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TSK and Human Evolution

I am referring to Michael’s comment at the end of class about ‘Eknosis’ being related to forging new left/right hemisphere brain pathways. Whilst aware of the pitfalls (alluded to by Jack) in pursuing such lines of comparison, I am increasingly … Continue reading

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Tip of the Field Communique

Since appearance never takes form, each appearance—inseparable from space—fills the whole of space.  DTS 33 Every time I hear that appearance fills the whole of space I think: I don’t understand but I guess it has something to do with … Continue reading

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The Pursuit of Knowledge

Space can be experienced in its allowing capacity, while each appearing property would reveal something about the space that allows. The exercise 4 in DTS invites us to look at mind without words; at the mechanism of conducting; at the … Continue reading

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‘Koans’ of appearance: DTS p. 31

Tarthang Tulku, 1994: The mystery of appearance can be phrased in many ways. There is the fundamental question of why anything appears at all, rather than nothing. There is the nature of the mechanism that allows appearing, as well as … Continue reading

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Echoes of Silence.

Water Fish, Wind Bird, and Gaia are ancient beings who have inhabited Planet Earth from very early times.  Gaia (who watches over the land and all that grows upon it), Wind Bird (who fills the sky and bringing breath to … Continue reading

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Walkabout Practice Week 5:

Instruction: Look for the dynamic of the field communiqué within appearance. Put differently, envision substance as a message communicated forward by the mind in ongoing acts of naming. In doing this walkabout, give ‘substance’ an expansive definition. It includes anything … Continue reading

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Travelling Light

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Stepping away from our restrictions

Individual appearances manifest in terms of the field communiqué, which is characterized by the names and by the interactions of the appearances through their communicated meaning. In the field communiqué, substance arises through the mind, taking form in the act … Continue reading

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Knowledge Does Not Belong To Us

Michael Gray has a weekly blog and in the last offering he wrote the following: “True knowledge does not belong to us any more than the wind stirring its branches belongs to a tree. Like exhalations that make inhalation possible, … Continue reading

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Einfach mal die Klappe halten

This might be the modern version of Wittgenstein’s quote. In English: Simply shut up.

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