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SUMMARY:All Day Sitting (in-person and online)
DESCRIPTION:All Day Sittings are one of the most popular ways to participate in the work of Springwater Center. We come together for a day of sharing silence\, sitting\, listening\, and meditative dialogue. The day begins at 8:30 am Eastern Time with silent sitting\, includes a talk by one of our teaching staff\, a group dialogue\, and social time before concluding at 4pm. This provides a daylong retreat-like environment without the time or financial commitment of attending one of our retreats. \nIf you would like to attend an All Day Sitting\, please complete the All Day Sitting registration form. A contribution of $25 for members and $30 for nonmembers is requested for attendance. \nAll scheduled activities are optional. You may prefer to sit on your own indoors or out\, read\, or exercise. All Day Sittings are held in silence\, with time for socializing at the end of the day. Please contact us at info@springwatercenter.org for more information.
URL:https://www.springwatercenter.org/calendar/all-day-sitting-9/
CATEGORIES:AllDaySit
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20240220T080000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20240229T170000
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SUMMARY:Quiet Weeks
DESCRIPTION:The February Quiet Weeks offer an opportunity to create a personalized retreat while the Center enters into a modification of its day-to-day working life. There are many possibilities to connect with Springwater teachers in both group and private settings.  To register to attend all or part of the Quiet Weeks\, please contact us.
URL:https://www.springwatercenter.org/calendar/quiet-weeks-4/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20240210T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20240217T190000
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SUMMARY:Seven-Day Collaborative Retreat (online)
DESCRIPTION:This retreat is designed to create possibilities for members and friends of the Springwater Center community to explore\, look and listen–alone and together. There will be opportunities for talks\, dialogues and quiet sitting. Teachers present in this retreat will not give talks\, but will take part in all other aspects of the retreat. A sign-up sheet will be offered for any participant who wishes to give a talk. \nIn this retreat we are invited to collaborate\, to create together an atmosphere of stillness and quiet. And we are also offered the chance to explore what it is to give a talk\, to share what is coming up for us without interruption and in the company of friends. Of course\, no one is required to give a talk and a talk does not have to be long–just a simple sharing of one’s own words or words of others that one has found helpful. This collaborative format gives us a fresh opportunity to be with each other in retreat\, a new way to explore the work of sitting and inquiry. \nRegister here for this Online Retreat
URL:https://www.springwatercenter.org/calendar/seven-day-collaborative-retreat-online/
CATEGORIES:collaborative
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20240120
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20240121
DTSTAMP:20240106T203816Z
CREATED:20231129T170727Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240106T203816Z
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SUMMARY:Online All Day Sitting
DESCRIPTION:All Day Sittings are one of the most popular ways to participate in the work of Springwater Center. We come together via Zoom for a day of sharing silence\, sitting\, listening\, and meditative dialogue. The day begins at 8:30 am Eastern Time with silent sitting\, includes a talk by Stephan Bielfeldt\, and a group dialogue  at 3:4o pm. This provides a daylong retreat-like environment without the time or financial commitment of attending one of our retreats. \nIf you would like to attend this All Day Sitting\, please complete the Online All Day Sitting registration form. A contribution of $25 for members and nonmembers is requested for attendance. \nAll scheduled activities are optional. You may prefer to sit on your own indoors or out\, read\, or exercise. Please contact us at info@springwatercenter.org for more information.
URL:https://www.springwatercenter.org/calendar/online-all-day-sitting/
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20231229
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20240103
DTSTAMP:20231020T190422Z
CREATED:20191105T161816Z
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SUMMARY:Four-Day New Years' Retreat with Wayne Coger (in-person and online)
DESCRIPTION:Wayne Coger has led retreats since 2001. He worked with Toni Packer for more than 30 years\, and has been a staff member of the Center since 1983\, currently serving as administrator. Previously\, he studied at the Rochester Zen Center. Wayne writes: \nToni Packer asked me if I would share the work that we do with others. While I have never had any desire to become a ‘teacher\,’ exploring the work of meditative inquiry has been my deepest joy and passion for many years. What excites me is this possibility to look at anything and everything freshly\, without inhibitions or strictures. It is through this open inquiry that we begin to learn about ourselves\, to learn how we are when we are not bound by our ideas and self-images.
