Events

Recent and Upcoming TAT Foundation Events

TAT is all about connecting: connecting seekers with teachers and with each other, because we all have something to teach. To connect in-person, we host four spiritual retreat weekends each year at the TAT Center in North Carolina, featuring talks, group discussions, meditation sessions and other activities, as well as time to relax and meet new friends. Online, TAT hosts two one-day workshops in February and September, as well as occasional special events.

The TAT website also hosts a listing of independent, local groups that meet online or in person to explore different aspects of spiritual life.

Events occur through video conferencing or at the TAT Center in Hurdle Mills, North Carolina. The Center is situated on a beautiful 15-acre site and is only 50 minutes from Raleigh-Durham International Airport (RDU).

In person events for 2024 will occur during April 12 -14, June 14-16, August 16-18, and November 8-10. Virtual events for 2024 will occur on February 24th and September 21st. We hope to see you there! 

Next Event:

TAT Talk March 2024 with Norio Kushi
  • March TAT Talk
    TAT Talks March 2024 with Norio Kushi – March 23, 12-1:30pm ET USA
  • April 2024 Gathering: Look Closer
    A TAT Foundation Retreat: Look Closer. Friday through Sunday, April 12-14, 2024
  • Addiction To self
    February 2024 Virtual Gathering: Addiction To self. Saturday February 24, 10:30 – 4:30 (US ET, GMT-5)
  • TAT Talks January 2024
    January TAT Talk with Bob Harwood. Saturday January 27th from 12pm-1:30pm ET New York / 5pm-6:30pm London time
  • TAT Talks December 2023
    December TAT Talk – A question and answer with Mike Gegenheimer on Saturday December 9 @ 12pm ET USA / 5pm – 6:30pm London Time.
  • November 2023 Meeting
    November 2023 Gathering: Knowing by Identity. Friday – Sunday, November 10-12, 2023.
  • October 2023 TAT Talk
    Saturday October 28 2023 at 12pm ET USA via Zoom
  • September 2023 Virtual Gathering
    September 2023 Virtual Gathering: Pretty Lies or Ugly Truths. Saturday September 30th, 10:30 – 4:30 (US ET, GMT-5)
  • August 2023 Gathering: Becoming Truth
    August 2023 Gathering: Becoming Truth A TAT Foundation Retreat: Friday through Sunday, August 18-20, 2023
  • TAT Talks July 2023
    July TAT Talk – A question and answer with Shawn Nevins on Saturday July 15 @ 12pm ET USA / 5pm – 6:30pm London Time.

Local Group Events

While TAT does not sponsor any of the following groups, connecting with a local group of like-minded friends is a great way to strengthen your spiritual practice. You’ll meet TAT members at all of the following groups:

Aiken, South Carolina

Looking to start a self-inquiry group … finding like-minded people to talk about Richard Rose and his teachings either online or in-person in a home setting … to question what it means to find our true selves.
~ Email Brant.

Amsterdam, Netherlands

This Self-Inquiry Group is not holding meetings currently, but email Jeroen for information.

Central New Jersey

The Central Jersey Self Inquiry Group welcomes serious participants. We are a small group and meet every other Sunday from 6pm to 7pm eastern time on zoom.
~ Meeting info: facebook.com/groups/429437321740752. Questions? Email for more details.


Central Ohio

The Central Ohio Non-Duality Group meets virtually on Tuesday evenings at 6:30 to 8:30 PM and welcome new participants. The meetings feature confrontation sessions that are a serious effort to engage in self-inquiry with the help of friends on the path. 
For further information, contact ToddMike, or Mark. We’re also on Facebook.

Dublin, Ireland (Wed.)

Self inquiry group meeting virtually every second Wednesday. We are working using two different approaches. The first is the standard confrontation approach of people giving an update on what was coming for them in the previous period, in terms of their path. The second is the distribution of a piece in advance for reflection.
~ Contact Colm for more information. Also contact Colm or Patrick for info. on in-person meetings.

Dublin, Ireland (Sun.)

Meeting online using Google Meet at least every second Sunday. The format so far is participants talk solo for about 5 to 10 minutes on their reactions to the meeting’s topic, then respond to questions from the others. See the “What we are about” section of the Sunday group’s Meetup main page about becoming a member, etc.
~ Contact Patrick for more information. Also contact Patrick or Colm for info. on in-person meetings.


Gainesville, Florida

Meeting at the Alachua County main library on Saturdays from 2 to 4 PM. We talk with newcomers about the objective of the group as a forum to stimulate the progress of self-inquirers and we ask them what their most heartfelt life-objective is, and then we usually listen to each volunteer who wants to talk and then be questioned about what they’ve said.
~ Email Nathan or Art for more information.

