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Update from the Dublin, Ireland self-inquiry group:
We're now meeting every second Wednesday, rather than Sunday, on Zoom, and we have been working with Tess Hughes's list of confrontation questions for the last couple of months. Participants select a number, to replicate drawing from a hat, and the question is pasted into chat and read out. They then answer the question for 5 minutes followed by questions from the group for 15 minutes. It has been working well to date, so we will continue in this vein for the time being. ~ Contact for more information.

A new self-inquiry group is forming in Dulverton, South West England:
Currently meeting weekly in a backyard and will modify as the COVID situation changes. ~ Please contact for more information.

Update from the email self-inquiry groups:
The Women's Online Confrontation (WOC) 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.
     One rule we try to adhere to is not to give advice or solve problems. The number of participants, to make it work efficiently, is between 4 and 7 including the leader.
There are two men's groups currently with 6 participants in each, down from three groups with 19 participants last year. They 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.
Both the women's and the men's email groups welcome serious participants. ~ Contact or for more information.

Update from the Gainesville, FL self-inquiry group:
Our meetings at the Alachua County library on alternate Sundays are still suspended while the library remains closed. In the meantime, the regular participants are saying hello to each other via email every Sunday, sharing whatever is on our minds. ~ Email or for more information.

We're looking into starting a Zoom or other online meeting group. Please let us know if you're interested.

Update from Galway, Ireland:
Tess Hughes is currently working with seekers one-to-one and holding occasional group self-inquiry retreats. Anyone who's interested in self-inquiry activity in Ireland is welcome to contact .

   TAT Press publishes Tess's easy to read, profound This Above All, the story of her journey of Self-Discovery.

Update from the Greensburg, PA self-inquiry group:
I am meeting every Saturday morning with three of my former Greensburg SIG group participants who are into non-dualist paths, such as Adyashanti and Mooji. There is also another participant, a professional psychologist who is interested in eastern philosphy and who wasn't in my SIG group but makes a great addition to our proceedings. These fellows are sincere seekers. We spend our time discussing our respective paths and comparing notes. Our new venue is a place called the White Rabbit Cafe in Greensburg. I'm hoping that the lull here has ended and that we're ready to be more dynamic again. ~ Contact if interested in local self-inquiry meetings.

Update from the self-inquiry group in Hartland, VT:
Previously using TAT videos from past conferences as a primer for discussion, the group is now meeting online. ~ Contact for more information.

An update from the self-inquiry group in Houston, TX:
The backyard patio meetings are now moved to Zoom meetings, which take place at 4 pm on Saturdays. There are 3 active and inspired participants right now. Topics vary from Mr. Rose's writings to "What is on your mind?" ~ Contact 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.
To get notices of new posts, you can subscribe by RSS feed or by email.
From the Nov. 17th post:
William Samuel recommends adding glimpses to your journal, and I've been doing that for about half a year when I review the day. If I haven't had a glimpse I write down something I appreciate…or can appreciate. But what is a glimpse?

Update from the Lynchburg, VA self-inquiry group:
We have been meeting on Thursday evenings from 7pm - 8:30pm, online, via zoom. Norio Kushi, Paul Rezendes, and Bob Harwood are consistent guests. We've also had some other interesting characters show up from time to time. Topics come from readings or questions brought up by our members. These are sent out, along with the zoom invitation each week. Recently we posted some "considerations" for joining our group:
** Try to frame your comments as questions to Norio, Paul, or Bob. Draw these questions from you own experience rather than generalities. Maintain attention and discussion on the question rather than philosophical musings.
** Question other participants, in the spirit of group-assisted self inquiry, but without attempting to lead them to any particular conclusion or bring attention to yourself.
**Allow for and attend to the silence and the space that is always present. When you aren't speaking, see that as your role - to hold that space.
**Question, in yourself, the use of personal story-telling and quoting others - though sometimes both are helpful and appropriate.
**Consider the way in which you are listening. Does it have a quality of acquisitiveness or openness?
**Continue to question your own intention for coming to this meeting and let that guide any comments/questions/discussion.
~ Please contact or if you're interested in being on the email list.

Update from the New York City self-inquiry group:
The New York City Self-Inquiry group has continued to meet. We meet every Monday via a free conference call phone number. An advantage to the current format is that it's allowed people to join who live outside of New York City, including people living in Connecticut, Maryland, and Texas. More details, as well as our weekly discussion topics, can be be found on our MeetUp page (link above).