URL:https://www.springwatercenter.org/calendar/four-day-new-years-retreat-with-wayne-coger-3/
CATEGORIES:Wayne
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20231215
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20231226
DTSTAMP:20221209T153110Z
CREATED:20191105T160829Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20221209T153110Z
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SUMMARY:Staff Break/Center Closed
DESCRIPTION:The Center will close at the end of the day on Thursday\, December 14\, and reopen the morning of Tuesday\, December 26. Staff will be taking a break during this holiday period\, and then will be preparing for the New-Year’s retreat beginning December 29.
URL:https://www.springwatercenter.org/calendar/staff-break-center-closed/
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20231202
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20231203
DTSTAMP:20231129T172517Z
CREATED:20191105T155235Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20231129T172517Z
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SUMMARY:All Day Sitting (in-person and online)
DESCRIPTION:All Day Sittings are one of the most popular ways to participate in the work of Springwater Center. We come together for a day of sharing silence\, sitting\, listening\, and meditative dialogue. The day begins at 8:30 am with silent sitting\, includes a talk by one of our teaching staff\, a vegetarian lunch\, a group dialogue\, and refreshments and social time before concluding at 4pm. This provides a daylong retreat-like environment without the time or financial commitment of attending one of our retreats. \nIf you would like to attend an All Day Sitting\, please complete the All Day Sitting registration form. A contribution of $25 for members and $30 for nonmembers is requested for attendance. To register to attend online you may click here. \nAll scheduled activities are optional. You may prefer to sit on your own indoors or out\, read\, exercise\, or walk the trails on our beautiful land. All Day Sittings are held in silence\, with time for socializing at the end of the day. Please contact us at info@springwatercenter.org for more information.
URL:https://www.springwatercenter.org/calendar/all-day-sitting-13/
CATEGORIES:AllDaySit
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20231118
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20231119
DTSTAMP:20230325T152750Z
CREATED:20180926T153115Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230325T152750Z
UID:5178-1700265600-1700351999@www.springwatercenter.org
SUMMARY:Teacher/Facilitator Dialogue (Online)
DESCRIPTION:Online Teacher/Facilitator Dialogue Sessions begins at 1:30p.m. New York time. Following a 25-minute minute sitting\, two or more Springwater Teachers will dialogue about a specific theme or question. An open group dialogue will conclude the online event. For those who would like to participate via Zoom\, please contact us at info@springwatercenter.org.
URL:https://www.springwatercenter.org/calendar/teacher-dialogue-session-2/
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20231112
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20231119
DTSTAMP:20221124T141920Z
CREATED:20191105T160047Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20221124T141920Z
UID:4875-1699747200-1700351999@www.springwatercenter.org
SUMMARY:Quiet Week
DESCRIPTION:This November Quiet Week offers an opportunity to create a personalized retreat while the Center enters into a modification of its day-to-day working life. There are many possibilities to connect with Springwater teachers in both group and private settings. An extended retreat may be created by combining this Quiet Week with attendance at the preceding 7-Day Retreat. To register to attend all or part of the Quiet Week\, please contact us.
URL:https://www.springwatercenter.org/calendar/quiet-weeks-7/
CATEGORIES:QuietWeeks
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20231104
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20231112
DTSTAMP:20231012T150638Z
CREATED:20191105T155647Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20231012T150638Z
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SUMMARY:Seven-Day Retreat with Bob Dattola (in-person and online)
DESCRIPTION:Bob Dattola will give talks and be available for private meetings and the daily afternoon group dialogue in this autumn retreat. Bob has been taking part in the Center’s work since its inception. Important questions for him over the years have been “What is Truth or Reality?” and “Where can Truth be found?” In addition to pursuing his career at Xerox and Cornell University\, Bob has served as a trustee for many years and in recent years has been leading retreat at the Center. \nIn a retreat talk Bob gave in November 2014\, he explored listening\, understanding\, and another way of being that comes out of this presence\, this hereness. In Bob’s words\, \nIn this hereness there’s some kind of . . . intelligence that works totally outside of this thinking process . . . And it’s not just intelligence. The word I like to use is compassion.
