Tag Archives: arising

Time – Smooth and Rough…

Posted on May 15, 2018 by David Filippone

In this poem, TSK Instructor Ken McKeon got me thinking about opening and also freezing a moment, and what that feels like… freezing is like when I sometime want to hold on tight to something pleasing, or alternatively, I want … Continue reading →

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ABIDING IN THOUGHT…

Posted on April 15, 2018 by David Filippone

ABIDING IN THOUGHT… I can ponder and perpend what is immediate and beautiful in my life… right here, this instant… the bright sunlight filtering through the trees touches a candle at the window… it’s shaped like a pear, now lit … Continue reading →

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DO YOU MOSTLY THINK IN THOUGHTS OR IMAGES?

Posted on February 14, 2018 by David Filippone

For class, I was asked to write a page or so on the question… EXPERIENTIALLY, DO YOU MOSTLY THINK IN THOUGHTS OR IN IMAGES (or in some other way)? It’s a ‘tricky’ question. It invites internal inquiry and observation. But … Continue reading →

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A DAZZLING HUMBLE MOMENT, hiding in experience…

Posted on February 13, 2018 by David Filippone

“THE HUMBLE MOMENT, when seen as time, space, and knowledge, is a target worth aiming at. It’s the vital center of the universe; if we hit it, we explode everything that prevents fulfillment, attaining everything that fulfills.” Tarthang Tulku. ……..‘Inside … Continue reading →

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LIGHT AWARENESS…

Posted on January 4, 2018 by David Filippone

Sitting on the porch after breakfast watching as the edge of the ‘bomb cyclone’ passes. Wind-chill is 7 degrees, with up to 40 mph wind gusts… will be much colder tonight. Saw the red fox trolling the frozen field for … Continue reading →

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Another Humble Moment…

Posted on July 21, 2017 by David Filippone

Dawn dances in the mind… a perception of an instant that can lift our entire embodiment, buoyed by a blink of the eye. Everything graceful and delicious flows through the senses… ‘Ah’, the humble moment… ‘Ah’ by Ken McKeon Walked … Continue reading →

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Open Knowing…

Posted on April 21, 2017 by David Filippone

Interesting thought experiment that becomes a ‘knowing‘ experience… How to open an object of the mind… [An object] can be looked at in and of itself. Or it can be seen as a point in a process. Sitting quietly, breathing, … Continue reading →

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Another Humble Moment…

Posted on February 28, 2017 by David Filippone

Sound and symbol in mind-space merge with images seeing and remembered… breathe in the air we share… the scent of salt and more. Feel the space of the unfolding moment as it swells and spills over in waves… and spreads … Continue reading →

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Small World…

Posted on February 3, 2017 by David Filippone

Where do we look to discover our habitual patterns…beginnings? At the boundaries? One beginning might be the dawn of a new day, or even at the end of an old thought, when the new one begins… ‘A small world‘…mind universe … Continue reading →

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Awake Awareness Is Aware without Using Thought

Posted on November 4, 2015 by David Filippone

I’ve been working with some of the practices in the book, ‘Shift Into Freedom’, by Loch Kelly, a gifted teacher and author, who explains his Open-Hearted Awareness Approach to Being. As my friend and fellow long-time TSK student, Bruce Alderman, … Continue reading →

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