Category Archives: General TSK Discussions

CHOOSING THE UNKNOWN

Posted on August 15, 2020 by David Filippone

One more advanced Full Presence Mindfulness class till we break until the next semester… when classes continue in late September or early October. The eighteen classes we’ve engaged with since mid-March have been a gift. Our teacher, Jack Petranker, has … Continue reading →

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Pendulums in the Sky with Diamonds

Posted on August 10, 2020 by Michael Gray

“Leave them alone and they’ll come home, wagging their tails behind them.” –From the writings of 16th century shepherdess, Little Bo Peep. This morning, I was about to use the sound of the pendulum’s ticks and tocks, out in the … Continue reading →

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POINTS OF CONCERN…

Posted on July 22, 2020 by David Filippone

POINTS OF CONCERN… In Full Presence Mindfulness class we were talking about the practice of being at the ‘edge of the future’… we go directly to the point of arising itself: the point in each experience where the future could … Continue reading →

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MORNING TIME

Posted on July 21, 2020 by David Filippone

If you can find the subtle, it can anchor the rest of your day… allowing a return to that loving openness at any moment thereafter… MORNING TIME by Ken McKeon Early morning dim mind sleepy still, I need a muted … Continue reading →

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Feeling at Ease

Posted on July 20, 2020 by Michael Gray

Standing on the shore, perhaps on a cliff above crashing waves, where even the seagulls and ravens cruise far below, or right there at the level of the waves, my shoes settled into wet pebbles; I feel the mist traveling … Continue reading →

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EDGE OF THE FUTURE…

Posted on July 2, 2020 by David Filippone

EDGE OF THE FUTURE… We’re on a two week break in Full Presence Mindfulness class, we are encouraged to, among other things, continue or work with ‘Dynamics of Time and Space’, Exercise 4… EDGE OF THE FUTURE. In this practice … Continue reading →

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Casting the First Brick

Posted on June 8, 2020 by Michael Gray

“In the act of being curious, what has been settled becomes unsettled. There are no rules, no certainty, and no fixed place at which to arrive. We know that we do not know. We know that our cognition is inadequate, … Continue reading →

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What Gets me up?

Posted on May 10, 2020 by Michael Gray

What gets me up in the morning? Well. I’m glad that something does. It may not be a golden trumpet sounding at the edge of the meadow of sleep, beckoning me into the forest canopy of a new day. But … Continue reading →

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SPACE WITHOUT DIRECTIONALITY…

Posted on May 7, 2020 by David Filippone

SPACE WITHOUT DIRECTIONALITY… Ken’s poem… or playful inquiry, as always, invites me to a space… where a tentative order could cohere, where incipient structure could begin to formulate… to source, to origin… a depth where seeds of knowledge uncurl. The … Continue reading →

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Life Imitating Art

Posted on May 4, 2020 by Michael Gray

Last week, I wrote a piece about a cuckoo bird who transcended his predetermined role in life to save his nest mates. I chose a family of Indigo Buntings because I had just finished reading a novel (“Where the Forest … Continue reading →

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