Category Archives: General TSK Discussions

The Intimacy of Knowing

I have always ad difficulty with this subject-object exercise. For one, I have difficulty imagining that object knowing at all, no less knowing me. Second, the exercise keeps a fundamental dichotomy in place. However, when playing with the material it became … Continue reading

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Twittering about TSK

‘Twihaiku’ and ‘micropoetry’ are two of the names given to the 140 word poems being circulated on Twitter. Here’s an article from the Independent about it: http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/books/features/twihaiku-micropoetry-the-rise-of-twitter-poetry-8711637.html# Might this be a good way to bring TSK to a wider audience … Continue reading

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Exercising Subject Object Reversal

For me this practice is difficult at first. But if I consider the quote from LOK pg xliii-xliv it seems that some light comes in: Externally, events continued to unfold much as they had before, subject to their own momentum. … Continue reading

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Inclusion and Synthesis (Walk-Around Exercise)

The walk-around assignment for this week was unexpectedly challenging for me (which is wonderful).  I say “unexpectedly challenging” because, as a student also of Integral Theory, inclusion and synthesis are primary aims and orientations.  Because this was, in a sense, … Continue reading

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Walking-around practice

First I want to mention, that for me the walking-around practice seems to be helpful, because I can do the practice everywhere and everytime all over the day. It often comes to my mind by itself, for example during walking, … Continue reading

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Subject-Object Reversal (TSK Ex. 30)

The instructions operate by osmosis, bypassing intellect and discursive thinking. Like drinking a benignly potent medicine which is instantly absorbed by tongue, digestive system and bloodstream, whose essence immediately merges with the cells. I set out to attempt the exercises … Continue reading

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“You must note the way … (writing assign. week 5)

“Now is the time to open to a new level of knowledge,one where inclusion is more natural than exclusion and synthesis is more creative than separation.” Sacred Dimensions of Time and Space (xvi)  Writing assignment: In daily activities, experience with … Continue reading

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Meeting Point

This week practice remembers me a recent movie called A Bottle in the Gaza Sea (Une bouteille à la mer). It is a touching story about two people that never met but were both affected in unexpected ways. Their experience … Continue reading

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My motivation to join the TSK program

Why am I joining the TSK program? The TSK vision helps me to disarm myself from all kinds of conclusions about this self and about the world I live in. It is a way to ‘unfreeze’ and to open up … Continue reading

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TSK Ex. 30 A Subject-Object Reversal – David

Observe the knowing subject and the difference in quality that distinguishes it from the known object. I chose an object across the room, a jade colored candle. As the knowing subject I observed how I felt about the object. I … Continue reading

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