Day 8 of the retreat with Bhante Vimalaramsi brings a talk on "The Development of the Faculties". This is a useful discourse on the supreme development of the five sense faculties. Essentially, the Buddha describes how to control the mind's reactivity to agreeable, disagreeable and indifferent formations so that one can be established in equanimity. The discourse contains many good similes.Bhante Vimalaramsi teaches "TWIM" (Tranquil Aware Wisdom Meditation) that is based on the instructions directly from the Majjhima Nikaya of the Buddhist Suttas. The object of meditation is Metta and the Brahma Viharas and ultimately this meditation will lead one quickly and joyously to awakening & Nibbana in this very life. More information on this practice is at dhammasukha.org