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Open Invitation

TSK vision can naturally accommodate  every alternative, because it has no position to defend or point to make. It is an open invitation to investigate, through careful analysis, the mechanism of the arising of appearances and the dynamic of their … Continue reading

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Soundscapes

Yesterday I was at a Music Discovery meeting, to introduce people to the programme for the forthcoming 70th Cheltenham Music Festival in the UK. One of the performances is entitled ‘The Planets and the Great Animal Orchestra’. Gustav Holst lived … Continue reading

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If Not Me—then Who?

(Session 5, Assignment for Week 5).        I can see the limitations of the self.  This morning the fallibility of the particular self who lives in this body is much with me.  As a parent and husband, I … Continue reading

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Swimming in Witness

The term ‘witness’ is an interesting one from the very beginning. Witness implies some kind of conscious aliveness. Does witness exists in plants? Does witness exist in atomic structure? Or does witness only apply to…to…well, what? If knowledge is its … Continue reading

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Temporal Rhythm, Week 3

Experiencing a deeper rhythm of time is like experiencing space as fields. Time-fields present as ‘rhythms’, perhaps being experienced as waves of space-fields, whole packets of experience with a particular potential or flavor or feel. In this deeper level of … Continue reading

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Week 5 Walkabout

It almost felt like the question for this week’s walkabout was a trick question!  TSK is tricky like that.  In looking to take each moment as a whole, complete in itself, without reference to past or future moments, and in … Continue reading

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Space as Witness

What keep us from engaging the dynamic of time? The reading points toward the sense of self, but there is other obstacle worthy of note: concentration. If there is not focus it is difficult to pay attention to anything, to … Continue reading

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Surfing the Vajra Guru Mantra into the aliveness of time

Chanting the slow version of the Vajra Guru Mantra my mind rides on the wave of sound into the aliveness of time: a vital stillness, a perfect realm (because there is noone with wishes) pervaded with joy.

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Think about this

I was reading a Buddhist book written by a westerner and I found some interesting reflections about time that I would like to share with you. The writer points to the subjective nature of time. These are the exact words: … Continue reading

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The Witness in another light.

Jack suggested as a writing assignment to read a couple of references to “the witness” in LOK and compare them to how the witness is treated in the current readings. The recent class readings from Love of Knowledge have been … Continue reading

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