Healing Gardens

Are there "good" and "bad" gardens?

To answer this question we have to examine the terms "good" and "bad". In my opinion good and bad are equally part of God, or the universal consiousness, or whatever name one chooses to give the universe. The distinction our intuiation or consience makes between actions is to further direct our consiousness towards God; this distinction is an illusion but it serves its purpose until we become so firmly rooted in God that it doesn't matter to us anymore because we see things equally. Therefore I see "good" as things that bring us closer to God or uplift us, and "bad" as things that distance us from God and drain our energy. Now because every being is unique this makes it hard to say anything is objectively good or bad because everyone's path is different so the things that will bring them into a higher consiousness will be different as well. It is however possible to make generalizations such as "killing is wrong" because this would be something that would spiritually hinder almost all people, but because of the infinitude of the universe, it is possible that in one situation this would have the opposite effect. It is important to remember that violence is almost always wrong, I am just stating that there are no absolutes in creation except for God. I would also like to state that this is just my view and I respect all peoples' beliefs.

With this view as the basis, it is easy to see what would be a "good" and "bad" garden. A good garden is one that uplifts and broadens the mind and spirit, a bad garden would have a constricting effect on consiousness . In the end it is up to our intuiation to guide us. The beautiful thing about existence is that there is no lost cause because everything can be transformed given enough time, so a "bad" garden could become "good". This is somewhat unique to each person but most people would agree on wether a place was soothing or disturbing, which is what enables us to exist in communties and societies.