Category Archives: Areas of Interest

Longchenpa, Time, and ‘the field communiqué’

Posted on March 1, 2013 by Caroline Sherwood

I’ve started getting up at 5 a.m. That’s a huge leap for me. I’ve always felt sorry for insomniacs. Curl me up on a cosy chair or sofa any time of the day and I’ll be asleep within ten minutes: … Continue reading →

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Stories and Learning

Posted on February 25, 2013 by Peter

What about stories? Ok: I told my little children stories about their father, when he was a child, how he played with other children, how he made a bicycle out of old parts after the war ..and so on: The … Continue reading →

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Layers of story

Posted on February 24, 2013 by Caroline Sherwood

Practising DTS 11: ‘Telling Stories this morning’ – I notice the layers of story under the surface stories, less well-defined, more fluid. They remind me of the stories of dreams when sleeping. Releasing the energy in both remains a mystery … Continue reading →

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Practicing with ‘Opening Unknown Time’

Posted on February 23, 2013 by Soudabeh

  I took a two hours walk in the woods this morning, after having read the assigned reading and Jack’s expounding on the topic for this week.  I decided to take the expounding that I have printed with me in … Continue reading →

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The Future Infinitive

Posted on February 16, 2013 by Michael Gray

In the final paragraph of this week’s reading and of the chapter (on SDTS Page 101), there is a surprising paradox presented in such simple language: “As we move through the present toward the future, doing so from within the … Continue reading →

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A Good Time to Be Alive

Posted on February 8, 2013 by Michael Gray

In 1976, I  fled my old life in Montreal like a man escaping a house on fire.  I abandoned job, apartment, friends, and ran for dear life.  That summer in the farm country of Alberta, it was wonderful to discover … Continue reading →

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Stories made transparent as time, space and knowledge

Posted on January 10, 2013 by Hayward

Good Morning What a pleasure to dip into such a lively discussion. There are several ways to interpret the phrase “see through the story” In one manner the story contours and shapes our perception. We are trapped inside the story. … Continue reading →

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David’s comment on Practicing noticing stories

Posted on January 5, 2013 by Michael Gray

(I would have “commented” on David’s comment to my “Telling Stories, Living Stories” post, but the system wouldn’t allow me to).  David, your earlier post from three years ago, sharing your practice of noticing stories, is very relevant to what … Continue reading →

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Primordal Couple

Posted on January 1, 2013 by Hayward

                                                Primordial couple                                                      … Continue reading →

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Stories We Tell, Stories We Live

Posted on December 30, 2012 by Michael Gray

I am working on a new draft of a novel, in which my hope is that my characters will “come alive”.  Anyone who writes fiction will recognize this as a phrase denoting the moment when characters break free of their narrator’s agenda … Continue reading →

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