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/

Using Time to Open Knowing

Posted on May 15, 2013 by David Filippone

The wind was waving the leaves and patches of bright sky speckled through. I breathed deeply and with the exhale released what I was holding, and unfocused my eyes. In that un-focusing shades of green and bright sky became diffused, … Continue reading →

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TSK Questionnaire – David Filippone

Posted on April 28, 2013 by David Filippone

1. Briefly outline previous spiritual/philosophical study & practice. I had sixteen years of Catholic education growing up. As I matured, making more of my own decisions, I found Catholicism and the rigidity of its faith based doctrine less appealing. Searching … Continue reading →

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Exercise — Reacting to a Surprise Event

Posted on April 24, 2013 by David Filippone

Exercise – An unexpected situation erupts: in your reaction is something being ignored, and in the order that you impose is something being added that has no real bearing? Thinking back over a range of ‘surprise‘ situations, one of the … Continue reading →

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Practice Day 4/7/13 — The Power of an Insight

Posted on April 6, 2013 by David Filippone

About a week ago Michael shared a flyer from Hayward’s website about an upcoming workshop he will be conducting. Those of us who read the flyer saw a quote from Hayward that seemed to crystalize some TSK points that he … Continue reading →

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Look—within ordinary experience—for the quality of aliveness

Posted on March 11, 2013 by David Filippone

I find this a fascinating inquiry as my teacher, Jack Petranker, asks us to “look—within ordinary experience—for the quality of aliveness“. I am curious about darkness and color… looking inward, whether associated with mental images, and the space that accompanies … Continue reading →

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Describe when you felt especially alive

Posted on February 8, 2013 by David Filippone

I’ve had different kinds of experiences involving a sense of heightened aliveness. I can distinguish between aliveness associated with ‘adrenaline highs‘ with elements of heightened fear, and also a moment of extraordinary joy after a prolonged period of worry and … Continue reading →

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Time at the Core of our Being

Posted on January 27, 2013 by David Filippone

Here’s an interesting article pointing to how Time is at the core of our being entitled, ‘January Is the Cruelest Month’. Read the entire article at the link below, but here are a few excerpts: http://www.nytimes.com/2013/01/27/opinion/sunday/for-sleep-january-is-the-cruelest-month.html?_r=0 “Written inside of us … Continue reading →

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A Short Meditation of Moments through Time

Posted on January 14, 2013 by David Filippone

I found this video helpful as a short meditation for inquiring into the play of the depth and flow of emotion that arose from the music in the listening field, along with the visual display of wildlife in stunning terrain. … Continue reading →

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Time Reversals – TSK Ex. 20

Posted on January 12, 2013 by David Filippone

TSK Exercise 20 – Reversing Temporal Structure “…with a specific thought or expectation regarding your future, reverse the directionality by which it is known in reference to your present…” I am following my intentions, my desires, some have images of … Continue reading →

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Optical Illusions Show How We See

Posted on December 1, 2012 by David Filippone

In the article, “Optical Illusions Show How We See”, regarding how information can differ depending on perception, the author asks — why is the sky blue? (emphasis mine) “The sky isn’t actually colored at all (not blue or yellow or … Continue reading →

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