Update from the recently listed Online Video Confrontation Group:
The Monday Night Online Confrontation Group is going strong with a core group of participants and room for a few more. We meet at 7 pm EST, using the online video conference platform from "Jitsi.org" which works best with the Chrome browser. The goal of the group is to practice confrontation/group self-inquiry. ~ If you're interested, email or .

Update from the Portland, OR self-inquiry group:
A small group of us meet most Sundays at a coffee shop. The format for our meetings is to give each person 20 minutes or so to talk about whatever is coming up for them in their practice and to answer questions from the others. ~ Email for more information.

Update from the Raleigh, NC Triangle Inquiry Group:
The group is starting up again after a hiatus, now with Zoom online meetings. ~ Email for details.

Update for the Raleigh-Durham-Chapel Hill area TAT Center:
The new TAT Center in Hurdle Mills, NC recently hosted its first event: an open house for folks in the Raleigh and Lynchburg areas. With the successful opening of the center, teacher-in-residence Bob Fergeson and caretaker Mark Wintgens are looking forward to hosting retreats and meetings for local group members as well as all TAT seekers. ~ Email for information about future meetings and events.

Update from the Richmond Self Inquiry Group:
There isn't a Richmond self inquiry group at the moment…it never really got off the ground. I'm considering a few different approaches for round three, but it'll be at least a few months away before that takes form. ~ Email for information about future meetings and events.

Update from the San Francisco Bay area self-inquiry group:
See the Shawn Nevins interview by Iain McNay of Conscious.tv, kicking off the publication of Shawn's book Subtraction: The Simple Math of Enlightenment. ~ Email for information about upcoming meetings and events.

Update from the Washington DC Area Self-Inquiry Discussion Group:
[This group was previously listed as the Rockville, MD self-inquiry group.] We've been meeting monthly at Rockville, MD Memorial Library. While the library is closed for public health reasons, we're participating more in a weekly online book club. Forum readers are welcome to participate. ~ For more information, please email or see the website http://firstknowthyself.org/virtual/.

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TAT's August 2019 Workshop was titled Beyond Mindfulness: Meditation and the Path Within and included three guest speakers who each led separate workshops. The following audio recordings are now available in the members-only website area:

• "Mindfulness. Is it just another spiritual buzzword?" with Bob Cergol,
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• "Coming Home (aka The End of Seeking)" by Don Oakley, and
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• "Recognizing the Human Dilemma" by Norio Kushi,
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The Reader Commentary question for this month refers to the article on Casual Intensity in last month's Inspiration & Irritation section: How do you know if you're taking yourself too seriously? Responses follow:

From Tara S:
This reminded me of that book titled Don't Sweat the Small Stuff ... and It's All Small Stuff: Simple Ways to Keep the Little Things from Taking Over Your Life and what AA calls “Rule 62” [Don't take yourself too damn seriously]. I still do it, fairly often, even though I am aware of it and have tools to counteract it. The trick is to head it off at the pass before it starts. Taking myself too seriously is a habit that has evolved over many decades and reinforces assorted notions about who and what I think I am as a person. It is an identity creator and stabilizer. I recognize when it's rearing its ugly head in many ways: tension in the body, exhaustion, muddled thinking and inability to focus, projection onto others, ruminating about “ME and MY issues” and worrying. I have come to see this overly serious attitude as the result of a belief in what some call “doer-ship”, as though I am the one making life happen and that I am in charge of the festivities [good and bad], that I can control things that are clearly beyond my control. It also shows a lack of acceptance and surrender to “What Is”, as though things are not okay just as they are.

Fortunately, I work on this daily and am getting better at recognizing when the world starts revolving around little old me. Self-importance is incredibly tiring and a waste of valuable energy. And it doesn't mean I am belittling myself in any way – far from it. When I look at my role in life and the world at large as being part of a much bigger picture, I function better, feel healthier and can enjoy [or at least be mostly unaffected by] whatever presents itself. To judge digressions too harshly is not helpful; better to simply laugh and learn.

From Shawn Nevins:
When you allow yourself to pause in the midst of doing and notice if the thought of failure equates to the feeling of death or annihilation. If it does, then it's time to reconnect with why you're doing what you're doing.

[See Shawn's new book, Hydroglyphics: Reflections on the Sacred, at www.spiritualteachers.org. -Ed.]

