Category Archives: General TSK Discussions

Momentous Moments have Momentum

Posted on December 8, 2014 by Michael Gray

I have never noticed previously that ‘momentum’ is based on the word “moment”. This must correspond to the idea that ‘momentum’ is a movement in time, only noticeable as a progression over a span of ‘moments’. The word ‘momentous’ denotes … Continue reading →

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“Story of Your Life and Others”—by Ted Chiang

Posted on December 7, 2014 by Michael Gray

Ted Chiang’s story, which Jack recommended, is an exploration of a TSK-kind of experience in which an alien language expresses a non-linear and non-sequential relationship to time.  Utterance is a kind of calligraphy in which the first brush stroke already … Continue reading →

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‘Story of Your Life’ – Short Story by Ted Chiang

Posted on December 7, 2014 by David Filippone

Jack recommended a short story by Ted Chiang entitled ‘Story of Your Life’, available for purchase on Amazon… Jack said: “…it offers a very interesting take on time and the structures of language, and it’s also a beautifully crafted story, … Continue reading →

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Adding a reduction

Posted on December 7, 2014 by Klaus Noldes

“Simply allowing sound to hear or seeing to watch (there is) an intelligence of intimacy”. Does this phrasing add anything to the practice of TSK 24″Marriage of sound and breath?” When form sees and sound hears the knower disappears into … Continue reading →

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Look Into Something Close at Hand

Posted on December 4, 2014 by David Filippone

My friend, poet, and fellow TSK student, Ken McKeon sent me a poem in response to a brief exercise we did in class. We’ve actually done many variations on this practice, but in this case Ken was simply having a … Continue reading →

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Approaching Great Time

Posted on December 4, 2014 by Eliana Kalaf

In Great Time, intimacy simply is, offering knowingness. This intimacy cannot be brought to our experience at will. It is a state of pure “allowingness”. As if the meaning emerged without any barrier, free of judgments and preconceptions. The prevailing … Continue reading →

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Favourites of this weeks reading

Posted on November 30, 2014 by Klaus Noldes

“Within the chain of thoughts, and within the chain of the chain,”zero” appears as the gateway to “zero”. Nor is this a result that can be reached only by specifying the moment in a particular way (for example, through meditative … Continue reading →

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Glowing Journey in Time.

Posted on November 26, 2014 by Michael Gray

I have felt the pull of sequential time strongly in the past two days, worrying about my kids in a framework (logos) that assumes dire consequences for current behaviour. Working with LoK exercise 32 & 33 revealed in a surprising … Continue reading →

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Tripping Over Zero – A Walkabout Practice

Posted on November 25, 2014 by David Filippone

I’ve had fun this week with our walk about practice, the one where we ‘look for openness in time’s hidden occupancy, feel it as a “luminous energy…like the glow of a living being at rest”. We are told to “Look … Continue reading →

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The Quest for “Zero”

Posted on November 24, 2014 by Eliana Kalaf

It came to my mind the Big Bang, the great explosion that gave rise to our universe, the zero point of our universe. Nobody could see the explosion, only the echoes of its occurrence. Scientists affirm that there was this … Continue reading →

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