February 2023 Virtual Gathering
Death, Dying, and Beyond
A TAT Foundation Winter Virtual Retreat Saturday February 4, 2023
“Everyone has two lives. The second one begins when you realize you only have one.”
– Steven Sotloff (as quoted in the Sept 2015 TAT Forum)
“If you die before you die, then when you die, you don’t die.”
– Wisdom traditions (attributed variously to Zen, Greek, and other sources)
Join us from anywhere in the world for an exciting exploration into the mysteries of Being! TAT Founder Richard Rose encouraged his students to follow their higher intuition and to make a commitment to Truth for its own sake. In this one day online session, we will investigate how death, dying, and what may lie beyond it could be relevant to a seeker of Truth, and what the mystics might mean when they speak of “dying while living.” We’ll hear from some who have found answers they were looking for, from seekers who are trying to find their way, and we’ll also have a chance to interact with other seekers in small groups. Join us!
Schedule
Saturday, February 4, 2023 (US ET time zone; 5 hours behind GMT)
- 10:30 to 10:45 AM: – Welcome.
- 10:45 to 11:45 AM: – Anne Geraghty.
- A presentation followed by your questions.
- 11:45 to 12:15 PM: – Breakout Group 1.
- We’ll divide into small groups to reflect on the day’s themes and events.
- 12:15 to 12:20 PM: – Moment of silence.
- 12:20 to 1:00 PM: – 40 Minute Break with open chat.
- 1:00 to 1:45 PM: – Brief presentations and interviews where seekers draw on their own experiences.
- 1:45 to 2:00 PM: – 15 Minute Break with open chat.
- 2:00 to 3:00 PM: – Richard Lang.
- A presentation followed by your questions.
- 3:00 to 3:15 PM: – “Write Your Own Obituary”.
- A participatory writing session.
- 3:15 to 4:00 PM: – Breakout Group 2.
- We’ll divide into small groups to reflect on the day’s themes and events.
- 4:00 to 4:15 PM: – Closing Thoughts followed by open chat.
Join us online for a day of insightful talks and small group discussions as we seek true self-knowledge through investigating Identity and Identification.
The virtual event is being offered for a minimal fee of $20 for TAT members and $25 for non-members. If possible, please consider donating a larger amount (the drop-down menu below has more options). Your generosity will help defray the many costs incurred in preparing the new TAT Center. We deeply appreciate your support!
The registration deadline for this event is Friday, February 3, 2023.
Presenters
Anne Geraghty
Anne worked as a Clinical Psychologist and spent many years seeking deeper reasons for our human unhappiness than those given by a medical model of psychological distress. She worked with R D Laing trying to uncover the politics of experience within society. She explored many schools of thought on our inner worlds. For many years she lived in an ashram in India learning from the spiritual wisdom of the east before returning to London where she ran a centre for psychotherapy and meditation. And then her son died. After a lifetime exploring life, her grieving became an exploration of death.
She has written several books on love and the psycho-spiritual journey including: Death, the Last God: A Modern Book of the Dead and Love In a Time of Extinction: Navigating an Eco-Apocalypse.
Interview on Conscious TV: Death, The Last God.
‘Death, like life, has many dimensions. Some belong to our human world, aspects of the continual evolution of life on Earth. Others are elements of an eternal mystery so vast it is beyond our comprehension. In our individualised modern culture we have many parts, death is not therefore a singular event, each part of us dies in its own way. Yet although we cannot know exactly what happens after death until we die ourselves, we can explore death in life and what death means for us. Through such an exploration we reach a different liberation. As Camus described when he wrote: There is but one freedom, to put yourself right with death. After that everything is possible.’
Richard Lang
Richard Lang is Co-ordinator of the Shollond Trust, the UK charity set up in 1996 to help share the Headless Way as widely as possible in the world. He first saw who he really was when he attended a workshop with Douglas Harding in 1970. He is committed to making this Vision as widely available as possible. Richard’s first book, Seeing Who You Really Are, was published by Watkins in 2003. His second book, Open to the Source – Selected Teachings of Douglas Harding, was published by Inner Directions in 2005. The Man With No Head is an introduction to Douglas Harding, and Everyday Seeing contains daily meditations. Richard has also produced many videos about Seeing, which are available on The Headless Way Youtube channel.
Event registration closes on Friday 3 February 2023. To Register:
A. To register for the event only, please enter your name and email address. Registration fees depend on membership status. Check the drop-down list below. If you want to become a member or renew an annual membership in the same transaction, please see the drop-down list in section C.
B. The TAT Foundation currently has three categories of membership:
- Annual (calendar year): $40
- Sustaining: $10 per month
- Lifetime: $500
Please note that while one membership covers both spouses, two participation fees are required if both spouses participate in the event. You can pay for a $40 Annual membership below, or visit our membership page for the Sustaining and Lifetime options.
C. To renew your $40 Annual membership and register for the event in one transaction (saving PayPal fees to TAT), please select the appropriate item(s) from the drop-down list below:
You will receive an email with instructions on how to log in to the event. We’re an all-volunteer group, so please be patient. If you haven’t received an email by Friday, February 3, contact TAT Foundation events .
You may cancel your registration on or before February 3 and receive a refund, minus the PayPal transaction fee. Cancellations after February 3 will not be refunded.
Note: If cost is a serious issue that will make or break your attendance, please let us know. We do not want someone to refrain from attending for reasons of cost.