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About ronaldp

I took the TSK 10 month program at the Nyingma Institute in 1982 and been a student of this vision ever since. TSK has definitely been a pivotal force in my life–both on a personal/spiritual level, and in my professional and intellectual endeavors. I am also a “Dharma student,” and see a rich interplay between TSK and Buddhist teachings/practice. I’ve done Kum Nye too. Lately, I have been learning and practicing various forms of Qigong and now Chen style Tai Chi. I am a professor at San Francisco State University in the Department of Management/College of Business. I teach MBA students mostly, a course in the Management of Change. I am really not a mainstream business professor. I have contributed chapters to the Dimensions series in TSK, which are edited books by people in various fields that have worked with TSK in different ways. I am excited about this online program and Jack’s new book that accompanies it, “When It Rains Does Space Get Wet?” I look forward to sharing with everyone. Ron Purser

Time of Thinking and Self

Posted on November 15, 2006 by ronaldp

Hi All EX 18 is I think an overlooked exercise. At least it has been for me. I think Lesley hints to the power of this exercise when she describes being like a spider wanting to hide in the web. … Continue reading →

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Time and Thoughts

Posted on November 12, 2006 by ronaldp

Hello All This is a quick post. I am still lingering on Exercise 16 in TSK. A particular instruction in the text says to let Time be all “units, quantities, meanings, delineations, action, etc.” (not exact quote) In a conversation … Continue reading →

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How Can the World Not Be Flat? (a.k.a., Do You Experience Time At All?)

Posted on November 8, 2006 by ronaldp

Hi All I read over Unit 5 and on the top of page 40 Jack poses some provocative questions regarding our relationship and knowledge of time. The one question that struck a chord for me was, “Do you experience time … Continue reading →

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Exercise 34 and Conventional Knowledge

Posted on November 5, 2006 by ronaldp

Hi All This morning was a movement into Exercise 34 — Emobodiment of Knowledge. But what was interesting is that certain fragments of the online comments from various people seemed to emerge into my practice session. One new feeling for … Continue reading →

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Experiencing Space Differently

Posted on November 4, 2006 by ronaldp

Hi All I appreciate the comments to my posting on Exercise 16. I am now beginning to feel the group presence, or a derivative of the Great Presence as Jack creatively puts it, of this TSK online community. There is … Continue reading →

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TSK Exercise 16

Posted on November 3, 2006 by ronaldp

Hi Exercise 16 in TSK has probably been my favorite exercise–I think the title is TSK on Ordinary Level — maybe I’m wrong, I haven’t looked it up lately. This exerises always seems to surprise me when I do it; … Continue reading →

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Space and Imagination

Posted on November 1, 2006 by ronaldp

One of the approaches TSK encourages is speculation and imagination. Given that Space is a topic, I have enjoyed reading passages about Space through various texts using the CD-ROM. One image that is mentioned, and has seemed to be of … Continue reading →

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Space and Awareness

Posted on October 27, 2006 by ronaldp

Jack I am writing this as a post, rather than as a comment to Jack’s clarification to the KTS passage on awareness. I found it to be very cogent. What seems key to me is the notion that Space itself … Continue reading →

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General Reflections on Unit 2 Reading

Posted on October 13, 2006 by ronaldp

The theme of balance which Jack raises in Unit 2 has a lot of resonance and interest for me. This seems to be a key feature or claim that the TSK vision makes–get in touch with Space, Time and Knowledge … Continue reading →

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Unit 1 Expanding and Condensing

Posted on October 11, 2006 by ronaldp

I have been doing this exercise informally at times. This morning as I was waking I decided to do it. Usually, Expanding seems to start out enlarging some object of experience….but this morning I seemed to Expand beyond that preconception … Continue reading →

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