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Change and Personal Growth - See Yourself and Your World in a New Way Through Science and Nature


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A basic principle of life is change and growth. Science tells us: Nothing stays the same. The flower bud changes and blooms into its own colorful expression. Like the bud, our own creative expression needs time for inner growth. We change and grow from the inside out. Inner growth leads us to take different actions with different results. We are evolving a new self with each choice. From science and nature we gain a new way of seeing ourselves and our world.

We are Light Beings living in a vibrational Universe.
From science we know that energy exists everywhere all the time. This energy connects each one of us and all living things. Light or energy vibrates. It has a resonance or frequency. Harold Saxon Burr, a Yale physiologist, proved that each living entity transmits and receives photons of light. Most important, he discovered that an entity transmits and receives photons of light according to its level of consciousness. Every thought, word and action causes a biochemical reaction that changes our vibratory rate and level of consciousness. At our most basic level, we are vibrating particles of light. We walk the earth in a glowing bubble of light.


Our surroundings quietly affect us in every moment.
Many of us decorate our homes with plants and flowers. We feel their uplifting effect on us and our environment. A woodland walk has an even more powerful, energetic effect on our state of being. The energy emitted by this verdant place affects our mood, our immune system and the self we're becoming. It flows into the core of our being. We feel our body begin to relax and our mind open to the here and now. These changes happen in real time. Nature's energy transforms us. Through our connection to everything in the Universe, we change and grow as we move from one environment to another. Our surroundings do matter.


Walks alone in natural surroundings renew us.
Some call this meditation practice an open-eye meditation. Imagine stepping away from the world into lush, green woodland. See the sunlight streaming through its canopy. Feel the warm sun on your face. Hear the small birds chirping and smell the earthy scent in the air. Take time to touch a wildflower that catches your eye. The big trees bless you from above with their light. You bless all things as you pass. Breathe deeply and relax. Breathing brings you back to center. Thoughts and cares melt away. You begin to soften and change. Joy and peace grow from within. A new you emerges and returns to the world.

We feel the magical effects of nature deep within us. From modern science we understand these effects are real. Nature's energy flows through us and literally creates a new self in real time. We are transformed. Give yourself the gift of inner peace. Spend time alone in a garden or woodland, on a mountain or by the sea. Anywhere that you enjoy. You will nurture your personal growth with this practice. You will reconnect with Earth and your true Self.
Mary Beth Ford, Ed. D., is the author of Wisdom from the Gardens: Life Lessons and creator of Garden Wisdom Teleseminars. She specializes in the area of life balance, which she describes as balance between world and Spirit. Through her work Dr. Ford shares her five powerful garden lessons for living with balance and joy. Using nature images she gives us an inspiring vision of ourselves and our world. She offers products online at The Garden Wisdom Store. To learn more, visit her website at http://www.wisdomfromthegardens.com and receive a free summary of five garden lessons for life balance and joy.
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Simple way to succeed in both worlds!


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In the overall span of time, we are a brief evolutionary experiment. Along the way we came to believe that we are different from other creatures. We came to see ourselves at the pinnacle of creation. But scientists have found otherwise. We are not so different after all. And it seems Nature is wiser than all of us.

Since ancient times we have been curious about how the world works.
Our guide for the past 300 years has been the machine imagery emphasized by such great geniuses as Sir Isaac Newton and Rene Descartes. They proposed that we live in a mechanical universe. To understand this complex system, we had to break it up into parts. Once we knew the workings of each part, we could understand, in principle, the dynamics of the whole. This world of machine images felt anti-human. Loneliness and a sense of isolation pervaded Western culture. A mechanical universe was the accepted scientific view until the twentieth century.

Gradually physicists began to realize that our world at the atomic level is an interconnected web. The whole is primary and relationships are the key determiner of everything. Knowing the properties of the parts can help us understand the whole. At the same time we can understand fully the properties of the parts only through the dynamics of the whole. Unseen connections exist between what we previously thought were separate parts. Our challenge now is to see the universe as an integrated whole and feel our connection to this whole.

Science describes nature as an interconnected system that tends toward balance.
Nature helps us understand the paradox in every living system. Each member exists as a separate being, yet at the same time as part of the whole. Each member has a unique role that fulfills its purpose. Each member's power to create or destroy affects the harmony of the whole. A highly stable ecosystem benefits from its diverse members. It shows that diversity and mutual cooperation are the secrets to success of any system. Within a successful ecosystem individual creatures must work out balance between independence and interdependence. It is this balance we must learn in managing our human affairs.


