Category Archives: General TSK Discussions

The Center of the Pool

Posted on June 9, 2016 by David Filippone

In class we’ve been exploring what’s at the center of experience…a controlling self? A knowing space presence…? It is a fascinating probe, a view into the depths of the pool of perception. It seems that stories give shape, form, and … Continue reading →

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The Buddha’s “problem”

Posted on June 9, 2016 by Klaus Noldes

After his enlightenment the Buddha did not teach, because he was convinced that the profound “knowledge” he found could not be transmitted. After being insistently being asked he finally started to teach and that’s the beginning of Buddhism, a spiritual … Continue reading →

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A Dualistic Self At The Center of Experience

Posted on June 5, 2016 by Hayward

It seems we are at the center of experience as either the subject or the object. “I and me” become reference points for a very narrow view on  the world of perceived circumstance. Much attention and focus is placed on what”I” … Continue reading →

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Consider the Present Ripens from the Future

Posted on June 5, 2016 by David Filippone

In class we were considering ‘field dynamics’, which from a TSK perspective suggests…as science tells us, ‘everything is made of fields’. Keeping that in mind as we employ our normal way of knowing, (subject engages an object), ‘I encounter things’…but … Continue reading →

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If You’re like me . . .

Posted on June 5, 2016 by Michael Gray

If you’re like me, you missed not getting Jack’s notes in time to read them before today’s class.  (Although they’re there now, after the site was down for the previous two days). One of the themes in Jack’s notes for … Continue reading →

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Time-skimming…

Posted on May 21, 2016 by David Filippone

In class, we’ve been investigating how the mind actively constructs in each moment, and noticing that no construct is ever completely finished. When we are aware of the activity of minding that builds each structure, our perceptions do not have … Continue reading →

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Beyond Language

Posted on May 15, 2016 by David Filippone

Came across this article having read it several years ago. It’s written by a Zen Buddhist, and it’s quite good, in my ‘view’… I see parallels with my interests in language, poetry, and other studies. I often say I am … Continue reading →

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Inhabiting Multidimensional Space

Posted on May 9, 2016 by David Filippone

Listen to this song at the link, as you read this post…(‘Little Person’by Brad Mehldau Trio) https://youtu.be/S4ovHLw9fos PRACTICE… explore possibility of inhabiting multidimensional space… Space we inhabit is full of feeling…it PERVADES the space we inhabit… not subjective or objective… … Continue reading →

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Orangutan…space

Posted on May 7, 2016 by David Filippone

Perhaps as another life (or another time in this one) I was an orangutan, for while I may not tangle in the tree tops now…from where I sit in the easy-chair under the cave of maples… I mingle with emerald … Continue reading →

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A Walk on the Wild Side

Posted on May 6, 2016 by Michael Gray

It’s very windy in Albuquerque today.  Probably gusts of 40-50 mph, but under an unbroken blue sky.  It was a good day to take a walk and attend to sound.   The sound of the wind in the trees was … Continue reading →

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