Author Archives: Gaynor Austen

Reflections on TSK Exercise practise

A few reflections on my personal practice, in anticipation of the review day on Sunday: -          Observing the ppf structure of my thoughts and thought processes, I note how pre-occupied these tend to be with anticipations of the future. Yet … Continue reading

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Some comments from down south

Hi Jack and group members, I am following your discussions with great interest via the podcasts – unfortunately I’m not sufficiently keen to come online at 4am on Monday mornings, Australian time. Jack has asked us to contribute our own … Continue reading

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Practice Day comment

Abiding in Thought and Marriage of Sound and Breath have both been favourite practices for many years. Practising them today was very much a homecoming. With Marriage of Sound and Breath my thought train is simply ‘Breathe’, ‘Breathe’, ‘In’, ‘Out’. The mind … Continue reading

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An Ocean of Space

My yoga group is currently practising a meditation exercise which, for me, opens up  dimensionless space. The description of the exercise is: “Imagine that your body is completely empty. It is as though your skin were a thin membrane, like the … Continue reading

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Moving from Darkness

Jack, I really like your suggestion this week that appreciation can be a key means of turning our focus to light, and also the suggestion from last week’s reading that we can “invite light as source by sinking ‘beneath’ the … Continue reading

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When darkness seems impenetrable to light

For me, it is ironic that this week we return to Exercises 32 and 33.When we practised them several weeks ago, I wrote: “Seeing/feeling ‘light’ within all…seems easy when my current life appears comfortable and non-threatening….Would it have been so … Continue reading

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DARKNESS AND LIGHT

I have just returned from a holiday in Vanuatu, a beautiful little nation of islands in the south Pacific. Being there gave me the opportunity to experience the luxurious light of the tropics – so dazzlingly bright, with sunsets of … Continue reading

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Everyday Self-Transcending – Ex.33

Seeing/Feeling ‘light’ within all as I go about my daily business seems easy on perfect sunny autumn days, when my current life appears comfortable and non-threatening, and action is easy. Would it have been so easy during my much more stressed past life? … Continue reading

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Exercise 32

Hi Jack and all, It’s good to be back studying TSK vision again after a break which I needed to do some other yoga related work. I have found a lot in the ‘Unifying Clarity’ Exercise. We have worked with … Continue reading

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A “slightly more unifying clarity”

Thank you all, particularly to Jack, for the opportunity to share this TSK journey with you. The posts written by everyone were wonderful to read and to consider. There are obviously so many ways to relate to this vision. Jack … Continue reading

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