URL:https://www.springwatercenter.org/calendar/seven-day-retreat-with-sandra-gonzalez-2/
CATEGORIES:Bob
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20231028
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20231029
DTSTAMP:20231011T141118Z
CREATED:20191105T154622Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20231011T141118Z
UID:4867-1698451200-1698537599@www.springwatercenter.org
SUMMARY:All Day Sitting (online)
DESCRIPTION:All Day Sittings are one of the most popular ways to participate in the work of Springwater Center. We come together via Zoom for a day of sharing silence\, sitting\, listening\, and meditative dialogue. The day begins at 8:30 am Eastern Time with silent sitting\, includes a talk by one of our teaching staff\, a group dialogue\, and social time before concluding at 4pm. This provides a daylong retreat-like environment without the time or financial commitment of attending one of our retreats. \nIf you would like to attend an All Day Sitting\, please complete the All Day Sitting registration form. A contribution of $25 for members and $30 for nonmembers is requested for attendance. \nAll scheduled activities are optional. You may prefer to sit on your own indoors or out\, read\, or exercise. All Day Sittings are held in silence\, with time for socializing at the end of the day. Please contact us at info@springwatercenter.org for more information.
URL:https://www.springwatercenter.org/calendar/all-day-sitting-12-2/
CATEGORIES:AllDaySit
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20231024
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20231026
DTSTAMP:20221119T152751Z
CREATED:20190830T184747Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20221119T152751Z
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SUMMARY:Center Closed for Staff Retreat
DESCRIPTION:The Center will be closed October 24th to the 25th to give staff time for silence\, reflection\, and dialogue.
URL:https://www.springwatercenter.org/calendar/staff-retreat-center-closed/
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20231013
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20231018
DTSTAMP:20221209T170928Z
CREATED:20191105T154332Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20221209T170928Z
UID:4866-1697155200-1697587199@www.springwatercenter.org
SUMMARY:Four-Day Retreat with Stew Glick (in-person)
DESCRIPTION:Stew Glick began working with Roshi Phillip Kapleau at the Rochester Zen Center around 1971. He later began working closely with Toni Packer and came on the Zen Center staff in 1979. Stew played an instrumental role in the land search and initial construction for what would become Springwater Center. He spent over twenty years on staff as assistant administrator. He was one of several people whom Toni invited to continue the teaching work of the Center\, and has led retreats since the mid-1990s. Stew left staff in 2008 to move to Rochester with his wife Lisa Schwartz\, and after a few of years he began an informal weekly group for people to sit quietly and inquire together in the city. He writes: \nAn important ingredient in meditative inquiry is this act of open listening. Listening\, wondering and not knowing: this can all happen alone or together with like-minded people. Looking together with others has the opportunity wherein someone might point something out that we haven’t noticed or seen before. In the spirit of something Nisargadatta – an Indian teacher – once said\, in an instance such as this . . .’What does it matter\, who is who?!” What matters most is the looking itself – in which there is truly no ‘me’ and no ‘you’. Can we meet together in that spirit?
URL:https://www.springwatercenter.org/calendar/four-day-retreat-with-stew-glick-4-2/
CATEGORIES:Stew
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20231001
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20231010
DTSTAMP:20221209T171136Z
CREATED:20191105T153712Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20221209T171136Z
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SUMMARY:Center Closed
DESCRIPTION:The Center will close during this period so that staff can take a break after a busy summer. We’ll be open again Tuesday\, October 10 and welcome guests and visitors once again.
URL:https://www.springwatercenter.org/calendar/center-closed-2/
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20230923
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20231001
DTSTAMP:20230721T223534Z
CREATED:20191105T153339Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230721T223534Z
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SUMMARY:Seven-Day Retreat with Richard Witteman (online)
DESCRIPTION:Richard Witteman will give talks and private meetings and will take part in the daily group dialogue remotely via Zoom. \nIn the silence of retreat\, space is here to pause\, to slow down. Space to see and feel and listen\, to question and wonder…to be intimately in silence\, in the heart of whatever we are\, whatever is here. Sunlight and shadow…trees and rustling leaves…sensations\, thoughts\, and feelings. \nThere is room to ease up around judging\, evaluating\, and improving ourselves\, trying to be someone and get somewhere…softening around the impulse to figure things out\, to know who we are and where we are.
