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/

Living Logos – (TSK & Poetry)

Posted on February 20, 2016 by David Filippone

A dictionary meaning of Logos is, “the rational principle that governs and develops the universe”, some synonyms are ‘World Reason’ and ‘world principle’. Another description is… “More fundamental than the governing principles and premises of the prevailing ‘order’, the ‘logos’ … Continue reading →

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TSK Vision – A View From Everywhere

Posted on February 9, 2016 by David Filippone

One of the most concise explanations that I’ve found of just what the TSK vision is came from the Introduction to the book, ‘Inside Knowledge’,** abbreviated below: “The TSK vision invites us to replace our usual focus on individual identities, … Continue reading →

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Glimpse 2 – Cave of the Heart

Posted on December 28, 2015 by David Filippone

This is an interesting ‘Space’ practice I found in Lock Kelly’s book, ‘Shift Into Freedom‘, as I continue with my personal TSK related explorations… On the left side of your chest is your biological heart. People feel that their emotional … Continue reading →

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Presence – Four deer running

Posted on December 17, 2015 by David Filippone

Four deer running, almost in single line, white tails bobbing up and down as they negotiate the high brown grass behind the house. I was struck by how their coloring blended in with the surrounding russet and burnt umber shadows … Continue reading →

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Embodiment – (for Michael)

Posted on December 16, 2015 by David Filippone

“Only from the heart can you touch the sky” – Rumi I had a tooth pulled last week. One of those big ones way in the back. Hurt like hell, throbbed a lot, narrowed my awareness like a sudden smack … Continue reading →

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Awareness of Awareness (Glimpse 2, Ch. 2)

Posted on November 25, 2015 by David Filippone

Look out at an object in the room. Notice being aware of that object. Now notice being aware of seeing. Allow awareness to be interested and aware of itself: awareness resting back to become the subject and the object. Feel … Continue reading →

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Awareness of Space

Posted on November 8, 2015 by David Filippone

I’ve continued working with some of the practices in the book, ‘Shift Into Freedom’, by Loch Kelly, a gifted teacher and author, in which he explains his ‘Open-Hearted Awareness Approach’ to Being. This practice reminds me of some of the … Continue reading →

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Awake Awareness Is Aware without Using Thought

Posted on November 4, 2015 by David Filippone

I’ve been working with some of the practices in the book, ‘Shift Into Freedom’, by Loch Kelly, a gifted teacher and author, who explains his Open-Hearted Awareness Approach to Being. As my friend and fellow long-time TSK student, Bruce Alderman, … Continue reading →

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Dynamic of Being

Posted on October 11, 2015 by David Filippone

What might happen if we… …’lift our heads, stretch and look up, while drawing in deep breaths.’ (DTS 299) What a dazzling crisp, sun-dappled, Fall day from the porch… music floating in the air, focus widening and narrowing, thoughts like … Continue reading →

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Light Reflections

Posted on October 5, 2015 by David Filippone

I was watching the leaves flutter in the breeze when a flash seemed to sparkle from, I don’t know, a less defined shadow, and like the sun reflecting on glass, I considered this: — self and its myopic concerns is … Continue reading →

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