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/

Feel of the Field

I sipped a cold coke, suddenly, a space or field expanded allowing for sensations of icy cold, very sweet, and perhaps a hint of salty fizz. The taste field seemed to be linked to another field of touch/feeling; the tongue … Continue reading

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Think of an orange ball…

Assume a thought can be an image, for this exercise. Think of an orange ball. Work with an image of an orange ball or sphere. Bring to mind this image, at different times during the day. Approach the orange ball … Continue reading

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Pick an Object in the Room…

I was playing with this little exercise that Jack told us to try during our conference call – to notice between the moments of looking at the object to see if something else is happening. And so I focused on … Continue reading

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TSK Ex. 16 — TSK on the Conventional Level

This is probably really dumb, who cares about TV habits, but I’ll share it anyway. My TV died. Oh, the cost to replace!! Suddenly, it dawned on me I was without a mode of entertainment. I noticed my agitation over … Continue reading

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Does Your Language Shape How You Think?

I really appreciated Jack’s Corner, The Moment of Change, in which he gives guidance regarding the ‘stories’ we inhabit and how difficult making positive changes in our lives can be. In keeping with what he said, in particular: “We are … Continue reading

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How do we move from point to point in awareness?

I used to think X (in the Point of Transition exercise) was something like being a passenger in a car or train, looking out the side window as the scenery close-in blurs by.  To take a fix, you focus your … Continue reading

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What pulls me away from the ‘feel’ of the moment?

I was playing with my puppy, tossing her toys, watching her chase one down, grabbing it with tiny jaws, shaking it fiercely from side to side, and then drop it to look at me as if to say, “what’s next?“  … Continue reading

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Look through descriptive knowledge for evidence of polar knowledge

I wanted to mention that during the phone exercise the other day, I also experienced that ‘flickering energetic‘ event that both Hayward and Bruce mentioned. I  began as instructed with the intent to observe, as immediately as possible, prior to … Continue reading

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Let sense experience unfold, but then dissociate from it

[Photo — The opening, the lines (telephone lines) of communication at the bottom, carry the stories — they ‘tell’, leading from somewhere behind the perceiver from the past, to somewhere in the future.  While the perceiver can’t be seen, but … Continue reading

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The Self Takes Us Over

I’ve been challenging myself, that is, saying ‘no’ to different things I want — to see how that feels.  The obvious thing I noticed was that giving in to the desire, or saying ‘yes’ to it happened only once, but … Continue reading

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