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/

Orangutan…space

Perhaps as another life (or another time in this one) I was an orangutan, for while I may not tangle in the tree tops now…from where I sit in the easy-chair under the cave of maples… I mingle with emerald … Continue reading

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How do you appreciate space?

PRACTICE… appreciate space, focus on breath, and breathe in space and breathe out space… Nourishing, healing, calming, breathe in the cosmos, now add everything that occupies space, the entire environment…all there is… In my last posted practice I experienced ‘Space’ … Continue reading

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Walkabout practice – Focus on Hearing space

Walkabout practice: With a focus on hearing rather than seeing. How does this different sensory focus affect your sense of the space that you inhabit? For this walkabout I chose to observe ‘listening’ – using music. I’ve observed the listening … Continue reading

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The Humble Moment

Imagine this… Not at the END of the rainbow, gold is the light of experiencing it… As the starburst is in the taste, not the memory… Experience is not about achieving special states, it’s about expanding focus, it’s not the … Continue reading

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Space that Births

It isn’t often we speak of joy. Something so personal, so deeply experienced in the moment, a sound that resounds in a felt silence, the brightness that illuminates a darkened bulb, and beyond…that connects with all there is, and the … Continue reading

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Appreciating Space & Time

A starting point … appreciate the active allowing and accommodation of space… Getting older…while underlying that reality there is an understanding that all good things end, everything evolves, time derives and elaborates, and my space is continuing to present. This … Continue reading

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Awash in Time

Interesting article… “One of the most intriguing physics discoveries of the last century was the existence of antimatter, material that exists as the “mirror image” of subatomic particles of matter, such as electrons, protons and quarks, but with the opposite … Continue reading

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Where do you go in your mind to write?

Using inquiry to allow time and space to open knowing… I compose (in part) in my head, an activity I do best over time, not that I’m that great at it. When I do this, it allows my heartfelt intent … Continue reading

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The Time of Space

‘Keeping’ Time seems to be a necessity with us…up to a point. We say time marches on…relentless…like an engine on tracks made of cause and effect. But it is space that allows time to endow. And when OUR space opens, … Continue reading

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When Space & Time Open

(Click on the photograph to expand…) This photo is from the Facebook page of a Friend-of-a-Friend, taken by James Smith. You could call it ‘Apples in Winter’, or maybe ‘Candy for the Soul’, dessert for the eyes… What particularly struck … Continue reading

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