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All general discussion for Creative Inquiry and TSK.

An Incomplete Thought

There’s a sentence in this week’s reading (middle of Page 87), “The ever unfolding sequences move toward increasing dimensionalization: the multiple pronouncing of what has been recorded.”  This reminds me of another sentence, in the previous unit, where we studied how … Continue reading

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The Stiff Winds of the Future

In doing the exercise today and the one from page 99, I found that butting 2 quotes of Rinpoche’s together actually described my experience very well.  The first half is from the middle of page 83 and the last half … Continue reading

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The Edge of the Future – Class 3, Unit 2

There are times, while walking in nature for instance, a new moment emerges untouched, where the haze of thoughts and self concerns are blown away like dark smoke, and the seed of a new moment is born, freshly germinating by … Continue reading

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Tapestry of Presence

I was taken aback by an image on Page 77 of DTS: the suggestion that our “concern” could allow us to view the present as encompassing entire geologic eras.  My immediate thought was that a longer span of time can … Continue reading

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Desire & Intentionality

Hi All! Nice to be  back. It wasn’t hard to get a general understanding of Rinpoche’s concept “intentional knowledge,” however yesterday I saw it more directly in a moment of desire; a seeing which challenged my patterns some (thankfully). A … Continue reading

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Three times, three personalities

Three responses arose in me to three different parts of the LOK chapter for this week: 1/ The retreat into feelings is all too familiar, fortunately from an earlier time in my life; 2/ The dedication to controlling how my … Continue reading

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Objects of Desire – TSK Class 3, Unit 1

I wanted to observe my internal processes during different desires, and also during incidents of avoidance. Among other things, I observed the desire for an iPod, the hunger for lunch, the avoidance of anger and not wanting to display it, desire … Continue reading

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Noticing in the Noise

I live [comparatively to most people] a fairly solitary life.  I live by myself in a cottage near Golden Gate Park in SF.  I am a video editor and usually work mostly alone – until it’s time for the client … Continue reading

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Week 9 — The Cycle of Seeing

The Cycle of Seeing exercise demonstrated for me, many of the elements we’ve been learning for the past seventeen or so weeks. Selecting the ten ‘things’ put a focus on how I model experience to ‘short-hand‘ each ‘thing’ from a … Continue reading

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Waiting for Knowledge

Rereading the 3rd paragraph of LOK 150 for the third time, I realized something: I am living out the process being described in what I’m reading.  Just as the self turns toward a future in which it hopes to find satisfaction … Continue reading

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