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Author Archives: Michael Gray
Intention, appreciation, inquiry and mindfulness.
Does a connection exist between mindfulness and TSK’s exploration of the underlying dynamic of time? Mindfulness ‘instills’ an awareness of the present. If our awareness is just of the objects, thoughts and phenomena that are of interest to the self, … Continue reading
Mandala Gardens
(From Mandala Gardens, pages 47—51) If we are willing to free our intelligence and refine our minds, our actions will become pure and free of mistakes. An intuitive sense of knowledge begins to emerge, a body of knowledge arises. We … Continue reading
The nose knows.
I have a friend who paints with his mouth because he is a quadraplegic.  I think this jungle artist is in the running for best painter lacking the use of a prehensile thumb: https://www.facebook.com/video.php?v=794637360575239
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Flowing Both Ways
Years ago it was a wonderful discovery to have revealed to me—during a retreat at the Nyingma Institute—that the senses are two way channels. This deepened my experience, and to this day, walking under a tree whose branches are singing … Continue reading
Bystander and Outsider
Reflecting on the last paragraph on page 25 of KTS, the following thought arose: in the model of a “Bystander-self experiencing outsider-world†there is no insider; at least in the experience of the self. The word “bystander†is most commonly … Continue reading
Memories are seeds that have been planted
Reflecting on the practice presented on SDTS Page 82, about the different feels of remembered past experiences and of imaginings that never happened, the ration of “16” came to mind. Perhaps an imagined image that leads nowhere is like the … Continue reading
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Out of the Ordinary
Picking up on Jack’s point: that “out of the ordinary†indicates point of origin as well as destination, I thought of another familiar phrase:     Departing the familiar. Sitting in a railway carriage as it pulls out from … Continue reading
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Embodying the Logos
Session 6, Assignment for Week 4. Listening twice to Jack’s recording of the KTS chapter, “Knowledge by the Knower of the Logosâ€, which I had previously read on my own, I found I had to read it yet again. What … Continue reading
Acts of Positioning
Session 6, Assignment for Week 3. Jack asked “Are acts of positioning the same as Timed-out Meanings?†A distinction seems indicated between attention to what is happening in the present (looked at as gestures witnessed from within) and a focus … Continue reading
A Mirror and its Reflection (a thought experiment)
Session 6, Assignment for Week 2.  In the film “Gravity†there is a scene in which Sandra Bullock is spinning wildly in open space after an explosion has torn apart their space station and flung the astronauts afield. This scene … Continue reading
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