From MT:
Seems to me most all the problems and evils in the world stem from people taking themselves too seriously. This question reminds me of words I read in GK Chesterton's book Orthodoxy: "Life is too serious to be taken seriously". When I take myself too seriously ... I feel tense and stressed with no sense of fun or laughter happening and out of touch with my deeper guiding light. This self that is taking itself too seriously is like a little prison from where I cannot see the vastness of the heavens and beauty of the earth. For years I lived a lot of my life in this prison and, looking back, it is like watching a horror movie. I know this part of myself is still there functioning at a deeper, probably more unconscious level, but I am at least more aware and watchful these days, and the identification with emotions, thoughts, states of mind/etc. has less hold on me. I can do work on myself seriously but this is different than taking myself seriously ... after all ... it's this serious self that needs to eventually fade away so there is only the self that seeks to be like a feather floating in the Divine wind ... becoming one with my true Self ... my real nature ... being what I was created to be ... the Union with God that Bernadette Roberts achieved and lived for many years before she went on to go through the No Self journey.

From Chris L:
I'm new to TAT. Just discovering this fellowship (or rather having it revealed) is a rejuvenation of the possibility of truth revelation and a relief unto itself. The search has been on for years … and now it continues. It's like the determined archaeologist that's been trekking through the jungle alone for years that finally happened upon an ancient lost city. It's overgrown by the jungle and everything is covered in hieroglyphs, but the treasures are surely there somewhere. Only thing to do is start digging.

Does that sound too serious? Maybe the guy decides to fashion a loin cloth before he starts digging … or maybe that makes things more serious. I don't know. I used to be a drunk, so the idea of finding myself doing anything in my underwear isn't really that far-fetched … I digress.

Recovery is the stepping-stone that preceded finding TAT. It lit the fire for my search for truth. It also taught me to be able to laugh at things that would (and do) normally horrify the average person. The friends I've made there are true blessings. Although most of them don't share the same drive to seek the truth, they have made a very constructive habit of laughing in my face whenever they deem I'm taking myself very seriously. There's a warm saying in these circles, “If you're looking for sympathy, it's in the dictionary between shit and syphilis”. Feels like a big hug.

There was a man named Sandy B. that was a lighthouse for me during the early stages of recovery. He said something once in such a simple way that it always stuck with me. He said, “you have to stop having a way”. At the time, this pertained more to expectations of circumstantial outcomes of trying to build a new life. Seven years later the search has turned to “what is truth?” If I don't know what the truth is, I can't have a way to it. All I can do is pray that the right opportunities and signs present themselves … and they have!

How can I take myself seriously at this point? What does that even mean? The idea that I ever actually know what I'm doing at any given moment is absurd as far as being on a “path” is concerned. If I'm upset … it's a good time to check if I'm taking myself too seriously. There's much to learn about what's standing in the way in looking at these reactions.

The whole thing is like an Indiana Jones movie to me. It's so exciting. I can't help but stay committed and hopelessly interested (borderline obsessed). The powers that be blessed me with a new chapter of discovery in revealing TAT. With great gratitude and a prayer for continued direction, I sincerely hope I get to make each of your acquaintance.

Don't forget to laugh.

Much love.

From Sunil V:
Whenever a suffering arises such as anger, fear, despondency, jealousy, pride or any combination of these, it is highly likely that I am taking myself too seriously. The antidote to such suffering is a realisation that I am mistaken in my view of what's really happening.

This form of self enquiry is not too difficult if I am honest or if I have a guide to help me through this. Suffering arises, dig to the core, ask that dreaded question "Why?" I invariably find the cause to be a hard-core self-delusion. A belief that there is a solid "me" at the centre who is either a victim or a perpetrator. This "I" can not be found. Do this exercise a few times, or a few hundred times depending on how stubborn you are (I am a ten). One day it will take just a flash to see through.

I find Buddha's Right View very helpful. I am suffering because I am clinging to an object or phenomenon. I forget that all objects are impermanent; even the so-called observer of these phenomena is impermanent. Having the right view points directly to "taking myself too seriously", seeing a me when there is none.

From Anonymous:
Initial response: I'll pass this one Art. I don't think I'm taking myself seriously.

Second response, after more consideration: I know I take myself seriously because I follow what my feelings tell me is the right path. But I don't think I take myself too seriously because I know I could be completely wrong about what I'm thinking is right.

