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Giant Presence

Arthur in his Post on his experience with TSK Ex. 4 (I’m not going to try to paraphrase in English) calls attention to the discussion on p. 9-10 of TSK, which I think is very valuable. The text on p. … Continue reading

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TSK day to day

This is a response to Lesley’s post. The basic question here is how to translate TSK out of the world of quiet reflection into the work world. This a question we will be looking at a lot during the program, … Continue reading

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More on imagination and the Giant Body

Bruce, in a comment on a Post I wrote, mentions that VOK pp. 4-8 offers a very fine discussion of the power of imagination. You might want to look at it. You could also do a search for other uses … Continue reading

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Space, Imagination, and the Giant Body: more reactions

Peter offers (in German) a lovely description of lying in bed with his homesick and crying grandson, chanting a mantra; he says, “I imagined that we were both transparent Giant Bodies.” Then he contrasts that to a time later that … Continue reading

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Once more about visualization in the Giant Body Exercises

Arthur raised the question of whether the images in the Giant Body exercises are just bits of memories that we have picked up from here and there. This is the right question to ask. Yesterday I cited a passage from … Continue reading

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Giant Body Reflections

Bruce, thanks a lot for that image. It does fit will with the theme of “just interactions and shining outlines.” Arthur raises good questions in his post (which is written in German, so I’ll paraphrase): he wonders whether it is … Continue reading

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About TSK Ex. 1-2

Zu Unit 4: Ich beschränke mich auf Ex. 1 und vor allem 2, obwohl 3 ähnlich abläuft, was mein Problem anbelangt. Das geringste Problem habe ich bei Ex. 1, den Giant-Körper zu visualisieren. Bei Ex. 2 (Internal Details) kommt wiederholt … Continue reading

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Trust . . . and faith

Lesley comments about her inquiry into “trust” using the search mechanism on the CD. Let me underline that point: being able to search on specific terms (including one term near another) is a wonderful tool for inquiry. This made me … Continue reading

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Writing as a Discipline

I have always felt that I do my best thinking while I am writing. First comes the initial insight (and perhaps this is the best part of the thought, in one sense, but read on). Then, when it comes time … Continue reading

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Giant Body comments

Joel, as Ron comments, most people do in fact use their own bodies, and that seems fine. Personally I have never found the issue of ownership to loom large. David, here are a couple of thoughts: “Entertain” is an interesting … Continue reading

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