Category Archives: Areas of Interest

Cloud Atlas by David Mitchell

If we could see the future of what we are thinking, saying and doing today, would we change what we are thinking, saying and doing? Mindful of Aryadeva pointing out that what results from a given moment is determined by … Continue reading

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Timely musings

I find that when I turn attention ‘Time-wards’ – such as when moving from room to room – it is as though ‘I am time’ – as though time and what ‘I am’ are not separate. In the last 24 … Continue reading

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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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Inquiry, Speculation, Imagination (Practice Day)

The inquiry asks, “What’s going on in this situation?” I try to apply this especially in the tangle of emotionality and personality described both on p. 66 and in DTS Ex. 3: heavy, fuzzy, hopeless, dull—in the face of a … 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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Be aware what captures your attention as being part of a field communiqué

I’m sitting on the porch again looking at the field of tall grass, mostly golden, like wheat in the sun. Suddenly, flash movement from the left, a dark figure jumping running, a young buck with antlers about six inches long. … Continue reading

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Intimacy In-time

Intimate conversation in a conference call is difficult.  Perhaps by next fall I’ll have a computer that works with a microphone.  I think that fits the format or our classes better and allows Jack to weave a tapestry that include … Continue reading

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Being Intimate with Intimacy

I find just resting on a phrase such as TSK 4: ‘…it may be possible to discover a kind of space in some intimate connection with each thought, each sensation, each surface and each conceptual category, which constitutes our lived … Continue reading

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