The mind becoming greener

The kind of “re-wilding of the mind” I’m advocating is practical, entangled and accessible. Getting to know plants better does not require pilgrimages to places where old growth giants tower over lush, pristine forests. That is, of course, an effective way of nudging the mind towards plants and their significance, their power. But not as easily integrated to a busy life, and therefore less likely to effect change.

Another way – a better way? – is to plant, microgreens at home. Using a grow light, the marvel of creation becomes insidious, inescapable. And it fits your lifestyle and your budget. Buying a microgreens kit, batteries included, is inexpensive relative to a trip to the Pacific Northwest of North America.

Plants grow from seeds. Tending to microgreens is an opportunity to see, more closely, the reliable miracle happening all around us: seeds becoming plants. The sacred Bodhi tree that shaded the Buddha’s transcendence, the mighty, millenary Sequoias of Northern California and the explosive beauty of Japanese sakura… they all have much in common with the microgreens you can grow at home. Each of them is a variation on a theme. A wonderful riff on a masterful genre of creation.