Category Archives: 2010/2011 TSK Online Course

This online course offered by Center for Creative Inquiry explores the Time Space Knowledge vision put forwad by Tarthang Tulku.

journal entery

  Journling entry…after meditation sitting practice…            2-12-2011 Reading sentence by sentence and following the recipe as it is prescribed…using  The Joy of Being, page 44: Awakening Feelings…starting the sitting meditation practice… Following the instruction and lingering after each sentence, to … Continue reading

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Thinking and Thought

I’ve enjoyed returning to this inquiry into the nature of thought.  Here’s my phenomenological report so far: This morning, watching thinking as it arose, I noticed that “thought” most often shows up for me in two forms:  either as an … Continue reading

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Think of an orange ball…

Assume a thought can be an image, for this exercise. Think of an orange ball. Work with an image of an orange ball or sphere. Bring to mind this image, at different times during the day. Approach the orange ball … Continue reading

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Does the Mind need to keep thinking?

A shark needs to keep moving in order to remain alive.  Otherwise it would die for lack of oxygen.  I wonder if the human mind needs to keep thinking in order not to sink to the bottom of its ocean. … Continue reading

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Emotions and thoughts

I want to agree with Tina’s description of “What is not thought”. Looking at emotions and thoughts it is hard for me to find a difference or: Where does the emotion start and end – where does the thought begin? … Continue reading

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Something New and Something Old

In our final call for the year last Sunday, Jack asked how working with the original TSK book has compared to our earlier experiences with TSK books published later.  Thinking about this since, it came to me that I have … Continue reading

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Pick an Object in the Room…

I was playing with this little exercise that Jack told us to try during our conference call – to notice between the moments of looking at the object to see if something else is happening. And so I focused on … Continue reading

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Reading-in/Reading-out

Trying to connect the concept of “read-outs” with the third level promise that “Intimacy is” has caused me to see how I equate such admirable qualities as compassion, empathy, communication and intimacy with acts of reaching out.  Loneliness, isolation, depression … Continue reading

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Breath & Sensation

Dear Friends, If I’m quiet, it’s not that I’m not paying attention. My chronic illness has stopped me in my tracks during this last week, but I’m able to listen to the mp3s and read the study material. I just … Continue reading

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Three Angels

The exercise of turning time back into time, refreshing time, was a great exercise, for me. This exercise awoke an experience (can it be called that?) where…  well… what kind of ‘time’ is this? Can this legitimately be called ‘time’? … Continue reading

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