Monthly Archives: September 2014

The Garden: Single Story?

Posted on September 11, 2014 by Bob Patrick

“When we reject the “single story” we regain Paradise.” Ngozi Adichie* Here we are, again.  September 11.  Since that dreadful day in 2001, this date has raised many kinds of stories.  Stories of remembering.  Stories of loss. Stories of a … Continue reading →

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The Garden: Impact

Posted on September 10, 2014 by Christiana McQuain

“This we know: All things are connected like the blood that unites us. We did not weave the web of life, We are merely a strand in it. Whatever we do to the web, we do to ourselves.” -Chief Seattle … Continue reading →

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The Garden: The Body Knows

Posted on September 9, 2014 by Bob Patrick

You do not have to be good. You do not have to walk on your knees for a hundred miles through the desert, repenting. You only have to let the soft animal of your body love what it loves.* Some … Continue reading →

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The Garden: Glows and Grows

Posted on September 8, 2014 by admin

Spiritual Practices come and go in and out of our lives all the time.  They begin when we are just children. At some point we decide to take them on for ourselves and go from there. I teach at an … Continue reading →

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The Garden: Being of Service

Posted on September 7, 2014 by Christiana McQuain

“Helping out is not some special skill. It is not the domain of rare individuals. It is not confined to a single part of our lives. We simply heed the call of that natural impulse within and follow it where … Continue reading →

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The Garden: Mirrors

Posted on September 6, 2014 by Christiana McQuain

Nature is often used as a metaphor for the things that go on in our human lives. Children grow and “blossom” into adulthood, explosive anger is said to “erupt like a volcano”, every individual is “as unique as a snowflake”…  … Continue reading →

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The Garden: Getting Acquainted

Posted on September 5, 2014 by Bob Patrick

I don’t have the perfect explanation for it–perhaps not one at all, but I am convinced from personal experiences that we can make connections with places on the Earth that begin to feel like relationships.  Somehow, the energy that we … Continue reading →

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