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Upcoming Events

  Tuesday, Nov 20, Eugene: Discussion Group meets at Cafe Roma (825 E 13th Ave), 6-8 PM.

  Wednesday, Nov 21, Corvallis: Discussion Group meets at Corvallis Public Library Conference Room C 6-8 PM.


  Tuesday, Dec 4, Eugene: Discussion Group meets at Cafe Roma (825 E 13th Ave), 6-8 PM.

  Wednesday, Dec 5, Corvallis: Discussion Group meets at Corvallis Public Library Conference Room C 6-8 PM.


  Tuesday, Dec 18, Eugene: Discussion Group meets at Cafe Roma (825 E 13th Ave), 6-8 PM.

  Wednesday, Dec 19, Corvallis: Discussion Group meets at Corvallis Public Library Conference Room C 6-8 PM.



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What Can the PSI Group Do for You?

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The PSI group provides a non-dogmatic environment where people seeking to discover a true understanding of themselves and their place in the cosmos can work together. It encourages individual investigation and application of the teachings of people throughout history who have claimed successful discovery of the answer to the "Who am I?" question (see the Maximum Systems page for some examples). And it serves as a matrix where each individual's progress can be accelerated by helping and being helped.

Those who participate in the meetings find that they:

  • Become more self-aware.
  • Gain clarity and self-control.
  • Come to rely on their own authority.

Those who are willing to work on themselves find a structure

for accelerating their progress, including:

  • Group retreats.
  • Recommended books.
  • People to talk with.
  • Weekend workshops.
  • Solitary retreats.

In addition to the local resources, there is a wider group of people to affiliate with, some of whom have found an ultimate answer and are motivated to help you do the same. (See the Background note below.)

Perhaps most importantly, you will find friendship with others who see the goal of self-knowledge or self-definition as the highest goal of an individual's life – and each individual's true calling and purpose.


Background

These meetings were started in 2011 by a member of the TAT Foundation, which encourages but does not monitor or endorse its members' actions in the pursuit of self-realization. If you're interested in looking more deeply into what TAT has to offer, check out the TAT Foundation site, which includes a monthly e-zine, the TAT Forum, with essays, poems, opinions and humor on seeking and finding answers to your deepest life-questions.


Paean to Group Work
by Art Ticknor

Archimedes' lever

Invocation:
O healer of the gods,
Cure the earthbound humans
of their mortal status.

Monody:
The Real Self, being Nothing, weighs nothing,
while the illusory self is a heavy set of beliefs.
How can you remove the self
from blocking the view of Self?
As Archimedes discovered,
it takes a lever and a fulcrum
to move a seemingly immovable object.
The lever is relentless determination,
born of commitment.
The fulcrum is affliction to the self-beliefs,
provided by the law of the jungle.
To accelerate the process,
harness yourself to other selves
who are attempting to accomplish
the same Herculean task.
Expect the self to rebel
since the effort of self-inquiry is anti-self.

Chorus:
Onward self-inquiring soldiers
Heading in to war
With the foes of freedom
Masking what you are.

 

Monody:
Working closely with others will provide
plenty of irritation and afflictions to your pride.
which can be used to broaden your view
if you don't run away and hide.

Chorus ….

Monody:
If you persist to the point where you can see
there's nothing in it for the self,
the Self will take over
and finish the work for thee.

Chorus ….

Eulogy:
O ghost of self, you weren't all bad or all good
but a mixture of both, like all selves,
designed to function in a dream
of perfect imperfection.

Chorus:
Onward self-inquiring soldiers
Heading in to war
With the foes of freedom
Masking what you are.

See the April and May 2008 TAT Forums for opinions on the value of working with other seekers.

                     

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