Everything in the universe is connected with everything else.
We're not only linked to each other. We're also connected to Planet Earth. Science and nature remind us that relationships are wondrously varied and complex. We need one another to flourish. Our work together must benefit each one's efforts to succeed. A world community calls us to live in harmony with natural and human worlds. It asks us to accept and appreciate diverse cultures-people who are different from us. It requires an open heart and a willingness to become citizens of the world. We do not live in isolation. Our lives do have meaning.

Human survival is facing the threat of nuclear holocaust and devastation of the natural world. These problems are systemic problems that cannot be solved in isolation. Their solutions require a change in values. We must turn away from an attitude of domination and control of nature and other human beings. We must turn toward one of mutual cooperation and nonviolence. Our actions affect generations to come and the whole of creation. Our choices now create our future.
Mary Beth Ford, Ed. D., is the author of "Wisdom from the Gardens: Life Lessons" and creator of Garden Wisdom Teleseminars. She specializes in the area of life balance, which she describes as balance between outer world and inner self. In both book and teleseminar Dr. Ford shares her five powerful garden lessons for living with balance and joy. Using nature images she gives us an inspiring vision of ourselves and our world. She offers products online at The Garden Wisdom Store. To learn more, visit her website at http://www.wisdomfromthegardens.com and receive a free summary of five garden lessons for life balance and joy.
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Life Crisis @ turning point!


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Life faces us with our vulnerability on a daily basis. We struggle to exert control. Often we resist change and prolong a crisis. Difficult times offer opportunity for growth and renewal, as well as depression and despair. These insights, drawn from science and nature, can help us meet life's challenges and make wise choices. Even when painful, we can create richer, fuller lives.

What appears threatening offers opportunity for growth and renewal.
In 1977 the Belgian physicist Ilya Prigogine won the Nobel Prize in chemistry. His work showed that any open system, when faced with change and disorder, can reorganize itself at a higher level. Prigogine discovered that change and disorder create new possibilities. They are essential conditions for a system's growth and renewal. We are open, living systems. We can adapt and respond to new information with resilience. During times of crisis, we can accept and appreciate life as it is and look for opportunity within each challenge.


We often grow the most during dark and uncertain times.
Perhaps bulbs, more than any other planting, help us understand that mystery is at the heart of growth and transformation. That bulbs bloom at all seems a miracle. They have lain dormant below the soil and survived a long, cold winter. The bulb is a food-storing structure. It draws on this reserve supply and thrives despite adverse conditions. Much of the change and growth from bulb to bloom takes place out of sight. Our own lives mirror this remarkable yet mysterious process. We draw on our inner strength and learn endurance. We find the resilience deep within to grow and thrive in difficult times.


Having less control opens us to new possibilities.
Prigogine helped us see change and disorder as an ally, not as a signal for trouble. Disorder creates new possibilities. Nature shows us the necessary link between darkness and the creative process. Times of crisis, when our inner worlds turn dark and cold, offer us opportunity for growth and renewal. A life crisis is a crossroads and a turning point. What matters most is how we respond. We face a defining moment. We can refuse to change - breakdown and dry up within. Or we can let go-embrace change and breakthrough to a higher level. Growth and renewal bring us new life. Personal transformation always empowers us.

We are spiritual beings here on earth to grow and thrive and enjoy the process. Letting go is part of our spiritual journey. Much of life experience is out of our control. But we do have the freedom to choose our thoughts. We can see ourselves, not as victims, but as powerful creators. We can notice only the positive aspects of each person, event and circumstance. We can fill each day with thoughts of appreciation. Positive thoughts help us use the language of possibility rather than despair. We make the best of where we are. We renew in body, mind and spirit. We create richer, fuller lives.
Mary Beth Ford, Ed. D., is the author of Wisdom from the Gardens: Life Lessons and creator of The Garden Wisdom Teleseminar. She specializes in the area of life balance, which she describes as balance between outer world and inner self. Mary Beth offers products for living with balance and joy at The Garden Wisdom Store online. To learn more, visit her website at http://www.wisdomfromthegardens.com and hear an inspiring video message from Mary Beth.
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