Category Archives: General TSK Discussions

The Aliveness of Invariable Time

Posted on December 12, 2014 by Eliana Kalaf

How can Time present itself in ways that do not conform to the patterns of known reality and knowing mind? … It may be that Time is a total energy, invariantly embracing the whole, but what will allow ‘us’ to … Continue reading →

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The Story of Your Life

Posted on December 10, 2014 by Caroline Sherwood

Looks like a film of the Ted Chiang story is planned for release in 2016: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Story_of_Your_Life  

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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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