URL:https://www.springwatercenter.org/calendar/seven-day-retreat-with-richard-witteman-4-2/
CATEGORIES:Richard
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20230910
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20230923
DTSTAMP:20221209T171134Z
CREATED:20191102T171846Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20221209T171134Z
UID:4857-1694304000-1695427199@www.springwatercenter.org
SUMMARY:Quiet Weeks
DESCRIPTION:Quiet Weeks offer an opportunity to create a personalized retreat while the Center enters into a modification of its day-to-day working life. There are many possibilities to connect with the Springwater teachers in both group and private settings. An extended retreat may be created by combining these Quiet Weeks with attendance at the adjacent retreats. To register to attend all or part of the Quiet Weeks\, please complete our Guest Stay Application.
URL:https://www.springwatercenter.org/calendar/quiet-weeks-6/
CATEGORIES:QuietWeeks
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20230902
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20230910
DTSTAMP:20230823T124119Z
CREATED:20191102T174217Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230823T124119Z
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SUMMARY:Seven-Day Retreat with Sandra Gonzalez and Susan Schepp (in-person and online)
DESCRIPTION:Sandra and Susan have been engaged in meditation and meditative work at the Center for many years. Sandra give talks and take part in the afternoon group dialogues\, as well as being available for group and private meetings. Susan hopes to attend the retreat\, but health issues unfortunately limit the extent that she can participate. \nSandra Gonzalez has led retreats in both English and Spanish for several years. She began working with Toni in 1988. Previously\, she studied at other meditation centers. Sandra was born and raised in Nicaragua. She leads or participates in retreats in Springwater and other locations each year. She writes: \nPresence invites presence when there is no resistance\, no ownership of ideas\, experiences or things\, no worrying\, no hurrying\, no judging\, no defending–just the ease of life when we meet without wanting things to be otherwise. Certainly we all can participate; presence is free and available to all of us. There is a true beauty in this. \nSusan Schepp has a deep commitment to meditative work and has been involved in the Center since its inception. She has a small collection of poems she’s written at the Center\, including one she read during a talk last June: \nRipples upon ripples\nstretch across the pond\nThe golden glistening stems of cattails\nbend graciously in the wind\npaying homage to the day.\nLeaves released from their trees\ngently float across the sky.\nOne wonders\nis there really such a thing as inside and out?
URL:https://www.springwatercenter.org/calendar/seven-day-retreat-with-sandra-gonzalez-and-susan-schepp-2-2/
CATEGORIES:Sandra,Susan
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20230812
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20230820
DTSTAMP:20230525T212745Z
CREATED:20200602T171451Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230525T212745Z
UID:4856-1691798400-1692489599@www.springwatercenter.org
SUMMARY:Seven-Day Retreat with Sandra Gonzalez (in-person and online)
DESCRIPTION:This summer retreat was originally scheduled to be with Bob Dattola. Bob is unable to hold this retreat at this time\, and Sandra will fill in for him. Another change is that this retreat will be both in person and online. \nSandra Gonzalez will give talks and meet with participants privately and in the afternoon dialogue group in this retreat. \nSandra began working with Toni Packer in 1988. Previously\, she studied at other meditation centers. in 2003 Toni asked her to be one of the people to help carry on the meditative work of the Center. Sandra spends part of the year in Springwater. She also leads or participates in several retreats away from Springwater each year. \nBorn and raised in Nicaragua\, Sandra has three children and seven grandchildren that she visits regularly. She can be contacted by e-mail in English or Spanish at sgonzalh@hotmail.com. \nSandra writes: \nPresence invites presence when there is no resistance\, no ownership of ideas\, experiences or things\, no worrying\, no hurrying\, no judging\, no defending–just the ease of life when we meet without wanting things to be otherwise. Certainly we all can participate; presence is free and available to all of us. There is a true beauty in this.
URL:https://www.springwatercenter.org/calendar/seven-day-retreat-with-bob-dattola-2-2/
CATEGORIES:Sandra
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20230806
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20230807
DTSTAMP:20230224T134120Z
CREATED:20200626T150040Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230224T134120Z
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SUMMARY:Potluck Picnic & Talent Show
DESCRIPTION:Springwater Center is hosting a hybrid in-person/online event just for fun and we want you to come! Join us for a day of fun\, food\, laughter\, music and friendship at Springwater Center. In-person attendees who are vaccinated will be welcome to join staff and share a picnic. \nBring your favorite vegetarian/vegan dish to pass as well as outdoor seating…Help us add to the fun by sharing your talent: bring your instruments\, juggling sticks\, dancing feet or whatever you’ve got! \nPlease RSVP by July 28: Springwater Center\, 7179 Mill St. Ext.\, Springwater\, NY 14560. (585) 669-2141 or info@springwater.org. Hope to see you!
