Category Archives: light

what is truly present?

Tonight I watched a ‘timely’ show (ha!) — a P.O.V. documentary on PBS called “Nostalgia for the Light.”  Described as “a remarkable meditation on memory, history and eternity” the movie focuses on three groups of people who search for and … Continue reading

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Thoughts as lumenous space

Thoughts as luminous space In doing the exercises today thoughts were revealed as forms of luminous space; a lifting sensation occurred, mind became brighter and there was an energetic rising. Even my facial muscles lifted and a feeling of lightness … Continue reading

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Thought as forms of luminous space

Thoughts as luminous space In doing the exercises today thoughts were revealed as forms of luminous space; a lifting sensation occurred, mind became brighter and there was an energetic rising. Even my facial muscles lifted and a feeling of lightness … Continue reading

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A Poem that captures the current teachings…

Only Luminous Awareness I See …   In the market, in the Mosque—only Luminous Awareness I see. In the valley and on the mountain–only Luminous Awareness I see.   I have seen the Beloved beside me oft in tribulation; In … Continue reading

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Week 6 – DTS Ex. 22 – Return to Light

For me, an example of experiencing the quality of darkness within thoughts and feelings is when I’m faced with entering a social situation with numerous people and I feel a shyness, an impulse to hold back or pull back. Looking into … Continue reading

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DARKNESS AND LIGHT

I have just returned from a holiday in Vanuatu, a beautiful little nation of islands in the south Pacific. Being there gave me the opportunity to experience the luxurious light of the tropics – so dazzlingly bright, with sunsets of … Continue reading

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The quality of illumination is the point of being

This is one of the two lines I posted yesterday, from the reading, and I am still busy with them. I will say a little more, and in doing so, perhaps bring in some of what you have been writing … Continue reading

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Week 3 – Ex. 33 – Self-Transcending Appearance

One way I notice light as a brightening clarity of knowing space is to look not only with my eyes, which can place specific limitations on how and what I see, but to also allow for other sense perceptions to … Continue reading

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TSK Ex. 32 – A Unifying Clarity

I tried to imagine light without any source from a point in front of me, and then added the ‘knowing quality’. This seemed to dissolve a focus on positioning and the feel of ‘now’ expanded to include this light. It … Continue reading

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