We begin by acknowledging that, here in Nova Scotia, we are in Mi’kma’ki, the ancestral and unceded territory of the Mi’kmaq People. We also honor the African Nova Scotians. We are all treaty people.

WHEN DELUSION IS OVERCOME, UNDERSTANDING IS THERE, 
AND STORE CONSCIOUSNESS IS NO LONGER SUBJECT TO AFFLICTIONS. 
STORE CONSCIOUSNESS BECOMES GREAT MIRROR WISDOM, 
REFLECTING THE COSMOS IN ALL DIRECTIONS. 

ITS NAME IS NOW PURE CONSCIOUSNESS. 

​TRANSFORMATION AT THE BASE - THICH NHAT HANH