Category Archives: TSK Online Fall 2008 Therapists

A reflection on “positive think”

Unlike many pop psychology approaches telling us to think positive thoughts, TSK invites us to investigate the construction of thought and thereby be liberated from thought’s  compelling perceptual patterns. Not positive thoughts….liberation from thoughts :@) Hayward.

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Taking a rest from insisting on solidity

I forgot to sign up and want to add, that I appreciate the program very much. For me it seems to be very helpful in daily life and reconnecting me to a deep joy. Thank you all. Karin

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Last of the Sessions

I’ve finished my six session with each of three meditation practitioners. It was a very rewarding experience and the three of them want to continue together next year to explore TSK with me. Today, the last session was very moving. … Continue reading

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thoughts without substance

I am finding the recognition that “thoughts have no substance” helpful in freeing me from the reactivity I experience around thoughts and their contents. It has been useful to consider “thoughts” as a space in which  content appears. This helps … Continue reading

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field communiqué & realness

I had a lovely experience after the phone session the other night (Sydney time). I went back to bed, with the hope of falling asleep. However, the conversation had naturally stimulated me, and I didn’t fall asleep immediately. So instead … Continue reading

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languaging sub-personalities

I am finding it useful to speak to clients about “ways of knowing” or “vantage points”. Every way of knowing has a view of the world and a view of the self. Every way of knowing contains thoughts, feelings and … Continue reading

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A Report

I’m enjoying holding the TSK vision in my heart as I engage in dialogue with my three volunteers. They’re responding well to the exercises that I assign them each week, and I notice that when I am encouraging in the … Continue reading

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I think what Christopher is doing is not ill advised. I think it is good to work with a group of meditators who agree to do the exercises. They seem to have a clear and clean contract. However, in working … Continue reading

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A few responses

I’m going to follow the format that has been requested by participants in past programs and comment on other people’s posts in my own post, rather than by writing comments. We’ll see if that works well this time. Bruce makes … Continue reading

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Layers of mind

It is useful to consider thought as “content” and the other layers as “context”. Therefore the content of mind occurs in and is contoured (allowed and enabled) by the the context in which they occur. Prevailing bodily, affective and emotional … Continue reading

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