Dinner time...

After a day of silence (except in the meditation room) here we are sitting down to an amazing feast!

It has been a pretty full day with lots of sitting and walking meditation starting at 8 am with breakfast in silence, then the teachings began at 9am.  Moh (our regular teacher from Halifax) taught on the Four Noble Truths and the Path of Basic Sanity.   Too much to try and encapsulate, but a lot of it was centered around how to deal with suffering!   Not easy stuff to digest for sure, but i had many 'light bulb' moments for sure.

Here are the Four Noble Truths:

The Noble Truth of Suffering.
The Noble Truth of the Cause/Origination of Suffering.
The Noble Truth of the Cessation of/Liberation from Suffering.
The Truth of the Path.

This is the time when we all get to socialize with each other, have a couple of glasses of wine/beer and eat lots!   We had the delightful pleasure of one of participants, Janet, play her guitar and sing for us.   I joined in on a great rendition of "I Saw Her Standing There" by none other than the Fab Four!!!   We had a great time for sure.