with living entities that appear to be nearly egoless. Plants and trees do not seem to wear, to any great extent, those masks of personality that other creatures, humans included, cannot help but wear. A tree just IS, bestowing its silent presence upon those resting in its shade. In that, a tree is very close to the Divine Presence. Warmly, Michael > -----Ursprüngliche Nachricht----- > Von: Gregory Goode [goode] > Gesendet: Wednesday, January 23, 2002 18:36 > An: ; > Betreff: Michael and gardening > > > Michael, > > That's a very good point about gardening. Last year, a friend at > work was interested in a more peaceful mind and became interested > in Buddhism. She asked me for a few books, and I gave her some > nice basic ones. Even so, she found the teachings a bit, um, > foreign to her tastes. Instead, she took up a gardening class, > and really began to experience more peace. Last year, she would > get stressed and throw the phone down when talking to our > customers. Now, she's a master gardener according to her > graduation certificate, and she's much cooler at work! > > --Greg Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 23, 2002 Report Share Posted January 23, 2002 Michael, This is beautiful! Would you like to write this up for HSS Mag? Maybe 3 or 4 paragraphs on the blessings of gardening? Last issue jerry-san rinpoche had a nice article about a Zen garden. If interested, send it to me or Gloria, and we'll put it in HTML format. --Greg At 07:49 PM 1/23/02 +0100, MikeSuesserott wrote: >Hi Greg, > >to me, one of the great blessings of gardening is being involved with living >entities that appear to be nearly egoless. Plants and trees do not seem to >wear, to any great extent, those masks of personality that other creatures, >humans included, cannot help but wear. > >A tree just IS, bestowing its silent presence upon those resting in its >shade. In that, a tree is very close to the Divine Presence. > >Warmly, > >Michael Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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