Category Archives: General TSK Discussions

The Space Not-Known…

Posted on January 6, 2017 by David Filippone

Re-reading ‘Revelations of Mind’, by Tarthang Tulku Rinpoche, and once again looking into the feel of presence, and degrees of experiencing it. For me, it’s often seeing ‘how’ things are coming to my attention, not just the reasoning of cause … Continue reading →

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Be Aware the Unknown…

Posted on January 4, 2017 by David Filippone

Ring out the old and listen to the silence for the yet unknown sound of the new… The words unspoken… the ‘FEEL‘ of undefined space…open… inchoate… AUBADE 3 By Ken McKeon Finally there is No rest at all Within the … Continue reading →

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Happy New Year

Posted on December 19, 2016 by Eliana Kalaf

We usually feel that space is missing in our lives. But space is everywhere. We are more intimate of space than we imagine. The space embraces all and everything: the extraordinary, the inimaginable,the exquisite, the beautiful, the undescribable, the unbelievable, … Continue reading →

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The Prior of Perception

Posted on December 18, 2016 by David Filippone

The Prior of Perception Tarthang Tulku in many of his books discusses in detail the dangers of NOT understanding the nature of Time… that is, taking Time for granted, because in a sense, time makes us uneasy, we tend to … Continue reading →

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The Humble Moment…

Posted on December 7, 2016 by David Filippone

THE HUMBLE MOMENT… The Space in which the sound just occupied…open now…blue as can be…as far as listening can see. The prior of touch, the essence of ‘feel’…I am this… THE BLUES By Ken McKeon Think on the sound that’s … Continue reading →

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Regarding Inquiry

Posted on November 24, 2016 by Hayward

We are forms of intelligence born into a culture and time, from which we learn what we know. Inquiry into what we know opens the known; liberating intelligence to know another way of knowing. Tarthang Tulku tells us to be … Continue reading →

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The Aliens… “Story of Your Life”

Posted on November 19, 2016 by David Filippone

A couple of years ago Jack had us read a story for TSK class. In the short story entitled, ‘Story of your Life’, by Ted Chiang, aliens arrive on earth. The new motion picture ‘Arrival’ is based on the short … Continue reading →

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The Narrative

Posted on November 16, 2016 by Hayward

We have just been given a great teaching. We were told that Secretary Clinton would prevail in the 2016 election. The airwaves carried the message of victory and the pollsters equipped with statistical sampling and measurement, predicted an event that … Continue reading →

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Morning Ripple…

Posted on November 11, 2016 by David Filippone

‘Under the Turning Leaves’ 11/9/16… Color and light draw me in, always catching me by surprise…breathe in…space opens up, form fascinates and lovingly confounds… Excerpt from the poem by Ken Mckeon, “11/1/16” …sitting here… Each and every morning this one … Continue reading →

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Middle of the Ripple…

Posted on November 8, 2016 by David Filippone

MIDDLE OF THE RIPPLE… The practice is to just be in the middle of the ripple. Rinpoche writes: “…the practice of starting in the center. First there is development…Eventually, something is labeled: an object… As soon as there is an … Continue reading →

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