For people who are wondering exactly what it is that we are planning to do, Lama Christie has started to answer questions about retreat in her Monday/Friday meditation classes, and I have posted those recordings at the top of the retreat wiki https://www.dmes.org:443/index.php/3-Year_Retreat_Info. House plans and lots of other useful info are also linked there.
As for myself, I have been thinking about the small creatures and other beings that we can't see, who are living in the place where I plan to do my retreat, and who have held this place as their home for ages. Especially now there will be confusion, as digging has been going on, and the foundation will be poured within a week. So I thought I'd make an peace-offering to put in that place under the foundation, something that might appeal to them, or at least a token of recognition, so they might be more favorably disposed to whoever is doing retreat here. I'm not sure what they like, so I got a lot of things: coins, incense resins, bells, semi-precious stones, wisdom and practice scriptures printed very small, water from holy places, sweet-smelling herbs, natural tobacco, and things like that and put them in a vase. I'll bury it there before the foundation is poured.
