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All general discussion for Creative Inquiry and TSK.

Juggling a few beads at once

Last night, walking the dogs in a brisk desert wind, old feelings arose from a morning in Canada, standing at the edge of  a field, snow melting, and the pine boughs singing in a springtime breeze.  Then this morning, I … Continue reading

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Exercise — Reacting to a Surprise Event

Exercise – An unexpected situation erupts: in your reaction is something being ignored, and in the order that you impose is something being added that has no real bearing? Thinking back over a range of ‘surprise‘ situations, one of the … Continue reading

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Practice Day–“Telling Stories”

The practice on page 289 of KTS suggests that we: “Look for those (stories) that consistently repeat themselves.  Can you touch the energy bound up in those stories?  Can you release it?’ I’m sure I have a lot of stories. … Continue reading

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Look—within ordinary experience—for the quality of aliveness

I find this a fascinating inquiry as my teacher, Jack Petranker, asks us to “look—within ordinary experience—for the quality of aliveness“. I am curious about darkness and color… looking inward, whether associated with mental images, and the space that accompanies … Continue reading

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The way with the TSK-Vision

I´m a little bit ill, and that ist a wonderful opportunity to have a “retreat” and to write stories. I read a little story in KNOWLEDGE OF FREEDOM (p. 145) about a little boy, who listened to a ancient traveler, … Continue reading

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The Aliveness Of Our Being

Good Evening Group While walking this morning our recent readings fell into place and I am very enthused. Forgive me if the below is already obvious to you, but the concise clarity is fresh for me. Rinposhe tells us that … Continue reading

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The Future Continuation Of The Past

I was pleased when Jack commented that the future may not be all fresh and new, but is the agent that also brings a continuation of the past. Recognizing  that the vitality of time does express in all experiences, can … Continue reading

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The Future Infinitive

In the final paragraph of this week’s reading and of the chapter (on SDTS Page 101), there is a surprising paradox presented in such simple language: “As we move through the present toward the future, doing so from within the … Continue reading

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A Good Time to Be Alive

In 1976, I  fled my old life in Montreal like a man escaping a house on fire.  I abandoned job, apartment, friends, and ran for dear life.  That summer in the farm country of Alberta, it was wonderful to discover … Continue reading

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My Mother died two weeks ago

My Mother died two weeks ago and death seems real. This semester we are invited to consider time and space as an intrinsic living presence, but what about death? I did a computer search of “death” as it appears in … Continue reading

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