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Book SynopsisThe choices every gardener makes influence how the world develops, ecologically, socially and spiritually. This book offers advice about how to use the garden to make the right choices. It shows how it can be used as a place for meditation. It is illustrated with line drawings and black and white photographs.
Trade Review"Unlike many other scientists, who spend their energy on their science and keep their own counsel, in this book Maser clearly and articulately applies his technical knowledge to his place in the world. "And, happily, he shares his philosophy with coherence and forthrightness. He's been thinking about humanity's place in the natural order of things for as long as he's been gardening." Bill Monroe, The Oregonian
Table of ContentsAcknowledgments Preface Note to the European Edition 1: MY GARDEN AS METAPHOR 2: THE GATE OF ECOLOGICAL CONSCIOUSNESS Gardening Changed the World The First Garden Gardening Is A Reciprocal Relationship Gardening Makes Ecosystems Increasingly Fragile Exercise in Conscious Awareness The Foundation of Gardening--Soil, Air, and Water The Wonder Of Soil An Ocean Of Air Water Seeks The Lowest Level Exercise in Conscious Awareness I Participate with the Whole World while Working in My Garden Exercise in Conscious Awareness We must Reinvest in Nature even as We do in Business Exercise in Conscious Awareness 3: THE GATE OF SOCIAL CONSCIOUSNESS Community begins in a Garden The Concept of Community Community Must be Human in Scale Exercise in Conscious Awareness Boundaries are the Language of Sacred Spaces Exercise in Conscious Awareness Rights, Although of Noble Intent, have become the Fodder of Injustice Exercise in Conscious Awareness The Misunderstood Privilege of Trusteeship Exercise in Conscious Awareness The Way We Participate with Nature When "Helping" Is Interfering Conscious Participation Exercise in Conscious Awareness On the Meaning of "Natural" and "Native" Exercise in Conscious Awareness Prejudice is Ignorant Judgment Exercise in Conscious Awareness The Environment is Our Social Mirror Exercise in Conscious Awareness 4: THE GATE OF PERSONAL CONSCIOUSNESS Self-Knowledge is a Lifetime of Discovery Exercise in Conscious Awareness I Relate to Life through Experiences and thus Know I Exist Exercise in Conscious Awareness Crisis is the Face of a Focused Opportunity Exercise in Conscious Awareness Change is a Universal Constant Exercise in Conscious Awareness I Always have a Choice, and I Must Choose Exercise in Conscious Awareness To be in Control, I must give up trying to Control Exercise in Conscious Awareness Killing is an Act of Living that I cannot Avoid Exercise in Conscious Awareness Death is a Horizon beyond which I cannot See Exercise in Conscious Awareness Grief is the other Side of Joy Exercise in Conscious Awareness Patience seems an Eternal Lesson Exercise in Conscious Awareness 5: THE GATE OF SPIRITUAL CONSCIOUSNESS Faith is Belief without Evidence Exercise in Conscious Awareness Stabilitas in Gardening facilitates Inner Transformation Exercise in Conscious Awareness Making Sacred that which is Material Exercise in Conscious Awareness Balancing Activity with Inactivity Exercise in Conscious Awareness Making Enough, Enough Exercise in Conscious Awareness Acceptance is the Key to Freedom Exercise in Conscious Awareness In Emptiness is Spiritual Fulfilment Exercise in Conscious Awareness Finding Peace in My Garden Exercise in Conscious Awareness
