Upcoming Events
Regular Community Events
- Monthly Movements Classes
See the Calendar for details. - Work Weekends
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Thursday Night Inner Work – 8:00pm.
Currenty being held on Zoom.
Join us to explore the spiritual side of Gurdjieff’s work. We work collaboratively to share our experiences, our personal journeys, and to reflect on the readings and practical exercises. All are welcome, but please, contact us for details. -
Morning Meditations & Sittings 6:30am – 7:30pm.
Mondays – Fridays, Barn Community Room.
Sit with the community and be a part of our daily practice. Some mornings are guided meditations or sittings, others are on your own. Interested? Contact us!
Full Calendar
Join the Claymont community for the annual General Meeting.
10:00 AM in the Mansion.
Claymont Society for Continuous Education
Work Weekend
September 21-23, 2018
“Being Alone Together”
This weekend will provide an opportunity to reclaim and advance our comfort with silence, with emptiness, and the stillness that lies behind our everyday actions. We will be working alone and in the company of others as we practice letting go of some of the external supports that we habitually use to shield ourselves from the quiet but profound voice that calls to us from our deepest self. Meals will be simple and most of our activities will be done in silence.
The weekend will be led by Lance Dom, who was on the First Basic Course at Claymont.
Activities for the weekend will include guided sittings and explorations, movements, practical work, and inner sharing. You are cordially invited to join us in our work and exploration.
The weekend will begin with dinner at 6:30 pm on Friday September 21, 2018 and end after lunch on Sunday September 23, 2018. All activities will be at the Mansion.
Suggested donation for the seminar is $95 if you are staying overnight at Claymont and $60 if you are not staying overnight at Claymont. However, do not let the cost prevent you from coming, financial assistance is available.
For more information and to register please contact, the registrar, Amy Silver at Claymontgathering@hotmail.com
Claymont Society Annual General Meeting (AGM) is scheduled for Sunday November 4, 2018 beginning at 9:30 am.
Ongoing activities include:
Claymont Society for Continuous Education
Work Weekend
Gurdjieff Feast and Celebration
Theme for the event – “Listening and being aware of the presence of others”
Schedule:
9 am – Morning Sitting (Optional)
2 pm – Feast preparations – Setting up and decorating the dining room
4 pm – Reading (30 minutes)
4:30 pm – Movements (60 minutes)
5:45 pm – Silent sitting (30 minutes)
6:30 pm – Dinner
After dinner – Clean up. (Many hands make light work)
There will be a few toasts given at dinner. Also, people are encouraged to bring something to share during dinner. (short reading, experience, past remembrance, etc.)
Suggested donation for the event – $20.
If you are interested in attending please send an email to Amy Silver at claymontgathering@hotmail.com
Also, please let Amy know if you would like to spend the night.
Claymont Society for Continuous Education
Work Weekend
Making Room Inside Oneself
Working with the Gurdjieff Movements
“There are vibrations in the atmosphere of higher and lower sources. Can I begin to be aware of these various sourced substances in the air I breathe? They are free flowing, but can I come to a place where I choose or refuse to take them in. It may help to think of this in terms of food. If I am full of one kind of food, there will be no room in me for another kind.”
– A.L. Staveley
This is not easy especially if we allow influences of a lower nature to dominate our inner space. Our reactions and identifications feed the lower influences, while our efforts to relax and let go can create space inside where the higher influences can enter.
Work with Movements can be a sacred experience, which is one of the reasons we return again and again to the Sacred Dances of Gurdjieff even though we know the way may be difficult.
The Gurdjieff Movements provide endless opportunities to experience three-centered awareness, while also providing opportunities to strengthen one’s connection to the Three Lines of Work – Work on oneself, Work with the group and Work with our connection to the Greater Good.
As part of the weekend, there will be several opportunities to practice and experience the Gurdjieff Movements. Other activities will include guided sittings and meditations, practical work, and inner sharing. You are cordially invited to join us in our work and exploration.
The weekend will begin with dinner at 6:30 pm on Friday March 1 and end after lunch on Sunday March 3. All activities will be at the Barn.
Suggested donation for the weekend is $100 if you are staying overnight at Claymont and $60 if you are not staying overnight. However, do not let the cost prevent you from coming, financial assistance is available.
For more information and to register please contact, the registrar, Amy Silver at Claymontgathering@hotmail.com.
Claymont Society for Continuous Education
Work Weekend
More information coming soon………..