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Category Archives: General TSK Discussions
Funky Submarine Blues – LOK Ex. 14 Variation
Decided to take a LIGHTHEARTED approach with this exercise… TIME, a variation on how we move from point to point, or moment to moment. It was suggested in class that we look for ‘transitions‘ between moments, because this kind of … Continue reading
Point of transition
Exploring Ex. 22 I found that attention to the breathe in a certain way can be a nice doorway into “moments” of transition: Bring awareness to your breath and consider the inbreath as moment A. The transition between inbreath and … Continue reading
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Variations? (Assignment 5)
Perhaps this is not an experience of variations which Jack is writing about in the last orientations. But perhaps it is worthwhile to describe it because it is connected to having fun – a playful approach to exercise 14 LOK … Continue reading
How to “sell” TSK
In our yesterdays Phone call we spend most of the time on the question: How can we transport the joy and inspiration that we find in TSK to others. Here is one approach: If we would make interviews in front … Continue reading
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Why Study TSK?
TSK presents so many challenges that we can sometimes wonder why we study it. For me it is about freedom. I can begin asking if I am really free. I can ask if things in my life are flowing smoothly, … Continue reading
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“X” Marks the Spotless
Looking for the presence of time between the ‘moments’ I experience, I can glimpse the limitations of what I call ‘moments’. Observable thoughts and perceptions catch my attention precisely because there is a stake in them for ‘me’. –I want … Continue reading
Varying the Space of Thought
For some reason, I am continuing to feel some resistance to modifying my phenomenological experience — which is unusual for me, since in the past this has come fairly easily and usually has been enjoyable and illuminating. The “resistance” isn’t … Continue reading
Distance and Fear
In the orientations Jack explores the relation between distance and fear saying: “Incidentally, this kind of “no-distance” experience may have significant psychological benefits. For instance, separation and distance seem to encourage fear reactions. If we are not distant, can we … Continue reading
Space Variations
“Everybody has a plan ‘till they get punched in the face.” -Mike Tyson  Sometimes, after too much reading, thinking, watching the internet, analysing, studiying and meditating, I find myself having more a vision ON reality than having a vision OF … Continue reading
The Space of Thoughts
“Thoughts and images appear one after another in a kind of ‘presentation space’, obeying the rules of noncontradiction and exclusivity associated with the physical realm.” – Tarthang Tulku Rinpoche, Knowledge of Time and Space. Reading the opening paragraphs of Allowing Mind: Physical … Continue reading