From the Book - First edition.
Start mindfully and with a clear vision --
Clarify your definitions --
Work with the active forces available --
Understand the language you have to work with --
Use your language to create poetry --
Study the mandala principle --
Understand scale and proportion --
Search for balance and harmony --
Walk in beauty, seek it and create it --
Find meaning through insight, take lessons from nature --
Turn aspirations into practical goals --
Examine and correct your motivation --
Learn meditation as the foundation of contemplative design --
Examine the environment without projections --
Consider your constraints and learn to create within them --
Organize your materials in coherent patterns --
Connect Heaven, Earth, and Man --
Achieve a natural sense of flow --
Arrange materials to heighten awareness --
Engage the imagination of the viewer --
Use visualization as the structure of contemplative design --
Evaluate the design and adapt it to the vision --
Opening the Eyes of the Garden --
Move from meditation to action --
Build a strong foundation --
Learn to listen carefully --
Learn the art of placement --
Define the relationships within the space --
Leave your attachments behind --
Spaciousness and Not Knowing --
Explore the don't-know mind --
Join time and timelessness --
