
The Secret Teachings of Plants
The Intelligence of the Heart in the Direct Perception of Nature
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Stephen Bel Davies
All ancient and indigenous peoples insisted their knowledge of plant medicines came from the plants themselves and not through trial-and-error experimentation. Less well known is that many Western peoples made this same assertion. There are, in fact, two modes of cognition available to all human beings - the brain-based linear and the heart-based holistic. The heart-centered mode of perception can be exceptionally accurate and detailed in its information gathering capacities if, as indigenous and ancient peoples asserted, the heart's ability as an organ of perception is developed.
Author Stephen Harrod Buhner explores this second mode of perception in great detail through the work of numerous remarkable people, from Luther Burbank, who cultivated the majority of food plants we now take for granted, to the great German poet and scientist Goethe and his studies of the metamorphosis of plants. Buhner explores the commonalities among these individuals in their approach to learning from the plant world and outlines the specific steps involved. Listeners will gain the tools necessary to gather information directly from the heart of Nature, to directly learn the medicinal uses of plants, to engage in diagnosis of disease, and to understand the soul-making process that such deep connection with the world engenders.
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While a polished recording, the reader's voice is a little too formal. I would have preferred this in a woman's gentle voice since we hear enough male voices in this world.
A good book for opening minds and hearts. Practical tips for how to get out of your brain and sense with your heart.
Performance stilted
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This is exceptional ,...beyond words.
The comprehensive nature of Buhner's insights is literally breathtaking.
Bravo. We could use more of his work in audio.
Incredible insights by an amazing teacher.
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I never wanted this book to end
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Nice info, but the reader, well...
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transformational
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narrator distracts from content
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Superb!
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The first six chapters or so provide a fascinating reeducation concerning the heart. The physical organ in our chests. Buhner is a poet, but “The Intelligence of the Heart” in the title of this book is not a metaphor. This opening section is a detailed scientific (and to some extent sociological) treatise on the physical human heart as a “second brain” – and even perhaps as the primary one, making the brain in our skull a mere supporting player.
The heart is no simple pump for our blood. It’s a complete intelligence/sensory system that sets and maintains our natural rhythm, keeps us in synchrony with the rhythms of our environment, and participates in constant responsive communication with the people, animals, and plants around us via a complex array of electric fields. Buhner convincingly argues that if we’re only living in our heads, oblivious to the output and input of the sensory system of the heart, we are not aware of our full human potential, let alone fulfilling it.
The rest of The Secret Teachings of Plants shares a path of application of this knowledge to waking up our own hearts and reclaiming the ability to communicate directly with all of Nature, and here, especially, with plants. I have to admit I stumbled a bit here, mostly because I was listening to the audiobook edition during my daily commute, and lacked the ability to safely do any of the exercises. I will have to revisit the second half of this book one day under more settled circumstances to be able to evaluate it fairly.
I will say now, though, that the pace of the two halves of the book are jarringly different. The first, “intellectual half” can be absorbed in just a few mesmerizing hours. The second, “now apply this heart-knowledge to yourself and the world” half, approached seriously, would take months, even years, to engage. That I found the pace change disconcerting is probably evidence I am out of touch with my “heart brain,” and that I’m in serious need of these techniques. One day I’ll get there, I promise...
Before buying this audiobook, I read a few disparaging comments in reviews regarding the narrator, Steven Bel Davies. I want to say out loud here that I thought his performance was a delight – cheery, intimate, personable. He’s the polar opposite of monotone, which I guess bothers some people. But I found that his enthusiastic reading held my attention even in spots where the text did not. Well done.
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