Four compass points to orient around while on retreat: how you relate to the earth, to other people, to your body and to the sacred; an explanation of pūjā – recollections and making offerings, as with the offering of food.
It's one thing to cultivate awakening, it;s another thing to stay woke, fierce tenderness, we are the ones we have been waiting for, practicing for 7 generations.
The Buddha describes Wise Effort in specific ways. But we have our own particular ideas of what we want to accomplish. How to practice"when worlds collide?"