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Are ‘acts of positioning’ the same as ‘timed-out meanings’?
It seems to me that at one level taking a position, perhaps a perspective, is our ordinary way of dealing with the intent to fulfill any desire, even the desire for meaning… Any ordinary intention, any concern or desire—even the … Continue reading
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TSK Ex. 26 – Transcendence of Pointings
A while ago I wrote about my experience with TSK Ex. 26 – Transcendence of Pointings, an exercise I’ve worked with numerous times over the years. …while watching young birds dancing between green leaves in tree branches, thinking “That too … Continue reading
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SPACE ARISING – DTS Ex. 10 & 9
I’ve long had a fascination with internal space, it progressed from youthful wonder to a gradual fixation or goal as I grew older, a search for spiritual depth. Reminds me of when I was a boy looking over the side … Continue reading
What does the Field Communiqué Mean to You?
Assignment: Read Dynamics of Time and Space, DTS 16-22, which introduces the ‘field communiqué’. Write about this: what does this discussion add to your understanding? I have during calm observation become aware, below my usual level of contextual thought-spinning, or … Continue reading
TSK Ex. 14 — A New Focus on Space (Variation)
Savor the freedom from ‘narrow-minded’ preconceptions, taking this freedom to be the result of a new focus on Great Space. Experience the insight that the mind is not a rigid and continuous thing, but only an arbitrary setting. See if … Continue reading
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Listen and see at the same time – LOK Ex. 22 – (Variation)
If we focus on a particular interval between points A and Al, we find that there is a moment of transition—’X’—that cannot ordinarily be directly observed and thus remains unknown. Listen and see at the same time: in the ‘same’ … Continue reading
DTS Ex. 4, D & E – Conducting New Knowledge
I returned to music as a medium to facilitate these sections of the exercise, specifically the kind of music that draws emotion from me, like the moon pulling on the tides, tilting me toward an overflowing – space swells and … Continue reading
Funky Submarine Blues – LOK Ex. 14 Variation
Decided to take a LIGHTHEARTED approach with this exercise… TIME, a variation on how we move from point to point, or moment to moment. It was suggested in class that we look for ‘transitions‘ between moments, because this kind of … Continue reading
Assignment Week 6: Reflect on “pervasive patterns of the thinking mind.â€
Assignment: Reflect (or ‘meditate on’) the “pervasive patterns of the thinking mind.†Is this reflection itself a pattern of thinking? How can you tell the difference? A while back I posted my practice notes on the exercise, “Let sense experience … Continue reading