What can be achieved if we work at it.
Weeding the Garden.
Pauline at work.
Every problem is an opportunity for growth. Life is a problem if we think what is taught in the school room is all we need to know. Learning should extend beyond the classroom. We must think for our self and look for facts to substantiate what we are told. We need more than blind faith in others.
Jack playing in the garden.
Weeds grow and flourish with no assistance from the gardener. In the garden of our mind weeds can thrive if we are not aware and constantly weeding out the unwanted negative thoughts.
Zen Garden ,note the tree shadow on the rock.
Plant instead seeds of love, hope, peace and contentment. They will grow and produce medicine that will cure hate and despair and calming the stress in our life. Grow strong by planting good wholesome seeds.
Worker in Zen garden.
Focus your mind on good and feed good thoughts into your mind as everything you experience influences your mind either positively or negatively.
Zen green tranquillity.
Distance yourself from the toxic poison, that is too plentiful, in the modern world.
Weeds are always trying to invade.
In technical terms all the sensory perception you come in contact with affect the neural activity in your brain. Repeated experiences leave lasting changes in the brain. You could say repeated thoughts and actions form habits that can be beneficial or detrimental, depending on what you come in contact with.
Zigzagging bright contrast.
To find happiness, peace and contentment you need to plant good seeds in the garden of your mind and repeatedly weed out weeds that are overrunning and destroying your beautiful, peaceful garden.
A feast for the eyes.
The underlying cause of all life’s wonders and woes, man has created or destroyed, all the joy or pain can be traced to what man has planted in his brain, the garden of his mind.
A joy to behold.
Over centuries of history man has planted mostly weeds in the garden of his mind. The seeds of ignorance, fear, greed and hate flourished. Ignorance created gods, fear created submission to shaman, witch doctors and priests that claimed they could communicate with a god or the gods. Greed, hate and ignorance flourished under these conditions till the renaissance.
A star for perfection.
These mistakes must be put behind us. We should think for ourselves not blindly believing comments from witch doctors, spin doctors, or media rubbish.
Nourishment from the garden.
A point I made in my post ‘Elvis Lives’ shows one way to calculate the truth. Occam’s Razor is another problem solving principal that can be explained this way, ‘assume that the most straight forward or simplest explanation is the most likely to be the truth.’ I believe looking at people’s past history and their motives for making a statement helps make a correct decision on the value of their words.
The love of a garden…
Try to avoid most of the unsavoury, think and act positive. One suggestion is watch the news but not every time the same dreadful news is repeated. My wish is by keeping actively weeding you garden you harvest an abundance of nutrious vegetables, fruit and the flowers bloom in splendour.
is a garden of love.
Beautiful Jack 🙂
You are referring to my post or beautiful is not the word.
With a stretch of the imagination you could say, hansom Jack 🙂
Another idyll of jack and Jill; just that the Jill of nursery rhyme happens to be the ever beaming Pauline here. The zen gardens are more than beautiful, jack, and it’s analogy to gardens of our minds even more so. Year 2016 is going to be great if these gardens are any indication….cheers.
Raj, your comments are a delight to me. You let me know my writing is understood with words that give me the feeling we are close friends.
I predict the seeds in your garden are destined to burst into bloom. _/\_
Your post is just what I needed today with its strong words and joyful color. There is something about the human mind (at least mine) that needs reminding and I take strength from your writing, not only because it lifts me up, but because I can feel the comfort of kindred spirits. I don’t watch the news any longer or read the newspaper because I don’t want to fill my mind with things that are so negative or have been written to manipulate people and might not even be true. Still, “news” filters in from other sources, but there is less of it. I once asked the local librarian why 85% of our books on CD are about murders, murderers, bombers, and hijackers. I can’t find anything to listen to since I finished Alexander McCall Smith. She said they buy best selling authors. (?).
Ginene this comment is very encouraging. I sometimes wonder are my posts of any real value to people.
I also think is my writing only read by people that are already fully aware of what I am on about.
Kind caring people that are just being nice to an old fool.
Then when I visit your blog I think this lady is actually contributing to the good in the world.
I think we are kindred spirits and it is wonderful to find a venue where we can meet up in mutual support.
I will continue to write what I believe and try not to offend the people that are addicted to what I think is harmful.
I do not read much fiction but perhaps I will put him on my fiction list of authors. _/\_ Namaste
Jack, 110 people visited my blog after reading your reply! I can assure you that your readers value your positive thoughts and opinions. You are “a voice calling out from the desert.” It helps people. Thank you! -Ginene
So pleased you got a lot of visitors and I am sure the visitors were pleased they visited you. _/\_
I looked up Alex Mc Call Smith’s web site. As you said looking not reading I tried the Movie “Number One Lady Detective Agency.”
The whole movie was different, light-hearted and I enjoyed to very end.
For me to enjoy fiction to the end is saying something.
I spread my time over a wide range of interests so I think Ginene it will be a one off nice experience for me. _/\_
Hi Jack, I listened to the No.1 Ladies Detective Series on CD which I, in part, enjoyed because of the reader’s Botswanian (not sure of that spelling) accent and comforting voice. McCall did another series about a kid named Bertie that I thought was really funny because I enjoy dry humor. I listen to books on CD as I’m working on furniture. I’ve never seen the movie and I actually didn’t know a movie was made. Our library has nothing but fiction on CDs and most of it is really bad fiction, no classics, just formula writers. But, they are absolutely GREAT at borrowing CDs for me from other libraries.
Ginene
I put his name into Google and found a whole series for any one interested.
I am already over loaded with books to read and great things to do.
I am lucky as a dog in a sausage factory surfeited with what I like. 😉
Whether working in the garden of enjoying its beauty, I find it is always a place for nourishment and refreshment.
Very true Val we can find peace there.
Using the garden as the metaphor to
grow beauty in the mind or just to experience the refreshing nourishment of a natural garden is good. _/\_
Wisdom and Beauty… What a nice fresh breeze for a Friday morning. Love your words and the pictures. Thanks for sharing Jack. 🙂
Pleased you are back posting and visiting. I value your nicely worded comments especially as English is your second language.
To refer to my post as wise and beautiful is a real compliment as you are well educated in Eastern philosophy and being an artistic photographer. You are conversant with both ethics and athletics.
Looking forward to more of your posts containing your great photography and the wisdom of sages throughout the ages. _/\_
Excellent dear Jack.. I think you may well know how much I loved this post 🙂 Big smiles.. and oh so loved each and every one of your photo shares.. I have been doing some of my own clearing of toxic poisoning and planting those Good thought seeds of late .. 🙂
Wonderful weeding habits dear Jack.. Many thanks for all you plant in your garden of awareness _/\_ Sue
Yes Sue I have just come from your post. I found it excellent too.
I left you a comment saying how and why we need this quiet time. _/\_
Bless you Jack.. thank you _/\_
Thank you Sue I feel blessed every day._/\_
Amazing so much work put in to accomplsh this paradise.
How glorious Jack, for mind, body and spirit. Your garden is lovely~
I love your colourful garden.
It is a team effort Pauline and Jack.
Beautiful. Well done to the team! 🙂