Category Archives: TSK Online Program 2009-2010

In preparation for the phone call tomorrow (11-22( I reviewed all the posts in the course so far. I really appreciate the depth of thinking and experience that is being expressed. At the same time, it would be great if … Continue reading →

Joseph Cambell said something like: Rather than seek the meaning of life we ought seek the experience of being fully alive. Toward this end an incredible lightness of being can be attributed to breath. I have found this  to be … Continue reading →

Joseph Cambell said something like: Rather than seek the meaning of life we ought seek the experience of being fully alive. Toward this end an incredible lightness of being can be attributed to breath. I have found this  to be … Continue reading →

When exploring “self” on Sunday, Jack mentions three different uses of “I” when speaking of the following: the I that acts, the I that possesses (mine) and the the I to whom events occur (me). To this we might add … Continue reading →

Reading this week’s chapter in Love of Knowledge again, a thought occurred to me.  The situation described–where there is a self, arbitrarily in charge, favoring a kind of knowledge guaranteed never to challenge it’s claim to be in charge, while … Continue reading →

It somehow seemed appropriate to experience technical difficulties with the topic of the week being technological knowledge and the self.  I wanted to speak but my voice was muted.  There was a sense of frustration.  Frustration at not being able … Continue reading →

I hope this is respectful of Tarthang Tulku’s insistence that TSK is not Buddhism, but it seems legitimate to take from anywhere whatever help us to understand the insights of TSK.  In that spirit, I’ve been thinking about the TSK … Continue reading →

In wester psychology “ego ” is  seen as adaptive; the ability to integrate and organize experience into a shared and conventional reality. People with weak egos do not function very well. Frequently they are frightened or aggressive, isolated and unable … Continue reading →

Dear All, I’d like to apologise for my absence in the discussion. I’m a samatha-vipassana teacher and I’ve had a retreat to prepare and conduct recently (and my usual psychotherapy practice). I’m hoping that I’ll have time to write more … Continue reading →