From Kevin S:
It seems to me that, in the world of trying to wake up, anything that indicates that there is a self is taking yourself too seriously. That would include most of our beliefs and conditioning, but for the most part I am not aware of those from moment to moment. We begin to feel their presence when something happens to offend or afflict our sense of self. Perhaps also when we get positive reinforcement to the self, but I think we often just go with the flow in those cases – we like it. The negative instances are much more likely to get our attention.

An example for me is when I do something (or don't do something) and my wife expresses her disapproval. I crave my wife's approval more than anyone else's. That in itself, no doubt, is fertile ground for inquiry. But the resulting sense of discomfort (guilt, hurt, frustration, anger, etc.) is a clear indication that I'm taking myself too seriously.

Another example, also approval related, is when I consider reading my poetry at a meeting. I always feel torn between two impulses: One – I genuinely feel there is some insight or inspirational value to be shared. Two – I'm pretty sure there is also a part of me seeking approval.

Then the question becomes, if you see these things happening, what do you do with the information? I usually try to let go of the angst and try to step back and act out of a sense of clarity and spontaneity. I can't say I'm always that successful. I can only hope that as the awareness increases, I'll learn to step away from it earlier in the process. I'm sure there is much more I could do in terms of inquiry, but it seems so obvious – self-consciousness, positive or negative, reinforces the sense of self. All I know to do is look at it.

From Brett S:
I don't think I knew I was taking myself too seriously until this past weekend. Through some conversation and confrontation with other seekers, I got the sense that I had a rigid way of protecting myself from my own feelings through the use of philosophical concepts and spiritual ideas. It may not always be true, but it felt more true in that moment (for me). I put that in the category of "taking myself too seriously" because my mental commitment to a certain version of the spiritual search seemed to keep me closed off from something other than what I thought I already knew. And what I'm looking for isn't, I think, something I already know, or can conceive of; otherwise I don't think it would be worth looking for! So I think I was taking myself too seriously as a seeker because I was blocking myself off from the feeling of being lost, and unknowing. I don't know. In general, I think someone is taking themselves too seriously when they can't laugh at themselves. Coincidentally, I see laughing at oneself as a sign of self-honesty and a lack of pretension.

From Art Ticknor:
I can easily come up with several behaviors that I have indulged in at various times that may indicate taking myself too seriously. One is giving advice. Another is assuming I know what other sunbeams know about their state of being. And a third is wallowing in self-pity. I ask myself what are the downsides of those indulgences. First is that advice is likely to be applied in the wrong way and/or at the wrong time, as Richard Rose used to say/quip. Second is that errant criticism may contribute to air pollution, poisoning the mental air. And third is that self-pity can lock us into attachment to our faulty beliefs.

Now that I think about it, I wonder if all emotional suffering is a very common symptom of taking ourselves too seriously. If so, it may not have just a downside since it goads us to seek an end of suffering.

From Anonymous2:
With the same mocking grin as my Grandfather, I sense the temptation, and hear his blunt words: “stupid son-of-bitch;” got something to prove.

This month's TAT Forum question asks “How do (I) know when I am taking myself too seriously?”

Of the many flavors of addictions, like sex, drugs, power, there is also the one that promises that the mind (ego) is right. As a second generation atheist, my Grandfather told people that religion was like cigarettes: “an addiction, or a crutch to hold onto.” This human story, the one that began typing this response, sometimes holds onto the idea of knowing something, or believing he has something worthy to share.

I attach to the idea that I have something to say, or write, or that may show my wisdom, or be helpful to another, and it often results in a tug-of-war. Part of me has a mocking grin, as I edit this response, and if you are reading this, then I am that son-of-a-bitch again!

Other times I recall something that causes my body to contract or recoil, coinciding with a memory of shame or embarrassment. Something I once did, said, or didn't do (or write), that I now attach to “knowing better.” That said, I also have vicarious humiliation when watching Mr. Bean; so just another quirk in my DNA.

If I notice the temptation, and remember to let it go with that humorous mocking-tone; as if to say: “I don't know nothing!”

Fall back, or surrender and remind myself, to only be curious as to what choices will randomly show up for me, and whether I will choose the course of uncertainty, and possibly an unfamiliar outcome, or choose the habitual or safer and familiar one.

I recall reaching out to spiritual teachers, including teachers like Art, Shawn, and others, and although I really enjoyed the exchanges, I daresay, benefitted from my one fall TAT Retreat in 2018, yet I don't recall any of the questions I arrived there with. Maybe it was the book about “Subtraction,” but I no longer remember why I thought I was on a path, or what I liked about Richard Rose's, or Paul Hedderman's approach. I no longer wish to know who Jed McKenna is either; which is how I found TATFoundation.org.

