Category Archives: The Garden

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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The Garden: Conversations

Posted on September 4, 2014 by Bob Patrick

If we establish any sort of consistent relationship with the earth, we may find that we can begin having powerful, revealing conversations with special locations where we make that connection. My work with our yard and gardens has become that … Continue reading →

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The Garden: In Spite of Faults

Posted on September 3, 2014 by Christiana McQuain

I love animals, but I am not a dog person.  Until a couple of months ago, I had lived over 44 years without ever having a dog in my home, and I was perfectly content with that.  But then a … Continue reading →

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