Category Archives: TSK online program 2007-2008

The blessings of Suchness

Dear Friends, I’ve been a bit busy, too, over the last weeks, but I’d like you to know that I’ve been contemplating the subject-object dance, nevertheless. In response to a recent post by Jack, I went through the books and … Continue reading

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Transcendence of Paintings

Excuse the pun in the title of this post; I couldn’t pass it up. David’s description is very good. I am of course most interested in the later description, where the painting paints itself, and process takes over. This is … Continue reading

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Looking back toward Week 8

I never really commented on your postings for Week 8. Here are a few observations, before the chance disappears entirely.  David in one of his posts writes of “the object understanding itself.” quote KTS. It is perhaps worth noting that … Continue reading

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Week 9: TSK Ex. 26: Transcendence

First: The description of your process, David, of pointing by painting is helpful for me. With Ex. TSK 26 I again (like in earlier times) have come to a dead end. ‘I am mind; these are thoughts; that is a … Continue reading

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Week 9 – TSK Ex. 26 – Transcendence of Pointings

I used to work with watercolors painting landscapes. The process from beginning to end is the implementation of countless pointings. There is an initial impression, which includes (a kind of whole), much more than will end up on paper. The … Continue reading

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The final week, but of course, we are always beginning

First, a reminder. I found several posts that I rescued from “general comments” and put in TSK online: these posts get lost if you do not put them in the right “Category.”  Second, I want to thank you all for … Continue reading

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Week 8, Ex.TSK 25: Intimacy

….’the objects and outside-standers that make appearance meaningful.’ (P.189).There are difficults with doing this exercise. I can see my thoughts about things – but seeing the things themselves? Do I know, how things themselves are? Do I know, when i’m … Continue reading

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Week 8: Intimacy, erecting sheltering walls

Thank you, Jack, for your advice and your suggestions in your post. They help to understand and to look at special points. Changes: A story: I had a young dog. In my garden lied half a ball, filled with water … Continue reading

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Week 8, TSK Ex. 25 – Intimacy

I found an interesting example, on a simple scale, of what happens (as the passage from KTS pp. 423-4 describes) when subject and distance dissolve in intimacy and the object understands itself: “As the act of knowing unfolds, the image … Continue reading

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Distance and Intimacy

I like the image in the reading (p. 93) of VOK of consciousness “erecting sheltering walls.” Experientially it raises at least two questions: 1) can we discover those walls in our own experience; 2) what are we sheltering (protecting) against. … Continue reading

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