Miami County Zin Retreat

Miami County Zin Meditation Retreat
January 25 and 26, Two Thousand Ot Seven
Cost: Free

Retreat Schedule:
Thursday, January 25
0400-0800 Sunrise Breakfast
Menu: Coffee and Khalua
Location: Sunporch

Activities: Oil or Watercolor Painting, Tibetan Incense Meditation, Zen Mondo Writing .

0800-0830 Break: Sponsored by Mickey’s Big Mouth. A Mickey’s Meditation Moment.

0830-1200 Annual Dear Antler Walkabout – Looking for shed dear antlers in the timber.
Location: Woods south of the house.
Activities: Seeking out wood nymphs who showed up last week, Looking for shed dear antlers, Accompanying The Old Ones* while practicing T’ai Chi walking techniques.

1200-1230 Break – No Food due to temporary fasting from daylight to sundown.
Activities: Mickey’s Meditation Moment, Pat dogs on the head.
Location: Middle Creek Winery Office

1230-1600 Grape vine pruning, Vineyard No. 1.
Activities: Set fire to several brush piles, do some chainsaw work along with pruning vines.
(3:00-3:10) Contemplation of reaching Point Alpha. Completion of 57th Revolution.
1600-1630 Mickey’s Meditation Moment
Location: Middle Creek Winery Office

1630-Sundown Evening meal preparation.
Menu: Curry Rice with Vegetables
Zinfandel Wine (Christmas Gift)

Sundown - ?? Evening meal and contemplative music.
Activities: Play guitar, sing, read, talk.
Evening Refreshment: Unfiltered Port Wine d’Espagne
Retiring: Practice Dream Yoga all night. Write down dreams for publication on Darjeeling blogsite.
*The Old Ones: Thus Gone Ones Who Teach Qi Gong and T’ai Chi. (See Also: Darjeeling Archive for reference.)



Friday, January 26

0400-0800 Sunrise Breakfast
Activities: Painting, Contemplation, Music, Work on Musical Instruments
Tibetan Medicinal Incense Meditation.
Location: Sunporch
Breakfast: Coffee and Khalua

0800-0830 Mickey’s Meditation Moment
Location: Living Room

0830-1200 Grapevine Pruning – Vineyard No. 1

1200-1230 Break – No Food (Due to fasting sunup to sundown.)
Location: Middle Creek Winery Fermentation Room
Activities: Planning Fermentation Room and Tasting Room Layout.

1230-1600 Grapevine Pruning – Vineyard No. 1
Activities: Being Mindful, Contemplation of Traveling Through Space.
Action At A Distance (Einsteinian), Focusing On The Planet That Orbits Upsilon Andromeda, Watching for Shadow People, and Wood Nymphs.

(3:00-3:30) Mickey’s Meditation Moment
Location: Middle Creek Winery Fermentation Room.
Music: The Fugs – “Try To Be Joyful”
Tom Petty

1600-1630 Mickey’s Meditation Moment
Location: Middle Creek Winery Office
Music: Neil Young

1630-Sundown Evening Meal Preparation
Menu: Grilled Chicken
Chardonnay Wine

Sundown-?? Evening Music, Discussion, Contemplation, Meditation, Being Joyful.
Evening Refreshment: Champagne

Retiring: Continue With Dream Yoga Practice, Write Down Dreams, End Retreat.