Author Archives: Jack

Chapter 15 is very clear, even if it takes close reading, so I don’t think I need to see much about the contents. Instead, I want to highlight a point about our method in this program (and in TSK in … Continue reading →

I find the exercise for this week, along with the reading that helps orient it, very stimulating. I have lots of notes on my own practice, but here I will just comment briefly on what others have been writing. I … Continue reading →

TSK exercises are always fresh. Each time you do them, they offer something new. This is especially noticeable when you return to them for the first time after a few months or even years. By the same token, what I … Continue reading →

We are now working with Love of Knowledge, which in some ways is an easier book. Chapter 14 starts with “descriptive knowledge,” introduced in chapter chapter 13. The basic idea, which is really important for our theme, is this: there … Continue reading →

I love these two posts, which are saying something quite similar. The one who owns, the one who points, the one who occupies this moment in time: this is the one who finds life difficult, frustrating. It’s not so hard … Continue reading →

David, Somehow this last post of yours helped clarify for me what you are doing with your painting, and how it relates to TSK. To paraphrase (and probably not quite get it right): There is the past image and future … Continue reading →

Peter suggests the belly stands in a different relation to time. This is well worth exploring. And he suggests we can enjoy “nonstandard” experiences; we can dive into them, as long as we do not let ourselves hold on. This … Continue reading →

I want to share a passage from something I’ve been reading, and then relate it to our program. The passage is from Martin Heidegger, a 20th century German philosopher that most people find very difficult to read. But in recent … Continue reading →

I have been directing my last few posts not only to the comments of others, but to those of you who are not commenting, and who perhaps are not sure what this is all about. The first TSK book, which … Continue reading →

Michael is an old friend and TSK student, returning after quite some absence (in a formal sense, at least). Nice to have you with us. I’m glad you point out the course itself can be an occasion for time-stress. As … Continue reading →