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The Enlightened Gardener Revisited
Author and philosopher Sydney Banks once again brings to life his wise and simple gardener as a voice through which Banks presents more implications of the Three Principles that create human reality, calling on us to realize that to fully understand the Principles is to liberate one's spirit. In this sequel to Sydney Banks� book The Enlightened Gardener, two colleagues return to England to meet once again with the remarkable gardener whose simple yet profound philosophy made such a difference to their lives. Their questions and the gardener’s inspiring answers help the reader gain a deeper understanding of the message of wisdom and hope presented by the Three Principles of Mind, Consciousness and Thought. First paperback edition; originally published in hardcover in 2006, 978-1-55105-158-1.
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168 pages, Hardcover
First published September 30, 2004
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March 9, 2021
Good advice but in a dated, hard to read, context which I found distracting
August 31, 2018
People learn in different ways so I will not fault those who find this book to be enlightening. However, for those who learn in a more direct manner, I think there are better books on the subject. This book takes a couple of fictional psychologists back to England to meet with a fictional gardener they met in a previous book. They cover the basics of Thought, Mind, Consciousness through a series of interactions which I personally found to be tedious and somewhat repetitive without being clear.
Again, it is a subject that most people should be aware of. The choice that they make is what to believe in is completely up to them. If you are interested in the subject, I believe that Tom Campbell -My Big Toe is better for the very logically minded. Robert Monroe - 3 "Journey" books are more interesting as general reading material, and Jerry / Ester Hicks presents it from a different view altogether.
Again, it is a subject that most people should be aware of. The choice that they make is what to believe in is completely up to them. If you are interested in the subject, I believe that Tom Campbell -My Big Toe is better for the very logically minded. Robert Monroe - 3 "Journey" books are more interesting as general reading material, and Jerry / Ester Hicks presents it from a different view altogether.
March 9, 2021
For the first timers, it can be a good 2-hour read to start with. I experienced boring delivery of the content, with increasing scepticism towards westerners picking up concepts from eastern wisdom and selling it across the world, as I went through the book.
January 7, 2021
The language is a little dated, and is essentially Buddhism thru a western lense. But kinda fun to see perspective.
March 3, 2024
Wonderful Overview
This book delves into all the elements of the 3 Principles in a warm and interesting way. I highly recommend for those new and experienced with the Principles.
This book delves into all the elements of the 3 Principles in a warm and interesting way. I highly recommend for those new and experienced with the Principles.
October 29, 2017
I think the notions put forward in this book are harder to grasp than those put forward in The Enlightened Gardener, maybe because this book builds upon the first! It took me a lot longer to read this as well, but I did put it to one side for two weeks or so because I knew I wasn't in the right frame of mind to try and appreciate the ideas this book was putting forward.
I'm still not sure I 'buy' into this, but I think I am getting the gist of it. Some parts of the book struck a chord with me more than others:
On Page 127 of my edition Andy says "...we live in a world governed by our thoughts and negative thoughts can enter our head so fast that it is virtually impossible to control them. However, if you can see that they are only thoughts and you refuse to put life into them, they are harmless." This really sums up for me why I try to think as positively as I can about things (even if my gut reaction is often the opposite), and try to look on the more positive side as I have found I stress a lot less when I do this.
This idea builds upon another quote I liked from earlier in the book - page 89: "...negative thoughts and feelings contaminate the human soul and spread mental imbalance, bringing to the owner a clouded version of reality which he can spread to others." There is a TV show called Touched by an Angel that I rather enjoy - and this really reminds me of a certain episode where Monica (an Angel) experiences a bad mood and takes it out on others. Her mentor Tess, then shows Monica how her bad mood and the actions she took because of it, ripple out and effect others, whose actions then effect more people and so on and so on. To me that seems to be a way of showing this idea to a (potentially) wider audience.
There is one thing that I really really do not get though. On page 43, Andy, our enlightened gardener, uses mathematics as an example and ends up saying that multiplication, subtraction and division are all addition used in different ways... Not sure I get that, but then I also disagree with the whole a square is a rectangle argument so... maybe this is a concept just beyond my grasp!
I'm still not sure I 'buy' into this, but I think I am getting the gist of it. Some parts of the book struck a chord with me more than others:
On Page 127 of my edition Andy says "...we live in a world governed by our thoughts and negative thoughts can enter our head so fast that it is virtually impossible to control them. However, if you can see that they are only thoughts and you refuse to put life into them, they are harmless." This really sums up for me why I try to think as positively as I can about things (even if my gut reaction is often the opposite), and try to look on the more positive side as I have found I stress a lot less when I do this.
This idea builds upon another quote I liked from earlier in the book - page 89: "...negative thoughts and feelings contaminate the human soul and spread mental imbalance, bringing to the owner a clouded version of reality which he can spread to others." There is a TV show called Touched by an Angel that I rather enjoy - and this really reminds me of a certain episode where Monica (an Angel) experiences a bad mood and takes it out on others. Her mentor Tess, then shows Monica how her bad mood and the actions she took because of it, ripple out and effect others, whose actions then effect more people and so on and so on. To me that seems to be a way of showing this idea to a (potentially) wider audience.
There is one thing that I really really do not get though. On page 43, Andy, our enlightened gardener, uses mathematics as an example and ends up saying that multiplication, subtraction and division are all addition used in different ways... Not sure I get that, but then I also disagree with the whole a square is a rectangle argument so... maybe this is a concept just beyond my grasp!
May 14, 2012
Sweet story. I got this at a consciousness, mind, thought, spiritual sort of workshop for my field of Psychology. I would say it is more spiritual and philosophical. Very simplistic writing style which is why I give it a 3 but the topic took up a full days workshop last week. An easy, feel good read that makes you realize you can be your own therapist.
April 24, 2016
Another cute and very simplistic book on the three principles.
The highlight for me was the quote:
"With our intellect, we discover
With an insight, we uncover"
The highlight for me was the quote:
"With our intellect, we discover
With an insight, we uncover"
October 24, 2014
Even better than the first book. This one dives deeper into the Three Principles. Loved it.
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January 31, 2019Very enlightening book on the 3 Principles of Life
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