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Actually make that a week add on> and make that Monastic rules, not order, other then in a possibly entertaining mythic sense. I was thinking of how I'd create a monastic order of my own design. The rules and regulations.. When they (I'd) get up, what would be eaten, what meditations and prayers done. What the belief system would be. Create it and live in it for a week. Some members here are already pretty monkly. I admire the discipline inherent in the monastic life; I could read about it all day. Yet that is the discipline, the life hack that would do me some good. I just signed up for 6 course craft beer dinner (it benefits charity), very decadent, feeding a very animalistic side of myself. I could use a week to counter balance it. Strictness, simplicity, discipline, spirituality. I'll use this thread to write down some ideas of Monastery ala Michael (Humanist Divinity Order). I'm hoping others will write down some thoughts and ideas too. What kind of monkish order, schedules and disciplines they think would make it a worth while week.

National Geographic documentary "Wu Dang Temple Monks"-

Boddhidharma & Shaolin 18 Lohan Hands Info on Boddhidharma (also known as Damo, Tamo, or Tatmo), the first Patriarch and founder of Zen Buddhism who traveled from India to China where he taught Yoga and the 18 Lohan Hands exercises, to the Shaolin Monks. These exercises became blended with many fighting arts over time. However, Bodhidharma did not agree with the Chinese Emperor's philosophy, because the Emperor thought he should build great temples in worship of Buddha and that was the best way to get to heaven and gain merits. But Boddhidharma knew it was only a person's heart that mattered and whether you are a good person. The Emperor and Boddhidharma did not agree, so Bodhidharma went to the Shaolin Temple and taught there. When he arrived he found the buddhist monks had poor concentration and their bodies were weak, so he taught them the 18 Lohan Hands routine. The 18 Lohan exercises http://www.shaolin.org/chikung/lohan.html Shaolin temple Videos Chinese sub-titled documentary about Shaolin Temple- Hai Teng and Shaolin- Shaolin Temple - Shi DeYang and Shi Suxi National Geographic, Myths & Logic of Shaolin Kung-Fu Music Video- Cool Shaolin Kungfu demonstration videos Videos with a monk named Shi Yan Ming Shaolin Kung Fu Shi Yan Ming in People and Arts Channel Si Fu Shi Yan Ming permormance in NBC Channel Shi Yan Ming Monje Shaolin visita Mexico Shaolin Childhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1zgp48SidH8&NR this video has close ups of the indented floors, made from years of monks stomping down on them- Training- shaolin entrainement 1 Shaolin taizu changquan YouTube - Shaolin taizu changquan