URL:https://www.springwatercenter.org/calendar/potluck-picnic-and-talent-show/
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20230805
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20230806
DTSTAMP:20230720T193804Z
CREATED:20191102T174531Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230720T193804Z
UID:4862-1691193600-1691279999@www.springwatercenter.org
SUMMARY:All Day Sitting (in-person and online)
DESCRIPTION:All Day Sittings are one of the most popular ways to participate in the work of Springwater Center. We come together for a day of sharing silence\, sitting\, listening\, and meditative dialogue. The day begins at 8:30 am with silent sitting\, includes a talk by one of our teaching staff\, a vegetarian lunch\, a group dialogue\, and refreshments and social time before concluding at 4pm. This provides a daylong retreat-like environment without the time or financial commitment of attending one of our retreats. \nIf you would like to attend an All Day Sitting\, please complete the All Day Sitting registration form. A contribution of $25 for members and $30 for nonmembers is requested for attendance. \nAll scheduled activities are optional. You may prefer to sit on your own indoors or out\, read\, exercise\, or walk the trails on our beautiful land. All Day Sittings are held in silence\, with time for socializing at the end of the day. Please contact us at info@springwatercenter.org for more information.
URL:https://www.springwatercenter.org/calendar/all-day-sitting-11/
CATEGORIES:AllDaySit
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20230714
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20230719
DTSTAMP:20230227T122127Z
CREATED:20200626T150012Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230227T122127Z
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SUMMARY:Four-Day Retreat with Les Schaffer (online)
DESCRIPTION:In this late winter/early spring retreat\, Les Schaffer will give morning talks\, and offer private meetings. In Les’ retreats\, there is an emphasis on 1:1 meetings to focus on the retreat and meditation practice. To date\, Springwater has said these meetings are optional. Les is making a change and asking that people come to at least one meeting. Les worked for many years with Toni Packer and was encouraged by her to share the work of meditative inquiry with others. Les writes about himself and his approach to retreats: \nHow do you invite someone to drop what they’re doing\, put aside their day to day responsibilities\, activities\, favorite haunts and friends\, arrange with family and colleagues to get along without their presence\, and hop in — or on — a car\, train\, plane\, skateboard\, or broom\, in order to join unspecified others in three days of quiet sitting? \nThere are many such invitations. I’ll give you the one I just received: the oak tree at the bottom of the southeast slope. It’s a massive tree\, growing just southeast and below the Center’s main building\, wide at the trunk\, and full of branches you couldn’t get your arms around. If we go down there with a rake\, we can expose some of the upper roots\, but one has the feeling they run very deep and out of sight. This tree will greet the rising sun with a salute to the eastern hills. Come midday in July all the blackbirds will be singing the oak-tree song. At night\, the tree will stand bathed in a waxing moon till a few hours after midnight. By 3 AM your eyes will have to be very quiet just to see the tree’s outline. In thunderstorms\, its great canopy will dance and shake. On a still day\, oak will make you forget the very nature of motion. People come from all over to ask the tree their deepest questions. The tree will speak to our queries\, but in a language yet to be fully deciphered. And it doesn’t change its tune when we decline its invitation. It is a tree to behold. \nA “bit” about myself and my relationship to meditation and inquiry. \nA giant tree once spoke to me as a little child; as an adult I created a computer encryption passphrase from a saying I made up in its honor. In 1973 I quit college after successfully completing my freshman year. One song from that period sticks in my head\, “What Am I Living For?”