Greensburg, Pennsylvania

Currently in hiatus, but in the meantime, if you have any inquiries, or have an interest in helping set up local meetings to meet again in person, you can email Vince.

Houston, Texas

Merged our Zoom meetings with the Monday Night Confrontation group, which meets at 7:30 pm EST / 6:30 pm CST. ~ Contact Anima for more information.


Lynchburg, Virginia

Meeting on Thursday evenings from 7pm—8:30pm, online, via zoom. Norio Kushi, Paul Rezendes, and Bob Harwood are consistent guests. Topics come from readings or questions brought up by our members.
~ Contact Leesa or Steve if you’re interested in being on the email list.

New York, New York

The New York City Self-Inquiry group meets by Zoom every Monday from 6-8 PM EST. You can use this link. Our format is inspired by Art Ticknor’s self-inquiry retreats, giving equal time for each person to answer a spiritual, philosophical, or personal “question of the week.” 
~ Contact nycselfinquiry for more info.

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

Online group confrontation and individual contributions every Wed, 8:00 pm EST via Zoom. In-person meetings resuming soon.

~ Email selfinquirer to receive weekly topics with preparatory notes and Zoom invitations. Current events are listed on Meetup as Pittsburgh Self-inquiry Group and on www.pghsig.org.


Raleigh/Durham/Chapel Hill, North Carolina

Meeting at the Chapel Hill Public Library biweekly. ~ Email Mark with any questions.

Raleigh, North Carolina

We’re a small group that meets every first and third Tuesday of the month via Zoom. We usually have four to eight participants and new members are welcome. Our main focus is on looking at beliefs that can get us stuck in habitual ways of thinking which can limit the possibility of seeing the true nature of things.
~ Email Doug for more details.

San Francisco Bay Area

Currently in hiatus, but in the meantime, if you have any inquiries, or have an interest in helping set up local meetings to meet again in person, you can email Shawn.


Washington, DC Area

Thinking about restarting meetings at the Rockville, MD Memorial Library. While the library was closed for public health reasons, we began participating more in the weekly online book club.
~ For more information, please email Dan or see the website http://firstknowthyself.org/virtual/.

GMT Support Group for Seekers

Meeting every Sunday gmt 18.30, live on Google Meet. Rapport and confrontation, talk and exchange. Someone mostly brings a theme, like a text, poem or whatever to set the mood. Then 10 minutes of silent rapport after which everyone gets their turn on the “hot seat” for 10-15 minutes—the group listens to what the person has to say about the theme then asks friendly questions—depending on how many participants. The questioning aims at providing material for self-inquiry.
~ Contact Jim.

Monday Night Confrontation Group

The online meeting is going strong with a core group of participants and room for a few more. Meetings are at 7:30 pm EST / 6:30 pm CST and uses Zoom. The group practices confrontation/self-inquiry in a spirit of helpfulness with the goal of finding answers from within. If you are interested in joining or would like more information, email Tara.


Online Self-Inquiry Book Club

Now meeting monthly on Richard Rose’s Psychology of the Observer: The Path to Reality Through the Self by John Kent and will sync up with the new ProBoard book club discussion board on the Kent publication.
~ For more information on book club participation, see the meeting website. Visitors are welcome to drop in any time (invitation to Sunday meetings).

Email Self-Inquiry Group (womens)

The Women’s Online Confrontation group consists of weekly reports where participants can include:
     > What is on your mind?
     > Any projects that you want to be held accountable for?
     > Responses to a selected excerpt (in the previous report).
     > Comments/responses/questions for other participants.
     A philosophical/spiritual excerpt with two or three questions is included in each report. Based on what we share, participants ask questions to help get clarity about our thinking. The intention is to help each other see our underlying beliefs about who we are.
~ Contact Anima for more information.

Email Self-Inquiry Group (mens)

We continue to have two men’s email groups active. The weekly reports function like slow-motion self-inquiry confrontation meetings, which has its pros and cons. We alternate by asking each other questions one week then answering them the following week. Participants provide brief updates of highlights from the previous week and optional updates on progress toward objectives that they use the reports for accountability on.
~ Contact Art for more information.


“Ignoramuses Anonymous” blog

Ignoramuses Anonymous is for seekers to explore questions together…a fellowship of seekers for whom ignorance of the absolute truth had become a major problem. It started as a blog for Pittsburgh PSI meeting members back in 2009. Welcoming discussion on the path.
The idea is to have a kind of seeker’s blog to process our thinking out loud and hopefully also help seekers new to group work see what we’re thinking about and if it resonates.