Author Archives: Gaynor Austen

Thank you David and Peter – I find your posts very helpful in trying to understand this area. In my usual pedantic way, I started my practice by wondering what constitutes a ‘moment’. My initial thought was that perhaps it … Continue reading →

I can think of a couple of examples of different ways of seeing time pass, as mentioned in Jack’s post. One is the way in which Australian aborigines seem to view time. They believe that the whole world was “dreamed” … Continue reading →

I have been practising The Source of Thoughts, and also have been mulling over part of the commentary on the practice contained in the TSK book. In this commentary, Tathang Tulku discusses two common orientations to the question of the … Continue reading →

Hello, all, I have returned now from my holiday wanderings. It was great to be able to contemplate TSK from an “outsider” perspective while travelling, as Jack commented. and will be even better to take that awareness into everyday life. … Continue reading →

I have been trying to practise Threefold time while travelling across Syria. I find that in travelling I am much more able to step outside the ‘normal ‘ thoughts of daily life. More than at any other time, my thought … Continue reading →

Hi everyone, Our TSK reading for this unit includes discussion of our normal tendency to relate to the spaciousness of the sky as a boundary, an enclosing spherical surface. I am presently on holiday (vacation) in the Middle East and … Continue reading →

Sorry for being behind in registering these experiences, but I would still like to make them available for any comment by Jack, or others. Subject- Object reversal – as I allow objects to ‘know’ me, there is relaxation in blending … Continue reading →

The Disowning tension exercise suggests that we “focus on the self as part of the ‘given’ content of the situation”. I quite often find myself doing this in the midst of an activity or social situation – I actually find … Continue reading →