Enlightened Gardener Revisited

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On the twenty-third of June 1969, my associate, Dr. Janet Maxwell, and I boarded Flight 314 to London, the last leg of our journey to England. Once we were settled and comfortable, the plane’s engines droning in the background, I found myself pondering the enormous changes that had occurred in both our lives. We were now experiencing a quality of happiness that neither of us could have imagined possible a short time ago. The transformation started two years ago when I first attended a psychology conference held close to the beautiful little village of Burton-on-the-Water. There, I had had the good fortune to meet an extraordinary English gardener by the name of Andy Miller. I was so taken by his philosophy that the following year I had urged some friends, including Janet, to accompany me to meet with him again. This simple gardener talked in such a mystical manner that we barely understood much of what he said. But whatever we did absorb gave us answers far beyond anything we could have imagined to questions raised during our professional training.

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