The blossoming of understanding, love, and intelligence happens on its own when a human being questions, wonders, inquires, listens and looks silently.

                                                                                        Toni Packer, Founder

Sandra Gonzalez will lead this retreat from Springwater Center, before heading back to her native Nicaragua for the winter.  She will give talks, attend dialogues, and be available to meet privately with participants during the retreat.

Sandra has led retreats in both English and Spanish for many years. She began working with Toni  Packer in 1988.  Previously, she studied at other meditation centers and in 2003 Toni asked her to be one of the people to help carry on the meditative work of the Center.

There is still space for in person attendance. You can register to attend this retreat in person or online using the button below. 

Sandra writes in an article titled A Reflection on Meditative Inquiry:

When awareness, that is in itself whole, all inclusive, dawns upon the human heart then there is a seeing of the relationship between each other, the interconnectedness. Amazingly there is no longer the possibility, or at least not the probability, that we will latch onto a fragment and get stuck there.The possibility arises that all our actions may be whole, total, natural and without effort; these actions can address the situation at hand, what is in front of us, from this depth of understanding. Every action or non-action will have the perfume of wholeness, compassion and a more creative living will pour out spontaneously and effortlessly.

Click here to read the full article.

This Online Teacher Dialogue Session begins at 1:30p.m EDT. In this event most of the teachers will be present. This is an invitation for all members and friends to attend.

Also we are asking you to send a question or topic that you would like the teachers to take on in the teacher dialogue. Please send your question or topic to info@springwatercenter.org.   An open group dialogue with everyone will conclude the online event.  We are looking forward to being together. 

Here’s the Schedule (in EDT)  

1:30 – 1:55 pm   Timed quiet sitting

2:05 – 3:20 pm   Teachers Dialogue ( in response to questions submitted prior)

3:30 – 4:30 pm    Whole Group Dialogue

Are you new to the Center, meditation and dialogue? You may find these links helpful: Meditative Inquiry and Group Dialogue.

To join the meeting use 

DIRECT LINK
or
Zoom.us Meeting ID: 289 037 6188
Passcode: 7179 
Find your local number: https://us02web.zoom.us/u/kdsftvqRwr

This all day sitting event is full for in person participation. However you can register HERE to attend online, and also register to attend the next All Day Sitting, which will be held December 7th. 

The November Quiet Weeks offer the opportunity to design your own retreat—with options for online timed and in person open sitting, group dialogues, and individual meetings with teachers in residence. You may attend as many days as you like. Part time attendance is welcomed.

You may participate in Quiet Weeks either as a guest or as a volunteer. Please see Visit for more information.  For more detailed information about Quiet Weeks, please contact us.

Toni Packer, Center founder, recorded talk and participant dialogue.

November 16, 2024  1:30 pm – 4:30 pm
Join us for a 25-minute sitting period via Zoom from 1:30-1:55pm EDT, followed by a recorded talk by Center founder, Toni Packer, and an open group dialogue.

This is a donation based offering. More information and zoom link will follow in the next news update. 

Bob Bromley and Chris Wang-Iverson have been working hard this fall to maintain our buildings and grounds. We have had some beautiful autumn weather allowing for all the windows and more to be painted, trails to be mowed along with Wayne Coger clearing felled trees on the trails. 

The love of this land, the Center and the Work of Meditative Inquiry, is alive and well.  Thank you to all of our staff, volunteers, guests, members, teachers, trustees and program participants.    

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