Category Archives: Areas of Interest

Positions…

Posted on June 22, 2016 by David Filippone

Arguments are tiresome, particularly political ones. Election campaigns make me feel like I’m being water boarded. News outlets are relentless with opinion coverage, and it bleeds into the population. Friends, relatives, even acquaintances want to know where I stand, and … Continue reading →

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Space Shifting Now…

Posted on June 13, 2016 by David Filippone

It is quite possible as you read this you will engage in ‘space shifting’…I did while putting together this post. As you read, notice how you shift to different spaces and focus and concern…it is interesting to observe… …Time can … Continue reading →

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Space Shifting

Posted on June 11, 2016 by David Filippone

Our teacher says, “…‘space shifting’ does not only happen when we enter the world of a dream; it is ongoing. A good example is what happens when I remember a past event. If we don’t look closely, we tend to … Continue reading →

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The Center of the Pool

Posted on June 9, 2016 by David Filippone

In class we’ve been exploring what’s at the center of experience…a controlling self? A knowing space presence…? It is a fascinating probe, a view into the depths of the pool of perception. It seems that stories give shape, form, and … Continue reading →

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Consider the Present Ripens from the Future

Posted on June 5, 2016 by David Filippone

In class we were considering ‘field dynamics’, which from a TSK perspective suggests…as science tells us, ‘everything is made of fields’. Keeping that in mind as we employ our normal way of knowing, (subject engages an object), ‘I encounter things’…but … Continue reading →

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Time-skimming…

Posted on May 21, 2016 by David Filippone

In class, we’ve been investigating how the mind actively constructs in each moment, and noticing that no construct is ever completely finished. When we are aware of the activity of minding that builds each structure, our perceptions do not have … Continue reading →

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Beyond Language

Posted on May 15, 2016 by David Filippone

Came across this article having read it several years ago. It’s written by a Zen Buddhist, and it’s quite good, in my ‘view’… I see parallels with my interests in language, poetry, and other studies. I often say I am … Continue reading →

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Inhabiting Multidimensional Space

Posted on May 9, 2016 by David Filippone

Listen to this song at the link, as you read this post…(‘Little Person’by Brad Mehldau Trio) https://youtu.be/S4ovHLw9fos PRACTICE… explore possibility of inhabiting multidimensional space… Space we inhabit is full of feeling…it PERVADES the space we inhabit… not subjective or objective… … Continue reading →

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Orangutan…space

Posted on May 7, 2016 by David Filippone

Perhaps as another life (or another time in this one) I was an orangutan, for while I may not tangle in the tree tops now…from where I sit in the easy-chair under the cave of maples… I mingle with emerald … Continue reading →

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How do you appreciate space?

Posted on May 5, 2016 by David Filippone

PRACTICE… appreciate space, focus on breath, and breathe in space and breathe out space… Nourishing, healing, calming, breathe in the cosmos, now add everything that occupies space, the entire environment…all there is… In my last posted practice I experienced ‘Space’ … Continue reading →

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