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DTS Ex. 4, D & E – Conducting New Knowledge

I returned to music as a medium to facilitate these sections of the exercise, specifically the kind of music that draws emotion from me, like the moon pulling on the tides, tilting me toward an overflowing – space swells and … Continue reading

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Self as Construction (Session 3, Assignment 2)

I explored several times throughout the week the question of — No, wait.  Scratch that.  Exploration of the possibility that “self is a construct” took place several times throughout this week — No, wait.  The constructed self explored its own … Continue reading

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Self as a developmental stage

What if our task is to out grow our self. Eric Erickson described developmental tasks of a mature life. The last stage is one of “integraty  vs dispair”. This is when the self looks back over its life time and feels … Continue reading

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Assignment 2, Session 3

Peering Outside/Inside (Moments, Stories, Perspectives).            I did play with the exercises, and as usual I loved the readings.  But in the end, all I can think to say this morning seems to reside on the … Continue reading

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No Story Telling – Session 3 Assignment 2 – part 2

A self that is no longer assigned the job of providing continuity. What does this mean actually? I imagined myself being in the world without the references of the self. Waking up in the morning and following a predetermined routine: … Continue reading

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Moments of Knowledge – Session 3 Assignment 2 – part 1

Moments of anger are common in our experience when things doesn´t flow like they should. It is like to surf in a smooth and flowing wave and all of a sudden a rock appears and the flux is interrupted abruptly. … Continue reading

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How many moments go into a lightyear?

A few years ago, in a TSK retreat given by Jack and Leslie, Leslie asked me: Why do you think that Rinpoche put Time into Time, Space and Knowledge? Why not only Space and Knowledge? I still like this question! … Continue reading

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Froth and Polyphony

I enjoyed working with this complementary but challenging suite of “variations” this week: LOK 14, LOK 22, and the three additional variations Jack suggested in his overview.  LOK 14 was challenging for me because I really do not know what … Continue reading

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Assignment 1, Session 3

In Search of a Missing Connection            The practice part of TSK is hard for me.  At least these days it is.  In the 1980’s I delighted in the world they opened, but now I find … Continue reading

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Opening Awareness – assignment

The practice for this week invites to investigate the movement of time from moment to moment in my experience. When I listen to a continuous sound as it took place in one moment I have to focus my awareness, to … Continue reading

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