Author Archives: David Filippone

About David Filippone

David Filippone has been a student of Tarthang Tulku’s Time, Space, Knowledge (TSK) vision for over twenty-five years. For the past fourteen years, he has studied TSK and Full Presence Mindfulness with Jack Petranker, director of the Center for Creative Inquiry (CCI). He also participated in programs offered by Carolyn Pasternak of the Odiyan Center. David curated the CCI Facebook page for five years, which is often TSK-focused, and he currently serves on the CCI Board of Directors. The CCI Facebook page can be found at the following link... https://www.facebook.com/CenterforCreativeInquiry/

MARKING TIME…

Posted on May 15, 2017 by David Filippone

What does it mean to ‘MARK TIME’? What is the event of ‘marking’? Or even a ‘mystical’ way of life? Rinpoche takes an inspiring look at this in ‘Keys of Knowledge’. He points to a ‘pointless-point’ saying: “Even the unknowable, … Continue reading →

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Open Knowing…

Posted on April 21, 2017 by David Filippone

Interesting thought experiment that becomes a ‘knowing‘ experience… How to open an object of the mind… [An object] can be looked at in and of itself. Or it can be seen as a point in a process. Sitting quietly, breathing, … Continue reading →

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Perfect Ease…

Posted on April 18, 2017 by David Filippone

Rinpoche reveals something important about the ‘ease‘ that lets ‘knowing expand beyond its perimeters’ in ‘Keys of Knowledge’… “Perfect ease is not an ordinary part of our mindset; it may take some practice. Until we fully understand ourselves. We may … Continue reading →

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Access to Zero…

Posted on April 17, 2017 by David Filippone

Space moves within us, and we ourselves move within space. We are always opening to space, and space is always open for us. If we understand this much about space, time manifests differently, with a more allowing rhythm, offering knowledge … Continue reading →

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ZERO SPEAKS…

Posted on April 15, 2017 by David Filippone

We might think of zero as a remark by space, a saying that expresses an allowing. Space shows itself in zero… As the symbol of form, the place-holder, zero speaks in all language and in each connection. As the voice … Continue reading →

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Subject-Object Circling…

Posted on April 9, 2017 by David Filippone

Sometimes I feel I’m going in circles… the mind has me in a set way of thinking, tracks that lead me into repeating behaviors… habits… familiar ‘mind-sets‘ and biases. Problems I address using the same parameters, the same myopic perspective, … Continue reading →

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Depths of Feeling…

Posted on April 1, 2017 by David Filippone

The planet has a way of catching you by surprise… if you allow it…and are open to its seductive pull. Spring tends to entice, by color, light, kindly temperatures, scented breezes… certain flowers spawn tranquil feelings… like pussy willows… They … Continue reading →

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Focused Sensing…

Posted on March 26, 2017 by David Filippone

Living TSK, we often open moments like unwrapping a surprise gift… we are invited to open the gift-box, delight in the offering, welcome the discovery, stay in the center of its depth, and then lucubrate… Focused Sensing is a wonderful … Continue reading →

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Sharing the Humble Moment…

Posted on March 23, 2017 by David Filippone

Morning Focus…As the author of ‘Focusing’, Eugine Gendlin has said, “A body isn’t only an is; it is an is and implies further.” Lilies caught by the light…catch the light within me, and I am lit up… in touch, knit … Continue reading →

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If not for my ideas, who am I?

Posted on March 6, 2017 by David Filippone

From the perspective of ratio…16 has an inner structure, a sequencing from one to 15. Before 16, all is undecided… Along the axes that establish the point, a dynamic hovers between positive and negative, between taking form and going unrealized. … Continue reading →

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