Harmony
Regarding “harmony”… in music (as in life) this is never a static thing. Harmony has a vertical and horizontal component, chords and melody, and their combination or synthesis or integration […]
“Being Seen, Being Met, Being Loved”: A Retreat in Perth, Australia — Easter 2023
BEING SEEN, BEING MET, BEING LOVED Soul Companions for Our JourneyThrough Forsaken and Forgiven to Fulfilment Relational Spirituality The world is changing in a distinctive way. Events on the other […]
Consciousness, Witness & Source
NOTE: In this consideration, I am inviting us to tune into the direct transmission of the words ‘witness’, ‘consciousness’ and ‘source’. SUMMARY: ‘Source’ is not another word for ‘consciousness’. It […]
A Brief Genealogy of Being Divinely Human
My morning ritual includes drawing a card from the Trillium Self-Inquiry Deck. This morning, I woke with a return of pain associated with healing from hip replacement over 3 months […]
The Well of Onlyness
In the Trillium Dharma, Onlyness is defined as the quality of seamlessness of consciousness with phenomena; the recognition that all phenomena, objects, and others are of the “same essence” as […]
Divination as Dharma Practice
Recently, after a long period of infirmity, I was called to resume my morning practice of prayer and contemplation. It’s not that I had stopped these practices but that I […]
It Does Matter What Delights You
Not long ago I had the pleasure of sitting with a small group of folks in our work. Each shared current challenges … and noticed that these were instances of […]
Liminal Time
February and March have always been important times for me as harbingers of change. Here in the northern hemisphere, we’re moving toward a change of season from winter to spring. […]
Interview December 2016
Fax: What was it you were seeking that eventually led you to this work? Tatini: When I was around 26 or 27 and living and working in Munich, my boss […]
Trillium Awakening mit Tatini auf Deutsch
Trillium Awakening ist ein aus den USA stammender, demokratisch organisierter, spiritueller Prozess. Dieser Weg ist ein sehr organischer und individueller Prozess, der von Teilnehmer zu Teilnehmer variiert. Er bietet auf […]
Manifesting Embodiment: Integrating Race, Ethnicity, Gender, Ability, and Sexual Orientation into Awakening
The current socio-political climate in the US, and much of the world, is such that we all have work to do to understand our relationship to differences in personal identity. […]
White Woman Witnessing
It’s been a deep journey of grief for me since George Floyd was murdered by police officers in Minneapolis on May 25. You might wonder why this is newsworthy, the […]
Growing Up Beyond Inclusion
“If only we could just get along. If only we could just be one happy, human family.” It’s a good dream, a valid dream, and one worth investing heart and […]
Racism is Alive in Me
As we say in Trillium Awakening: the good news is that perfection is not required in order to have a spiritual awakening. And, we are quick to add: the bad […]
My Story
I’m delighted and a little surprised to find myself writing this “teacher bio” — who’d a thunk? Here’s why: once upon a time, when I was little, science was my […]
The Simplified Short Version of Van’s Evolved Dharma
There is only Ultimate Radiant Divine Being, or the Ultimate Divine Self. Paradoxically, Ultimate Radiant Divine Being is simultaneously both unmanifested and manifested. There is nothing/no thing, no one, no […]
Trust in God and Tie Your Camel
As a lover of acronyms (they help me learn and remember), I offer up a new one for this time of global pandemic and widespread fear. FEARR (Feeling, Experience, Acceptance, […]
Living with Uncertainty
A good deal of our work in Trillium Awakening is about “greenlighting,” saying yes to what is arising. It’s tied deeply into our way to Trust in Being, to radically […]
Mutuality: Awareness in Words
Something that stays constant for me is awareness. Whatever is happening inside of me in some response or reaction to pleasure or pain, I am aware of it in a […]
Awakening (to Our Senses)
A talk from an online sitting, January, 2019 Winter time is, in Chinese medicine terms, a period of maximum Yin. Yin is coldness, darkness, stillness, quietness, transformation and potential. It […]