\, by The Mark-Almond Band. Venturing further from what seemed like a well-worn way\, within a year I joined an affiliate of the Rochester Zen Center and did a few sesshins with Philip Kapleau. I recall being very tight-lipped at that time: one of my Zen mentors even suggested I learn to use my words as part of the meditative work. In 1975 I returned to finish college at MIT\, and by the late 70’s I was doing sesshins with Toni Packer\, who I had taken a shine to from the moment I spotted her in my first sesshin with Roshi Kapleau. Adrift in a sea of words and practices I did not understand\, Toni’s smile and gleaming eyes spoke more clearly to me. In the early 80’s I went to grad school to get a PhD in applied mathematics and astrophysics at Cornell\, splitting my free time between climbing mountains in the Pacific Northwest and doing retreats first at Camp Onanda and then at the new retreat center in Springwater. While on a post-doc in London in the late 80’s I opted to attend a springtime retreat. One evening some chirping insects under the oak tree convinced me to step back — once again — from academia and a short time later I joined the Springwater staff. Living at the Center from 1989 through 1994\, I spent some of the best years of my life devouring retreats\, hauling firewood and mowing fields\, making new friends. I credit Toni with getting me to start “using my words”\, although I have no idea how she accomplished such a great feat. I do remember sitting quietly with her\, being comfortable not speaking. \nUnlike our oak\, Toni did once directly answer a question I asked her towards the end of my stay on staff. I then spent the better part of two decades far from the Center and its retreats making sense of what she said. \nUp till recently I taught physics full time at the local university. Now I split my time between part-time teaching\, physics research\, and co-managing a consulting business. In the latter capacity\, I work on various medical\, engineering\, and software projects. I am currently working on two projects. One has as its goal to provide better ways to limit hospital acquired infections. A second involves instrumenting a classical harpsichord with electronic sensors\, actuators\, and control system software. The system allows musicians at McGill University in Canada to study the nature of the instrument’s unique musical expressiveness given the subtleties of human touch on the keys. \nSo for what did I live these past 40+ years? I’ve been dragged kicking and screaming to accept an unbridled curiosity that takes me off the beaten path\, to look under the hood to better understand appearances. This used to get me in trouble with people\, until I realized to what end words can be used. I came to see how keeping silent was a way to stay comfortable inside a box\, a constructed box\, a disposable box. It just occured to me that the extent to which I exit my own boxes\, I’ve eased up trying to knock down the defenses of others to gain intimacy. I came to trust what I always suspected\, the meaninglessness of separating the various strands of life. Reading a neuroscience article suddenly evokes a curiosity about the mind\, and I’m sitting in a coffeehouse meditating\, recognizing the faces of people I do not know. Sitting quietly in meditation\, some challenge at work may suddenly resolve. If I think — or someone else tells me — that meditation causes X or a meditative experience means Y\, I’ll think about the evidence rationally\, scientifically\, as well as directly/introspectively. Making my bed in the morning\, the words and practices I had once drifted through during my time in Zen made sense as the palm of my hand smoothed out the soft cotton sheet in a simple stroke. With the greying of my beard my intensity has begun morphing into a quiet certainty that I never thought could be mine. \nSo … I personally favor unstructured meditation that goes along with a curiosity that unmasks even my very self. Yet I delight in discussing whatever is one’s favorite method or approach to meditation\, perhaps because I seek the method to my madness. I have always been curious about people\, and their inquiries\, ideals\, and expectations. Lately I’ve been thinking and pondering quite a bit about the various forms of resistance that arise in meditation and in retreats. I find myself listening to fatigue\, anger\, anxiety\, and depression with new ears. My own meditation motto is meager and simple\, “try all you want\, but by all means fail”. When I ask myself how I can best lead a retreat\, my eyes moisten and I think to myself: “don’t interfere with the oak tree song”.
URL:https://www.springwatercenter.org/calendar/four-day-retreat-with-les-schaffer-2-2/
CATEGORIES:Les
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DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20230709
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SUMMARY:Seven-Day Retreat with Richard Witteman (in-person and online)
DESCRIPTION:Richard Witteman will give talks and private meetings and will take part in the daily group dialogue. \nIn the silence of retreat\, space is here to pause\, to slow down. Space to see and feel and listen\, to question and wonder…to be intimately in silence\, in the heart of whatever we are\, whatever is here. Sunlight and shadow…trees and rustling leaves…sensations\, thoughts\, and feelings. \nThere is room to ease up around judging\, evaluating\, and improving ourselves\, trying to be someone and get somewhere…softening around the impulse to figure things out\, to know who we are and where we are.
