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Me (Benjy) and a few other people who've come to our group will be attending this retreat weekend about 1.5 hrs outside DC in at the Claymont Retreat Center in Charles Town, WV.

I've attended a number of TAT Foundation retreats and I highly recommend. TAT is a 100% volunteer based non-profit that's been around for 50+ years and offer a chance to listen and interact directly with Realized spiritual teachers as well as other seekers. There will be talks and breakout groups and sessions for different self-inquiry techniques and meditation and also sessions with the type of question-based activity we do in our weekly group. (I pasted the schedule underneath this). Also unstructured time for silence or to interact with others or go on walks on the trails on the 300 acres of property that Clayomont has.

This is video of a talk from a past TAT retreat for a flavor of what you could expect.

Most stay on site. The cost for the whole weekend including lodging is $175 for members and $235 for non-members. Membership is $40 for one year.

*** TO ATTEND, YOU HAVE TO USE TAT'S REGISTRATION LINK HERE: https://tatfoundation.org/events/2025/10/16/theme-existence/
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Retreat Schedule:
Friday November 7, 2025

  • 5:00 to 7:30P Set-up and arrivals
  • 7:30 to 7:45 Welcome / get acquainted
  • 7:45 to 8:45 Pair up in rotating twos or threes for discussion of the answers to worksheet questions:
  • What are you here for?
  • Is there a question you’re hoping to work on?
  • What do you want most from life?
  • What does life want most from life?
  • ** Please bring pen and paper for this and other sessions during the weekend. **
  • 8:45 to ? Free time

Saturday November 8, 2025

  • 7:30 to 8:00A Optional meditation session
  • 8:00 to 8:30 Break / breakfast setup
  • 8:30 to 9:00 Breakfast
  • 9:00 to 9:30 Clean up
  • 9:30 to 9:45 Welcome
  • 9:45 to 10:30 Finders Roundtable #1: What I Found
  • 10:30 – 11:15 Breakout #1
  • 11:15 – 11:30 Break
  • 11:30 – 12:30 Seekers Roundtables #1: Clarity of Wants, and #2. Control
  • 12:30 to 1:00 Break / lunch setup
  • 1:00 to 1:30 Lunch
  • 1:30 to 2:00 Clean up
  • 2:00 to 2:45 Finders Roundtable #2: What I Advise
  • 2:45 to 3:30 Breakout #2
  • 3:30 to 3:45 Break
  • 3:45 to 4:15 Seekers Roundtable #3: Identify Convictions/Beliefs
  • 4:15 to 5:00 Free time
  • 5:00 to 5:30 Seekers Roundtable #4: Intuition Nurturing
  • 5:30 to 6:00 Break / dinner setup
  • 6:00 to 6:30 Dinner
  • 6:30 to 7:00 Clean up
  • 7:00 to 7:45 Finders Roundtable #3: Certainty
  • 7:45 to 8:30 Breakout #3
  • 8:00 to 8:15 Break
  • 8:15 to 8:45 Seekers Roundtable #5: Practices Tried & Results
  • 8:45 to ? Free time

Sunday November 9, 2025

  • 7:30 to 8:00A Optional meditation session
  • 8:00 to 8:30 Break / breakfast setup
  • 8:30 to 9:00 Breakfast
  • 9:00 to 9:30 Clean up
  • 9:30 to 10:30 Seekers Roundtables #6: Fear & Avoidance
  • 10:00 – 10:30 Seekers Roundtables #7: Becoming One’s Own Authority
  • 10:03 – 10:45 Break
  • 10:45 – 11:15 Open Discussion
  • 11:15 – 11:30 Weekend wrap-up
  • 11:30 – noon Break / lunch setup
  • 12:00 – 12:30 Lunch
  • 12:30 to 1:00 Clean up
  • 1:00 → Walk/talk/explore
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