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In the center of our recent ‘circle’ (Gardeners of Peace conference call, Sept. 29, 2007), we could sense a deep desire for a community of heart-centered people who are alive, awake and able to connect on an essential level, with the ‘gardener within’ and together as a developing community. It is from this ‘opened space’ that the collective wisdom, heart and spirit will continue to grow and take shape. The Garden (Gardeners of Peace) provides the 'vessel' in which this growth will emerge, expand and ultimately bear 'fruits' of all kinds, and where you are invited to reflect privately or aloud with others.

You may ask, “What is this Gardening all about, and what is in it for me?” Please realize that only you have the answer to these questions, and only you know how to contribute to make this world we live in a better place. No one among the Gardeners is here to tell you what to do.

We hope that you will find meaning in these few lines of introduction, as well as in the invitation, and that you will feel called to join us in our active search for peace, in our active gardening of our lives and of our earth. Gardening can be a very meaningful activity and a potent metaphor – and a very simple one as well. It is an activity that allows us to reach and tap our deepest identity: human beingness.
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Monday, December 24, 2007

Wintering and Sensing in the Garden

Hello Gardeners,
Checking back in since our first call as a virtual group, in September. There have been a few smaller, in person gatherings for "Gardeners" and for those in exploration. We continued to consider and share what "gardening" means to us- metaphorically and literally. Out of these and other conversations amongst Gilles, Tenneson and Lenore, the following question emerged:

What else is possible if we come together as Gardeners of inner peace and earth peace?



For those of you who were on our first call, or have contacted Gilles (Gilles Asselin : gilles@sococo.com), with interest, you have recently received an invitation for the second virtual gardening call on Sunday, January 13th, at 1pm, EST. If you have not received this invitation, please contact either Gilles or myself (lenore@lenoremewton.com) and we will send you the conference call information.


As we move into the winter, (especially in the snowbound, hibernating areas) with all her varied weather environments depending on your location, this is often a deeper time of reflection. For myself, in North Amercian Northeast, the snow and cold invite me to 'huddle' within and listen for any different quality to my sensing of inner wisdom. The journey of paying attention to and making room internally for wisdom to emerge has been new for me over the past year and a half. Although often thinking and seeing myself as a reflective, inituitive person, I have found new levels of learning and greater trust in the non-analytical. I have found myself 'following' where I go, what entices and calls to me, be this conversations, opportunities, or activities. It's been quite amazing to me to really practice the phrase "let your wisdom be your guide". I have just begun to tap into my own potential, without judgement, and enjoy the playfulness of not 'needing to know' . I have come to love the questions in life more than the answers- which I so readily peeled off in the past. I am consciously aware of allowing this winter period of time as a resting place, but one where growth deepens (as the seedlings do over the winter, getting ready for Spring).

Our upcoming call, this blog, and other potential face to face gatherings, are opportunities to think and sense aloud with others or within. We invite you to use them freely for spaces of reflection during your winter of questions.

I look forward to being together on Jan. 13th.

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