“Walking is the great adventure, the first meditation, a practice of heartiness and soul primary to humankind. Walking is the exact balance of spirit and humility.”
Please come with your friends and family to this springtime mindful walk along the gentle footpath that borders six hundred meters of the federal government’s Trans Mountain oil storage facility. In this walk we honour the spring, its creatures (including us), and our hope that soon the facility will shrink, rather than expand, as now planned by the Trans Mountain Expansion Project.
During this morning, in walking meditation we will bear witness, with our whole being: body, mind, heart, all of our senses. Myoshin Kate McCandless from Mountain Rain Zen Community will offer some words of guidance, then we’ll walk in silence from the Watch House to the Trans Mountain storage facility and back, and close with a chant and talking circle.
Schedule
9:36 [For those using transit] Take Millennium Line to Production Way station to arrive by 9:36 At Bus Bay #3 get small-size 136 Bus (leaves at 9:41). Ask driver to drop you 50 metres west of Forest Grove Elementary School (on east side of Forest Grove Park) then walk 160 metres on path that goes up the hill, past the park, to the Watch House.
9:50 Arrive at Forest Grove Park, on Forest Grove Drive in Burnaby. The Park is adjacent to Forest Grove Elementary School. Parking is plentiful. Please immediately walk up the path on the west side of the School to the Kwekwecnewwtxw Watch House, a distance of 160 meters. [If your mobility is limited, please contact fredbass@shaw.ca before finalizing your plans to join.]
10:00 At the Watch House, Myoshin Kate McCandless will offer guidance on walking meditation. Members of the Prayer/Meditation Circle can address questions about the Trans Mountain Pipeline Expansion Project.
10:45 We begin walking, west along path from the Watch House to the tstorage facility entrance, then back to Watch House (round trip 1.2 km)
11:35-55 Close of the gathering at the Watch House with chant and talking circle.
Please direct any questions to fredbass@shaw.ca.
