A talk that explores our interest in gardening and the deeper satisfaction that we can get from creating our own special natural sacred space. Alan shares his own spiritual journey as his garden, Cascades Gardens, has developed over the years…
As a young man I was always curious about the deeper questions of life and about Eastern culture. As part of my degree at university I studied Existentialism, Metaphysics and Physics. I was struck by the nihilistic ideas of Nietzsche (God is dead) and the theories of Jean Paul Sartre (Being and Nothingness)…
When I was a child, I was told that God created the world and that if I put my trust in Him, he would show me the way. If I lived a good life with Christian values I would go to Heaven. The first book I was given was Pilgrims Progress, which filled me with hope and inspiration…
From 2020, in the covid years, Alan produced a booklet that summarised his feelings aboiut his spiritual journey, It included his travels in tibet, including Namso La Lake, his visit to the Dalai Lama in 1992 and his trip to Japan in 1996 learning soto zen meditation at Eiheiji monastery, and his visit to Japanese gardens in Kyoto and Nara. As a conclusion to his research on the latest findings of quantum physics, he outlines his awakening to the concept of being one with nature, or feeling intimately connected with the universe.