Permission to Breathe
Meditation Retreat for Powerbrokers
Not the same as power addiction.
Base camp surrounded by 3,000 acres of untouched nature — lakes, rivers, foothills. 3 km. from the Spanish river marina, North Shore of Lake Huron, Spanish, Ontario, Canada.
Four person limit, based on mutual aid. Donations go to the not-for-profit society. Open year round, by appointment only.
The Retreat
Zen oriented Vipasana retreats of a few days to a week or ten days — ideal for individuals and couples who want total immersion into nature. Prepared walks lead to meditation cribs and rest points with tent or log cabin shelters. Gourmet organic meals and study sessions prepared by your host. Non-denominational, guided meditation walks and talks. Unadulterated integral yoga. True radical vipasana. Herbal lore. 12 Step programs. pH Balanced meals.
We do not accommodate any group larger than four people. There are no set times or schedules — we are flexible and do not operate on regimented formulas here. You make your own plans.
Meditation Walk
The idea of the Meditation Walk is to see things as they are, without bias or prejudgment, and thus to uplift the vibration of self, from the intellectual material awareness sphere, to the intangible, esoteric, or spiritual realms.
This ancient path, walked everyday in the ancient pacifist traditions, both east and west, takes no notice of date, time, or environmental conditions.
We walk, we breathe, in and out, and we see what is there to see ... that is all.
An Introduction from Your Host and Trusted Servant
I am a recovering multiple addict and media addict, and my meditation walks have helped me and others to get connected to the real world out there. When I first started this practice in the late sixties, it was passed on to me under the guidance of my spiritual mentor and first 12 step sponsor, who used to take us on meditation walks and to many different kinds of religious institutions, in the study of comparative religion and philosophy, and towards an ecumenical praxis. But I lost contact, in my addictions, to all that, and now after many years of recovery, I wanted to "share my experience, strength and hope" with others, so in the endeavour to pass on this helpful teaching to others I set up the domain MeditationWalk.com.
Since that time we have had hundreds of meditation walks with people from all walks of life — but every day I do my meditation walk regardless, even if I walk alone.
Hope to see your smiling faces here ...
g~k~
The Ecumenical Pacifist Tradition
There is only now. All rivers flow to the same sea. We are all one, citizens of this planet, and the bliss of the most high truth, the messiah in each of us, shows us all that serenity and peace needs to be our primary goal and ultimate reward. To attain this we need only to see things as they are, with the eye of the heart. Join us and walk for peace every day.
Learn and Teach
A Virtual Free University* Think Tank "Peace Games" Project
- Peer to peer mindfulness learning exchange — we are all student/mentors, sharing with some of the finest minds.
- Based on models pioneered in 12 step programs and ancient oral traditions, both east and west.
- Home of Media Anonymous World Service — 12 Step Program for Recovery from Media / Power Addiction. The Portal Out of The Matrix: the only oasis in cyberspace for the media / internet addicts who want to come home to the real world. (media addiction i.e.: internet / VR / fantasy / power fetish / money)
- Anti-Nutrients Anonymous — the original Sugar (Sucrose) Addicts Anonymous 12 step program, now integrated into Media Anonymous, i.e.: zero tolerance of "junk food" for the body and the mind.
"Take the gold and leave the rest." Prayer and contemplation is asking our Higher Power for guidance and direction in our lives. Meditation is listening for a reply.
Location & Contact
North Shore of Lake Huron, Canada — 3 km. from the Spanish River marina
s-mail: MeditationWalk, P.O. Box 26, Spanish, Ontario, P0P 2A0, Canada
e-mail: georgekasey@proton.me · Tel: (705) 844-1888