Welcome

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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Tuesday, December 16, 2008

Starting our Walking Journey

Dear Gardeners, and Friends of the Gardeners,

How are you all doing?

As we are about to enter the winter season in the northern hemisphere, it appears that new activity is about to sprout – an undercurrent of weeding and seeding that will bear fruits in the spring of our lives.

Several of us gathered virtually this past Saturday and decided to start “walking” – start walking the Presence Process, a guided journey into self initiated by Michael Brown.

http://tiny.cc/q8lAh for a link to Amazon


It will take us eleven weeks –or eleven chapters of the book– to walk this process and we have formed groups of 2-3 walkers to make this process more intimate and easier to manage, from a logistical perspective.

Although it is up to each group to decide about their meeting patterns, it is very likely that each of them will gather once a week to reflect and share on what happened during that specific time.

Please feel free to join one of these groups; now would be a good time as most of us are planning to start walking on Sunday, December 21, which is the winter solstice.

Should you want to commence the journey at a later date, feel free to contact us and we will put you in touch with others who might be interested.

Wishing you a very nourishing winter season, and a beautiful 2009 filled with wonder and peace!


Gilles & Lenore
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The Presence Process - Invitation to Walk!

Sent November 14, 2008

Dear Gardeners, Friends and Friends of the Gardeners,

This is Gilles writing from the Garden State, with a unique kind of “gardening offer” today.

During the course of a recent Art of Hosting gathering, Tenneson and Teresa mentioned to me a book called The Presence Process – a book that leads us into a Healing Journey into Present Moment Awareness.

I bought the book upon my return and what I discovered in the first few pages made me want to enter this rejuvenating process, which takes eleven weeks to complete.

While talking to Lenore, I found out that she already bought the book, but didn’t have a chance to start walking the process.

We would like to “start walking together” early December, meaning that we would connect periodically to discuss our progress and struggles along this self-exploratory path.

We would like to invite each and every one of you to join us.

Please find attached a short excerpt of the book, which defines ‘present moment awareness.’ As well as a link to amazon.com where you will find additional comments.

http://tiny.cc/q8lAh

Depending on the number of ‘walkers,’ we will decide how to get together.

Happy Gardening!


Gilles & Lenore
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