Midlife – Crisis – Rebirth – Ritual – Wisdom – Learn how to die properly
The Midlife Ceremony is a transition that which you go from being a young person to an older adult. In the middle of life we deal with our own mortality. The mid-life ceremony is a week-long meditation retreat in which we whole-heartedly reexamine life and death. The retreat takes place monthly on the first Friday until the following Thursday. Midlife is a time of radical re-examination of old patterns and values. It is often the time to take stock. This interim balance is not of a material or financial nature, but rather revolves around the meaning of life, one's own values and one's own visions. What is really meaningful for my life?
Empty handed we come, empty handed we go.
Oblation
600 CHF / retreat
All oblations are in Swiss Francs (CHF). No refund of the oblation. Donation page
Calendar
Every first week of the month the meditation week (retreat) takes place in the Honora Zen Monastery. The retreat begins on the first Friday of the month at 3 p.m. and ends on the following Thursday at 3 p.m.
Contemplation - Midlife
The supreme empowerment is understanding that which cannot be given or received. The highest level is reached when one understands that which is neither high nor low. When one understands that there is nowhere to go, one walks the highest path. What is most necessary is to understand what is without birth and death. The highest kind of right knowledge is to understand that which cannot be fathomed. Having understood that which is neither great nor small, one uses the supreme spiritual vehicle.
The highest view is to understand the meaning of nonduality. The supreme meditation is to be without direction. The supreme course of action is to be without grasping and aversion. When one understands that which cannot be attained by striving, one has attained the supreme fruit.
Zen Order of Switzerland