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But, during the period of serious intensive work, it is essential to keep complete silence so as not to disturb others as well as yourself.
If you feel you may have difficulty with this rule, please contact the management immediately after this talk, before the course itself begins.
3. OTHER SPIRITUAL PRACTICES
During the course we ask you to suspend any spiritual or meditation practices that you have learned previously and work exclusively with the meditation instructions that are given here.
You have come here to learn something, to receive this teaching and in order to do this, you need to be receptive; you have to be prepared to accept the teaching and to accept the guidance of the teachers throughout your stay here.
At the end of the course you can make a judgement about which technique suits you best, but during the course please work exclusively with the instructions given, without adding anything or leaving anything out.
4. EXERCISE
There are separate walking areas for men and women. You will notice signs demarcating the boundaries.
Every reasonable effort is made to maintain the grounds suitable for walking but like any country area there is always a risk of concealed tree stumps or fallen logs, unexpected holes caused by animal activity or other hazards. If choosing to go into these areas you do so entirely at your own risk. Please take care. We advise against walking beyond the lit areas when dark.
Please restrict taking exercise to walking only. Please refrain from other forms of exercise since this can be distracting for your self and others. This is a rural area so please ignore any animals you may encounter while you are staying here. We do have rats on the property so please be careful not to leave food on the ground outside or take food to your rooms. Be sure to keep doors closed at all times.
You may have seen a ginger cat around the centre. This is not our cat, and the owners of the cat have written to us. So please do not feed it, let it in any rooms, or generally encourage it in anyway.
5. COURSE BOUNDARIES
For the entire period of your stay here there will be complete segregation of men and women. This applies to your contact with the management – men should contact the male manager. You should never enter the residential areas of the opposite sex and you should only walk within the male walking area.
You should also avoid any physical contact with anyone here, whether male or female. Please continue to observe this rule at all times, including day 10 and at the end of the course on day 11 as you are leaving.
6. LEAVING ITEMS IN YOUR LOCKER
We ask you to please leave in your locker any reading or writing materials, religious objects, intoxicants, tobacco or other smoking materials you might have with you. We also ask you to leave in your locker any mobile phones, cameras or audio devices. The centre will provide you
