"The human mind is a terribly wonderful tool yet a demonic prison. It produces language, music, concrete, space travel, cell phones, and printing. Yet it also produces racism, ethnic cleansing, torture, trauma, religious and political mayhem and intolerance, and war. The gardener obeys the rules of Nature. Nature produces countless profoundly harmonious qualities in the gardener—acceptance, harmony, compassion, friendliness, gladness, equanimity, gratitude, forbearance, and contentment. Gardening and meditation release us from our demonic mind…"
From my The Garden: Perennial Reflections on Beginnings and Ends Chapter 49 Demonic Mind
