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Silent Wilderness Retreat

October 4, 2003
10:30 am - 4:30 pm
FWMC Treehouse

We will meet at the Treehouse Platform for a day of silence, together or alone. You may hang out in the Treehouse, wander the trails, hike up to Crescent Rock for an inspiring Appalachian vista. Spend your time in meditation, or journaling, or reading, or silent exploration and opening up. It's your retreat.

We will begin at 10:30 a.m. with collective silence, break, then gather again for a shared bag lunch at 1:00 pm. Always in silence. The afternoon will be open for more of the same, meeting again at 4:00 in the Treehouse for a quiet culmination.

As the ancient psalm says: "Be still and know that I am God."

A modest donation to the Center is always welcome.

This event is for: Those who find collective silence to be profound, relaxing, inspiring, healing, an antidote to cacaphonic hustle-bustle, or just plain enjoyable. And to those who are not so sure, but would like to give it a try (maybe bringing along a favorite book or a personal journal with numerous blank pages thirsty for thoughts).

Directions: Call or e-mail Sheila for directions.

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If one saw a person who was always loving, but not easygoing; utterly kind, but not to the point of creating dependency; very wise, and clearly able to intuit the future; never condemning, yet always understanding; willing to descend into the mire of human conditions to help someone rise out of it; prepared to share anything they had with another; utterly firm when necessary for the soul's sake; one might say, "S/he is the most Christ-like person I have ever met". But one still would not know the inner status of that person. The most important discoveries we make are not on the level of intellect at all. They are inward knowledge of absolute certitude; this is the result of a grace bestowed when the recipient is inwardly ready to see ... and often arises out of times of silence and solitude.

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