Category Archives: General TSK Discussions

The Solidity of Reality

Is our reality as solid as we think it is? What does solid mean? This question reminds me a dream, a lucid dream I had a long time ago, but that is still present in my mind, in which I … Continue reading

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To Try to ´be here now`

This presupposition doesn´t seem to be most powerful to me, but it is a very popular presupposition which I have always had some problems with: On one hand the ´achievement and self-orientation`, which is involved, is somehow opposite to opening … Continue reading

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Be Here Now

Following up on Jack’s suggestion to look at the list of conventional views (listed on TSK 83-85) and reflect on how they differ from the TSK vision—what stands out most for me is how the meditative phrase, “Be Here Now” … Continue reading

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The Alchemy of TSK

It seems that to trap the word in the confines of its etymology is to constrict the vastness and subtleties of its meanings. Wikipedia’s take on it might be of interest http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alchemy The simple derivation from the Oxford dictionary is this: late … Continue reading

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TSK, “Be Here Now”

Following up on Jack’s suggestion to look at the list of conventional views (listed on TSK 83-85) and reflect on how they differ from the TSK vision—what stands out most for me is how the meditative phrase, “Be Here Now” … Continue reading

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Opening the Focal Setting

Conventional views often accord a special primacy to the “here” or the position of the observing self. But according to TSK vision, such primacy is attached neither to the “here” or observing self, nor to the “there” of an independent … Continue reading

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Space Conversation

            As a walkaround for this week, continue the practice we did during the phone call: appreciation of each moment of experience (including encounters with the surrounding world) as also involving the act of experiencing. Does bringing … Continue reading

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Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year

….to the TSK crew…  

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DTS Exercise 20 – Exhibition of Knowledge – DF

The original post under this title was lost due to some corrupted files on this website. In order to preserve the content I am providing a link below to a copy of the original post and all accompanying comments that … Continue reading

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T S Eliot

We mentioned the poetry of T S Eliot in relation to Time in the last class of Session 8. Here is the first stanza of ‘Burnt Norton’ (one of the Four Quartets) Time present and time past Are both perhaps … Continue reading

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