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Questions about the reading (Week 4)
Having read DTS before, I appreciate where the argument in this chapter is going. The “field communique” is a powerful sort of “pointing.” But in the first half of the chapter, the concrete examples or illustrations don’t seem very effective … Continue reading
Appreciation and Space in Memory
I am enjoying the course as well. It is encouraging me to stay steadily with study, inquiry, and practice, instead of intermittently as I had been recently. I am glad that more people are posting, though; it was feeling awfully … Continue reading
Week 3: Notes on Space and Form
I’ve been exploring space as context for the past several days, mostly while working or walking outside, but sometimes in other settings as well. I’ll share a few notes here — mostly just snapshots. The following is from one period … Continue reading
More Notes on Layers of Mind
When I first started working with this exercise, I was a little thrown off by Jack’s description of things such as affective tone, state of mind, body sensations, etc, as “non-content.” As soon as I noted them, they became “content” … Continue reading
Questions and Reflections on “Layers of Mind”
Here are a few running notes on exploring “Layers of Mind” so far. I am appreciative of Jack’s additions to the practice, since I think they are very useful. However, they also set my mind to turning in directions that … Continue reading
Space: Powers of 10
The following flash animation is a helpful visual aid for several of the space practices, such as “Containment” or “The Qualities of Space” or perhaps several others: http://micro.magnet.fsu.edu/primer/java/scienceopticsu/powersof10/ You can make it run in reverse order as well… Best wishes, … Continue reading
No Distance and Intimacy
In my practice of The Object and Its Glow, I have found myself shifting over into an experience which reminds me of another TSK practice, Intimacy. Often, contemplating on the inseparability of the object and its glow, I have moved … Continue reading
Is Now the Sum of Then?
I am sorry that I’m only posting on this unit now, at the close of the two-week session. It’s been a busy two weeks! Although I have not worked with the exercises as much as I would have liked, I … Continue reading
Giant Body Imagery
I have found the artwork of Alex Grey to be helpful in my Giant Body visualizations. He has a number of paintings of luminous, transparent, anatomically correct human bodies, which I sometimes gaze at for awhile before starting my Giant … Continue reading
Wonderment of Being
“Wonderment is the presence, the presenting, the appreciation of reality as Being. All appearance is sheer art, beautiful beyond all enduring, appealing beyond all possibility of possession. It cannot be possessed but it is entirely accessible. The treasure which our … Continue reading