Growing consciousness : the gardener's guide to seeding the soul

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Author:

Carver, Leo, (Dwarn L. Carver, Jr.), author.

Summary:

Through simple daily meditation practices coupled with gardening, you can marry spiritual growth and plant-based consumption to cultivate a more gratifying existence. This book forges an accessible path to self-discovery and truth; one that can apply to a small herb garden on the windowsill just as well as it would to a Buddhist Zen garden. Growing Consciousness will outline simple practices and explorations into the spiritual qualities of gardening and how one can marry spiritual growth and plant-based consumption to cultivate a more conscious and satisfying existence. -- Amazon.

Contents:

Introduction : seeds of consciousness -- The spirit that moves through the garden -- Plant gurus -- Soil -- Rooted in the mind -- Growing pains -- Water -- Soul in the soil -- Bringing the spirit -- Doing the work -- Sun -- Wisdom of Ayurveda -- Plants as messengers of prana -- Ayurveda in the garden -- Harvest -- Epilogue : you are the garden.

Physical Description:

207 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm

Genre:

Meditations.

Self-help publications.

Subject Term:

Medicine, Ayurvedic.

Gardening -- Religious aspects.

Spiritual life.

Gardens.

Publisher:

Mandala Publishing, an imprint of Insight Editions,

Publication Date:

2022

ISBN:

9781647224202

Publication Information:

San Rafael : Mandala Publishing, an imprint of Insight Editions, [2022]

Call Number:

158.1 CARVER

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Growing Consciousness explores the links between spirituality and the garden with a focus on Ayurvedic techniques and meditation.

Through simple daily meditation practices coupled with gardening, you can marry spiritual growth and plant-based consumption to cultivate a more gratifying existence.

This book forges an accessible path to self-discovery and truth; one that can apply to a small herb garden on the windowsill just as well as it would to a Buddhist Zen garden. Growing Consciousness will outline simple practices and explorations into the spiritual qualities of gardening and how one can marry spiritual growth and plant-based consumption to cultivate a more conscious and satisfying existence.

Author Notes

Leo Carver (Dwarn L. Carver, Jr.), has been teaching meditation, yoga, ayurveda, natural herbalism, and other holistic wellness techniques for the past decade. Leo is one of the coauthors of Your Roadmap to Purpose, Desire, and Destiny. He graduated from The Chopra Center (Dr. Deepak Chopra's Wellness Education Center) with a certification in Ayurveda and works closely with his wife, keynote Chopra Center speaker Dr. Melissa Carver.

Foreword	p. 6
Introduction	p. 11
Seeds of Consciousness
Chapter 1 The Spirit That Moves Through the Garden	p. 19
Chapter 2 Plant Gurus	p. 35
Soil	p. 55
Chapter 3 Rooted in the Mind	p. 57
Chapter 4 Growing Pains	p. 71
Water	p. 83
Chapter 5 Soul in the Soil	p. 85
Chapter 6 Bringing the Spirit	p. 101
Chapter 7 Doing the Work	p. 121
Sun	p. 139
Chapter 8 Wisdom of Ayurveda	p. 141
Chapter 9 Plants as Messengers of Prana	p. 155
Chapter 10 Ayurveda in the Garden	p. 171
Harvest	p. 201
Epilogue: You Are the Garden	p. 203

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