It might be convenient, if I no longer remembered the embarrassing things of my past, but if I keep wandering through unfamiliar doors, with my boundless curiosity, I am likely to fumble my actions, or words again. Best not take myself too seriously, or the eventual memory will trigger the playful mocking tone: “Are you for real?”

The path has become less about what I “do” know (or get) and more about what I can let go of knowing, in favor of just inhabiting each moment.

From Patrick K:
For me it comes down to the following:

• Fear
• Defences that are embodied and need shocks to break them down
• Self-righteousness which is a byproduct of fear and defensiveness
• Feeling like being on a mission to prove a sense of self-worth, a reaction from feeling inferior or not having my own sense of authority
• Having a Doer identity, taking things personally
• Self-pity

From Mike Gegenheimer:
How do you know if you're taking yourself too seriously?

You suffer.

“You,” meaning the ego identified with the small “s” self, is asserting its identity and seeking affirmation it is not receiving.

And it shows as the ego starts to trigger various reactions. Some tell-tale reactions I have observed:

• Take minor things personally and over-react to events and people (“life” refuses to validate the ego - hmph!)
• Become overbearing with others (asserting the self [powerful, yes?] as a means of self-validation)
• Sense of humor goes away (confronting the big egotist isn't funny!)
• Develop anxiety about things that are beyond control (“Oh, the insanity of life in the world! Can't they see X as I do?” or “Why can't I do ‘Y', why, why, why?”)
• Unhappy or depressed by not getting something desired (which, of course, “I” deserve to get, such as recognition of importance!)

Surely, overlooked are other tell-tale signs of suffering by the insufferable ego taking itself too seriously...

O wad some Pow'r the giftie gie us to see oursels as ithers see us!
From "To A Louse, On Seeing One on a Lady's Bonnet at Church," by Robert Burns, 1786

From Anima Pundeer:
Here are some of the reactions that point out to me that I am taking myself too seriously:

• When the world is not coming up to my expectations and I find myself getting irritated
• When I get anxious or worried about some future event
• When the universe is not responding to my 'need for control'
• When I find myself dwelling in inessentials
• When I feel self-conscious or awkward
• When I can't laugh at my own reactions

From Jeroen V:
The easiest acid test to know that I'm taking myself too serious is when I can't laugh about myself. Laughter breaks (temporarily) the spell of negative thoughts, and when I take myself too seriously I won't laugh about my multitude of sillinesses. Another sign is when too many of my thoughts have "I", "me" or "mine" as their subject. The incessant "I"-ing in my mind is uncreative and leads to an unhealthy self-obsession. The third hint is when a spiritual friend tells me so.

Other Reader Feedback

From Bill K. [regarding Shawn Nevins's interview of Art Ticknor on SpiritualTeachers.org podcasts]:

I took this interview personally, as if I was seated in one of his Intensives that he mentioned. It seemed as if he was addressing my issues from a perspective that does not play into or appease my mental games. When asked about the possibilities for older seekers, he dodged it—exactly what I needed to hear! I can't think of any other Advaita teacher who would not have said something to appease us old folk. Actually it shook me up, not because "Hey, you don't have a chance", but the implied, "Hey, you're not really really serious, so what answer could you expect?"

Another reaction was when he described how he wandered town to town for temporary jobs so that he could quit to do his annual retreat/isolation/intensive, knowing he would always be taken care of with another temporary job and go on another solo-retreat, again and again. He never said "You should," he just laid it out, with his own difficulties during the commitment but also with the persistence that paid-off. Personally, I've managed to squirm away from opportunities for isolation, to avoid getting really intense, one-on-one, me-on-me while walking away completely from everything for a while. Maybe afraid, of either getting bored or of something possibly collapsing or going wrong—either in isolation or at home or work while I was gone.

So this interview got to me. But I don't want to spoil it for you with any more details if you haven't attended this interview yet. Like what I expect from all really good books or quotes or teachers for seekers, there are personal land mines. Some go off immediately, others not so quickly. Someone once said that one does not realize he has been wounded until he sees the blood. Maybe the really good confrontation is never expected, and sometimes it takes a little time to take effect. Unexpectedly, upon listening to it a second time, this recording, too, had a very big impact.

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