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/

Morning Ripple…

‘Under the Turning Leaves’ 11/9/16… Color and light draw me in, always catching me by surprise…breathe in…space opens up, form fascinates and lovingly confounds… Excerpt from the poem by Ken Mckeon, “11/1/16” …sitting here… Each and every morning this one … Continue reading

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Middle of the Ripple…

MIDDLE OF THE RIPPLE… The practice is to just be in the middle of the ripple. Rinpoche writes: “…the practice of starting in the center. First there is development…Eventually, something is labeled: an object… As soon as there is an … Continue reading

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Rest in the Ripple…

Rest in the Ripple… In ‘Dimensions of Mind’, p.212, there is a pointing out instruction how to “focus each ripple, each point, back toward its own transitions…the more you penetrate the ripples…the more you can stay there.” Rinpoche refines, “It’s … Continue reading

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Even Dots Ripple…

“Usually when we describe experience, we say experience requires time to happen. Theoretically, that’s true. But I’m not so sure. My feeling is something shows up ‘inside time’. You could speak in terms of the appearance of dots. The dots … Continue reading

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Under the Turning Leaves…

There are many ways to experience ‘not-knowing‘… I get glimpses…’the feel of it‘…between the whispers of openness and the structures that confine my attention. Relatively speaking, the last few days have been a little hectic, but everyone is gone now, … Continue reading

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Presence…the humble moment

Talk about a bubble of your own projections…I have imagined… What if I sold the house, bought a live-in R V and traveled the continent. I envisioned the fabulous places this country, Canada, and southern countries might offer. Dreams of … Continue reading

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Shimmering of Time

How can we understand the motion of time as ‘not going’? Some long-time TSK students have discussed how TSK might manifest in art. This might be one example… Anne Lindberg created an onsite installation at the Akron Art Museum using … Continue reading

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‘Imagining’ Time and appearance

In the book, ‘Sacred Dimensions of Time and Space,’ Rinpoche employs a kind of metaphor for a geometry of space, to illustrate how the unformulated assumes form. Where this might happen is at the edge of the future, where the … Continue reading

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‘Dimensions of Mind’ by Tarthang Tulku Rinpoche

Between TSK classes, I’m reading ‘Dimensions of Mind’ by Tarthang Tulku Rinpoche. While this is not a TSK book specifically, it is entirely consistent with the essence of inquiry used in the time, space, knowledge vision, in my view. Rinpoche … Continue reading

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The Rhythm of Time…

The Rhythm of Time… This exercise can be extraordinary, if allowed a full and open hearing. I put the song on repeat, again and again, as if returning to the watch on my wrist, checking the moments…the song is called … Continue reading

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