Way back to Eden, Spirit and Garden have been inseparable. I grew up in a religious family that always had a large garden, but I did not experience the link of garden and Spirit there. I've always been fascinated by Zen gardens, perhaps because of the spiritual dimension, though I have had no desire to create one.
This spring, I gazed on an enclosed and mostly sunny fenced-in area (that used to be a paddock) at our new country home, began thinking garden, planning garden and eventually tilling, planting, tending and harvesting. In the process, gardening became spiritual practice for me.
It was not that I planned the garden to be a place for meditation or prayer, but that I found a still place there, a place to know myself anew.
Don't get me wrong...I was very intent on creating a garden both beautiful and productive. It was bigger than just that, big enough to hold the mystery of my life and the magic of creation.
I'll be pleased when you join me on my backyard journey. We'll see where the Spirit takes us...and savor the fruit we harvest.
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