URL:https://www.springwatercenter.org/calendar/seven-day-retreat-with-richard-witteman-3-2/
CATEGORIES:Richard
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20230610
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20230618
DTSTAMP:20230530T162025Z
CREATED:20191101T155152Z
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SUMMARY:Seven-Day Retreat with Stephan Bielfeldt (in-person and online)
DESCRIPTION:In this retreat Stephan Bielfedt will give talks\, be available for private meetings for both in-person and online attendees\, and take part in daily online group dialogue as well as an in-person dialogue. \nStephan started working with Toni Packer in 1983\, regularly taking part in her retreats in Germany and and in the United States. Towards the end of 1990\, Toni asked him to offer private meetings with participants during her retreats in Germany. In 2003\, she asked that he lead retreats in Poland and in Germany\, and since that time\, he has been holding retreats regularly in German and in English\, and has also helped to found two meditation groups. \nIn Stephan’s words\, \nI was most fortunate to have been able to work closely with Toni Packer for so many years. I seek to share with others the experience and insights of those years of meditation work\, in the meditation groups and in retreat.
URL:https://www.springwatercenter.org/calendar/seven-day-retreat-with-stephan-bielfeldt-2/
CATEGORIES:Stephan
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20230604
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20230605
DTSTAMP:20230324T152727Z
CREATED:20191101T154414Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230324T152727Z
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SUMMARY:Annual Meeting (online)
DESCRIPTION:At the Annual Meeting members of the Center may participate in the Trustee’s election and all attendees may participate in an open discussion. \nThere will be a potluck lunch following the meeting this year. All are welcome to come and enjoy food and fellowship at Springwater Center. Attendees are encouraged to bring a dish to share. Please reach out to reception for more details and to confirm participation: info@springwatercenter.org.
URL:https://www.springwatercenter.org/calendar/annual-meeting-and-potluck-lunch-2/
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20230603
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20230604
DTSTAMP:20221209T170458Z
CREATED:20191031T175223Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20221209T170458Z
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SUMMARY:All Day Sitting (in-person)
DESCRIPTION:All Day Sittings are one of the most popular ways to participate in the work of Springwater Center. We come together for a day of sharing silence\, sitting\, listening\, and meditative dialogue. The day begins at 8:30 am with silent sitting\, includes a talk by one of our teaching staff\, a vegetarian lunch\, a group dialogue\, and refreshments and social time before concluding at 4pm. This provides a daylong retreat-like environment without the time or financial commitment of attending one of our retreats. \nIf you would like to attend an All Day Sitting\, please complete the All Day Sitting registration form. A contribution of $25 for members and $30 for nonmembers is requested for attendance. \nAll scheduled activities are optional. You may prefer to sit on your own indoors or out\, read\, exercise\, or walk the trails on our beautiful land. All Day Sittings are held in silence\, with time for socializing at the end of the day. Please contact us at info@springwatercenter.org for more information.
URL:https://www.springwatercenter.org/calendar/all-day-sitting-9-2/
CATEGORIES:AllDaySit
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20230513
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20230521
DTSTAMP:20221111T190844Z
CREATED:20191031T154814Z
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SUMMARY:Seven-Day Retreat with Sandra Gonzalez and Wayne Coger (in-person and online)
DESCRIPTION:The beautiful month of May brings Sandra and Wayne together again for a retreat in which both will give talks and meet with participants privately and in the afternoon dialogue groups. \nSandra Gonzalez has led retreats in both English and Spanish for several years. She began working with Toni in 1988. Previously\, she studied at other meditation centers. Sandra was born and raised in Nicaragua. She leads or participates in retreats in Springwater and other locations each year. She writes:\n \nPresence invites presence when there is no resistance\, no ownership of ideas\, experiences or things\, no worrying\, no hurrying\, no judging\, no defending–just the ease of life when we meet without wanting things to be otherwise. Certainly we all can participate; presence is free and available to all of us. There is a true beauty in this. \nWayne Coger has led retreats since 2001. For more than 30 years he worked with Toni Packer\, and has been a staff member of the Center since 1983. Currently he is serving as Administrator. Previously\, he studied at the Rochester Zen Center. He says:\n \nToni Packer asked me if I would share the work that we do with others. While I have never had any desire to become a ‘teacher\,’ exploring the work of meditative inquiry has been my deepest joy and passion for many years. What excites me is this possibility to look at anything and everything freshly\, without inhibitions or strictures. It is through this open inquiry that we begin to learn about ourselves. To learn how we are when we are not bound by our ideas and self-images.
