TAT Fall Workshop 2007
Friday - Sunday, Aug. 31 - Sept. 2
What Are You Becoming?

We long for completion, for wholeness, for full satisfaction -- and we try to acquire it by becoming rich or famous or powerful or holy or wise or loved, and so on. But all those attempts are doomed to ultimate failure. Our existential suffering results from not knowing what we really are.

Man Carving His Own Destiny, by Albin Polasek

Self-realization is the discovery of our real, actual identity. That identity is not hidden, but it is obscured by faulty beliefs about the self. Self-realization occurs through the process of letting go of those faulty beliefs. These include our identification with the body, the thoughts, feelings, and mental processes -- all of which can be lumped into objects of consciousness. The letting-go or disidentification with objects of consciousness when looking for the subject of consciousness is the process of becoming what, in fact, you really are. The completion of that paradoxical becoming simultaneously removes our existential woes.

There's a gap as wide as life and death between understanding what we are and becoming it. The 2007 TAT Fall Workshop is an opportunity to meet with a wonderful group of fellow-seekers, including several who have gone beyond even a conceptual understanding and can help with the spiritual action that leads to Life.

The workshop will be held on August 31st through September 2nd, beginning with a Friday evening session for those who can arrive early, continuing with workshop sessions starting at 10 AM Saturday, and concluding with a Sunday morning wrap-up. Registration deadline is Friday, August 24th.

 

Weekend Schedule Friday, August 31, 2007   7:30 to 9:00 PM Becoming? A discussion of ideas about "becoming." An optional session for those who can make it, to be led by Bob Cergol. Saturday, September 1, 2007   10 to 10:15 AM Introduction and splitting into four groups. The groups will rotate through each of four workshops. Workshop themes and leaders: Once a student asked a teacher: What is Life? with Anima Pundeer. Aligning Will and Destiny: The Effect of Intent and Between-ness on the Manifesting Mind, with Bart Marshall. Franz Hartmann: The Practical Way, with Paul Constant and Michael Casari. Practical Prognostication: Calculating the arc of our life, with Shawn Nevins. Click here for more details on the workshop sessions. Check the TAT Forum index for writings by the workshop leaders.   10:30 AM to noon - Session I. Groups go to respective workshops.   Noon to 1:30 PM - Lunch (provided).   1:30 to 3 PM - Session II. Groups rotate to new workshops.   3:30 to 5 PM - Session III. Groups rotate to new workshops.   5:30 to 7 PM - Dinner (provided).   7 to 8:30 PM - Session IV. Groups rotate to new workshops.   8:30 to 9:00 PM - Quiet time to prepare for the Sunday morning feedback session.   9:00 to ? PM - Informal conversation. Sunday, September 2, 2007   10:00 to Noon - Feedback to participants. Observations and feedback from session leaders and other participants.   12:30 PM - Lunch at a local restaurant (optional).

LOCATION

The event is being held in TAT's beautiful rural facility near Wheeling, WV. Wheeling is in the Northern Panhandle of West Virginia, approximately 1 hour from Pittsburgh International Airport and 2 hours from Columbus International Airport. There are many lodging and dining facilities within a 15-25 mile radius.

COSTS

$40 for nonmembers ($20 for students) covers the event cost, including lunch and dinner on Saturday. See further notes below the following registration table. Lodging and all other meals are not included. Coffee and tea will be provided. Other drinks, snacks, and special foods can be brought by participants. Space is limited, so registration is required. The deadline for registration is Friday, August 24th. Upon receipt of your registration, a packet containing information on lodging and driving directions will be sent to you. You may cancel your registration before August 24th and receive a refund, minus a $5 handling fee. Cancellations after August 24th will not be refunded.

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By Friday, August 24th: $40 non-member registration Vegetarian? No Yes $60 non-member registration plus 2007 TAT membership* Vegetarian? No Yes	By Friday, August 24th: $20 student non-member registration Vegetarian? No Yes $40 student non-member registration plus 2007 TAT membership* Vegetarian? No Yes
TAT members: Please by Friday, August 24th if you are planning to attend. You may also renew your membership here if you haven't already done so.	April 2006 Conference DVD: "What Is Spiritual Action?"

* The TAT Foundation hosts four public events each year. All four events are free to TAT members. The April Conference and Fall Workshop are designated as special events and involve a nonmember registration fee of $40. Nonmembers who are first-time visitors may attend one June or November meeting for free or apply $20 of their special events fee toward an annual membership. Please e-mail if you have questions about fees.

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For more information email: phone: (304) 845-8244 For check (in US$ drawn on a US bank) or money order (domestic only) payments -- payable to the TAT Foundation -- mail to: TAT September Workshop 47 Washington Avenue #150 Wheeling, WV 26003

WHAT IS THE TAT FOUNDATION?

A group encouraging people to think rather than believe. A group determined to help people find ways and means to answer their deepest philosophical questions. A gathering of folks who are not afraid to be honest with one another. An island of hope and sanity (or at least the hope for sanity!). Last, but not least, TAT is a 501(c)(3) not-for-profit educational organization chartered in 1973.

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