The Book of Gardens
I Ching Meditation Mindfulness Poetry Ecology Economy Change Taoism Culture Psychology
: A Lover's Manual for Planet Earth
The Book of Gardens includes 64 six-line poems which incorporate the meditation method found in The I-Ching, the Chinese classic on Change, finishing with a lively discussion on where its psychology and philosophy are much needed in our lives Today.
“...you can hardly believe the extent to which this describes my own experience.. I'm actually in awe, gobsmacked! ...Philip has completed A LOT of thinking synthesizing explaining postulating, and practicing!!”
◊ Sara Grace Howard - Castlegar BC Canada ◊
A donation from every sale will go to the Johnson's Landing community.
"I'm breathless...this journey through "The Book of Gardens" has touched me so deeply. Day after day I was bathed (continue to be) by Phil's words. I was comforted and confronted. I was overwhelmed by curiosity and uneasiness. Urgency and calm. Intellectual stimulation and an emotional embrace. I am in awe of Phil's ability to lead me through one step at a time as if he were holding my hand and pushing me at the same time....His book has touched me so deeply. I'm full to the brim, shaken up, like love, at a stand still with gratitude."
◊ Maggie Merritt - Nevada City California USA ◊
“...The passion and beautifully crafted language unites the subjects of I Ching, meditation, economy, and ecology. I emerged with renewed excitement for meditation practise, and a deepened understanding of the choices we face for humanity to survive on this world.”
◊ Nicolas Albright – Nelson BC Canada ◊
“I am absolutely encapsulated!”
◊ Janel Dykstra - Vernon BC Canada ◊
“I felt somehow like a baby in this mature beautiful poetic world...shy... I received a wonderful gift... opening into a reality beyond expectation. Nothing to seek, nothing to wait or obtain. From a place of peaceful rootedness, enjoying this passionate exploration....endless in possibility... I read your book drop by drop and try to touch the nectar; the thread made of gold that the words are woven with...wow...awe...”
◊ Virginie Baysse – Nelson BC Canada ◊
I Ching Meditation Mindfulness Poetry Ecology Economy Change Taoism Culture Psychology
A donation from every sale will go
to the Johnson's Landing community.
I Ching Meditation Mindfulness Poetry Ecology Economy Change Taoism Culture Psychology
Written in Garr Creek prior to the slide at Johnson's Landing, and in the practice of gift economy, Sarsons brings forward his rendition of the I Ching, offering 20% of proceeds from this book to aid the Johnson's Landing community in recovery and transition from the largest landslide to hit the region in 12000 years.
Amid the changes upon us all today, what direction will you take?
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