Spiritual gardening, the way out of suffering.

Submitted by Aurora Christialis on

Permaculture Womens Guild

Ever walked along a Chinese garden, public or private, urban or rural? It’s interesting maybe for you to know that if you did, it taught you how to deal with your personal demons. The topic today is spiritual gardening, or insight-gardening, or how to make the most out of your spiritual garden design. I’m at a crossroads. I have land and I’m trying to figure out how to do the best design project I possibly can. So, I’m stuck filling everything with trees at the moment. I’ve planted so far 3 trees up front and 5 trees out back. It’s…

The Right Question

Submitted by Aurora Christialis on

Permaculture Womens Guild

For most of my career as advisor for Results Based Monitoring (RBM) I supported government and NGO teams in changing their perspective and approach to the way projects are planned, implemented and monitored. The most important shift was moving from asking “Why” to asking “What for”. Over the years and decades thousands of projects have been implemented around the world in reaction to an undesired situation. Wells were drilled, schools and hospitals built, roads constructed, “because there were none.” (Yes, I’m simplifying.). Little thought was given to the people these projects were supposed to serve, until the day governments and…

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