Author Archives: Jack

There are lots of philosophical points that could be made about the distance between subject and object, but that is probably not so helpful. The ‘common sense’ view described here is a kind of natural dualism: I am ‘in here’ … Continue reading →

Peter, your modesty about your experience is an encouragement to others. It’s fine to let TSK experiences go, like the wind. You cannot own them, so why try to hold on to them. They will have an impact in any … Continue reading →

KTS 8, 56 Hi all, I hope everyone has access to Knowledge of Time and Space, for this week’s reading and practice. It’s a book with a very different flavor, often challenging, but also beautiful.  The KTS chapter starts off … Continue reading →

First, my apologies for not being very active last week. I am on a tight deadline which ends tomorrow. At several points in the discussion and the reading, we have noted the difference between subject (which stands against object) and … Continue reading →

We are staying with the same exercises this week, which makes me glad, since people are going into the exercises well. I really appreciate how active you are being in responding to one another. That is what makes this program … Continue reading →

Chris in a comment asks a question that might be of interest for others: Jack, are there other passages elsewhere in Rinpoche’s work where he addresses the issue of the not-knowing that arises with the perceptual-level polarities? I’m exploring that … Continue reading →

This week we start with Love of Knowledge. LOK makes a sharp distinction between subject/object on the one hand and self/world on the other. In this program we are working with subject/object, which LOK describes as a perceptual issue. A … Continue reading →

The opening statement in the first full paragraph on TSK 166 says the self is “the embodiment of a lapse of understanding. Let’s not worry at the moment about what is not understood (I am reminded of Arthur’s “I am … Continue reading →