URL:https://www.springwatercenter.org/calendar/10-day-retreat-with-sandra-gonzalez-and-wayne-coger-2/
CATEGORIES:Sandra,Wayne
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20230421
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20230426
DTSTAMP:20221209T160816Z
CREATED:20191031T145206Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20221209T160816Z
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SUMMARY:Four-Day Retreat with Stew Glick (in-person)
DESCRIPTION:Stew Glick began working with Roshi Phillip Kapleau at the Rochester Zen Center around 1971. He later began working closely with Toni Packer and came on the Zen Center staff in 1979. Stew played a role in the land search and initial construction for what would become Springwater Center. He spent over twenty years on staff as assistant administrator. He was one of several people whom Toni invited to continue the teaching work of the Center\, and has led retreats since the mid-1990s. Stew left staff in 2008 to move to Rochester with his wife Lisa Schwartz\, and after a few of years he began an informal weekly group for people to sit quietly and inquire together in the city. He writes:\n \nAn important ingredient in meditative inquiry is this act of open listening. Listening\, wondering and not knowing: this can all happen alone or together with like-minded people. Looking together with others has the opportunity wherein someone might point something out that we haven’t noticed or seen before. In the spirit of something Nisargadatta – an Indian teacher – once said\, in an instance such as this . . .’What does it matter\, who is who?!” What matters most is the looking itself – in which there is truly no ‘me’ and no ‘you’. Can we meet together in that spirit?
URL:https://www.springwatercenter.org/calendar/four-day-retreat-with-stew-glick-3-2/
CATEGORIES:Stew
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20230415
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20230416
DTSTAMP:20230324T152714Z
CREATED:20180926T153115Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230324T152714Z
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SUMMARY:Teacher/Facilitator Dialogue (Online)
DESCRIPTION:Online Teacher/Facilitator Dialogue Sessions begins at 1:30p.m. New York time. Following a 25-minute minute sitting\, two or more Springwater Teachers will dialogue about a specific theme or question. An open group dialogue will conclude the online event. For those who would like to participate via Zoom\, please contact us at info@springwatercenter.org.
URL:https://www.springwatercenter.org/calendar/teacher-dialogue-session-1/
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20230408
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20230409
DTSTAMP:20221209T154658Z
CREATED:20191031T144643Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20221209T154658Z
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SUMMARY:All Day Sitting (in-person)
DESCRIPTION:All Day Sittings are one of the most popular ways to participate in the work of Springwater Center. We come together for a day of sharing silence\, sitting\, listening\, and meditative dialogue. The day begins at 8:30 am with silent sitting\, includes a talk by one of our teaching staff\, a vegetarian lunch\, a group dialogue\, and refreshments and social time before concluding at 4pm. This provides a daylong retreat-like environment without the time or financial commitment of attending one of our retreats. \nIf you would like to attend an All Day Sitting\, please complete the All Day Sitting registration form. A contribution of $25 for members and $30 for nonmembers is requested for attendance. \nAll scheduled activities are optional. You may prefer to sit on your own indoors or out\, read\, exercise\, or walk the trails on our beautiful land. All Day Sittings are held in silence\, with time for socializing at the end of the day. Please contact us at info@springwatercenter.org for more information.
URL:https://www.springwatercenter.org/calendar/april-all-day-sitting-2/
CATEGORIES:AllDaySit
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20230325
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20230326
DTSTAMP:20221103T182051Z
CREATED:20191031T143044Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20221103T182051Z
UID:4834-1679702400-1679788799@www.springwatercenter.org
SUMMARY:All Day Sitting (online)
DESCRIPTION:All Day Sittings are one of the most popular ways to participate in the work of Springwater Center. We come together on Zoom for a day of sharing silence\, sitting\, listening\, and meditative dialogue. The day begins at 8:30 am (Eastern Time) with silent sitting\, includes a talk by one of our teaching staff\, a vegetarian lunch\, a group dialogue\, and refreshments and social time before concluding at 4pm (Eastern Time). This provides a daylong retreat-like environment without the time or financial commitment of attending one of our retreats. \nIf you would like to attend an All Day Sitting\, please complete the All Day Sitting registration form. A contribution of $25 for members and $30 for nonmembers is requested for attendance. \nAll scheduled activities are optional. You may prefer to sit on your own indoors or out\, read\, exercise\, or walk the trails on our beautiful land. All Day Sittings are held in silence\, with time for socializing at the end of the day. Please contact us at info@springwatercenter.org for more information.
URL:https://www.springwatercenter.org/calendar/all-day-sitting-8/
CATEGORIES:AllDaySit
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