Category Archives: General TSK Discussions

Distance is Determinative

Distance is determinative: What is situated “somewhere else” is simply out of reach. LOK 387 Once knowledge is placed somewhere else, according to a dichotomizing structure, the gap between antagonistic poles cannot be bridged. In other words, there is no … Continue reading

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Walkabout – Session 11, Week 3 – Exploring not-knowing

“See if you can get in touch with the ‘feel of the field’ at a time when you are already feeling negative… let the feeling lead you into an exploration of the not-knowing hidden within the ‘witness’ knowing… remember that … Continue reading

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Freedom from Knowing

Not knowing can be seen as a freedom from knowing what is laid out in advance. When we accept not knowing as source, we can investigate and understand without compulsion, for knowing is no longer an unnatural act. We can … Continue reading

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Noticing Space

I appreciated the article by Ajahn Sumedho—from Tricyle, Fall 1995—that Jack posted. Not only is it a wonderful appreciation of spaciousness which is remarkably consonant with the TSK vision, but it tells its own story independently of the TSK vision.  … Continue reading

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Turning inward to make contact

In the last few days, I have been worried about an issue, and this worry makes me be glued in thoughts and disconnected from the surroundings. There was a tension underneath, the reality showed itself limited and the wish of … Continue reading

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TSK – SEO

Over the last days I was quite busy in optimizing mandalashop.koeln s website for being found in search engines (SEO). Like you will know the goal is to place your site as high as possible in Google & CO. You … Continue reading

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Practice LOK 50 – Inquiry – A Doorway to the Zeroless

Try listening to this song while reading this… Take the [TSK] vision into your daily activity, observing lightly and free from judgment the effect it has in your life. Lately music, though not the only opening, has been easy access … Continue reading

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Meaning without substantiality?

Jack asked if giving up our commitment to the proclamations of ordinary viewpoints means we will also give up what we view as meaningful—since meaningfulness is itself a kind of proclamation. This seems to be a paradox.  How can we … Continue reading

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A New Kind of Space

An important point in the TSK inquiry can be put in this way: Whatever they happen to be about, and whatever form they take, thoughts communicate “the substantiality of their content.” By insisting on substance, they obscure space freedom. What … Continue reading

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Intimacy at zero

We were invited to experience and to cultivate the ‘here’ of the ‘I’ as encompassing the whole, to let the ‘here’ of ‘I am here’ open into the fullness of space. In this way, ‘I am here’ can become a … Continue reading

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