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The Aliens… “Story of Your Life”

A couple of years ago Jack had us read a story for TSK class. In the short story entitled, ‘Story of your Life’, by Ted Chiang, aliens arrive on earth. The new motion picture ‘Arrival’ is based on the short … Continue reading

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Worlding with Stories

During our time off from TSK classes I’m catching up on some books started but never finished. One is David Loy’s book, “The World is Made of Stories“. Having found some impactful quotes, I forwarded a few to Hayward Fox, … Continue reading

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Self At The Center

TSK IN PSYCHOLOGY A number of long-time students of TSK have engaged in discussions about, and been fascinated by, the possibilities for how TSK IN PSYCHOLOGY might manifest today. To that point… Hayward M. Fox, PhD is a clinical psychologist … Continue reading

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Positions…

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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Beyond Language

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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Inviting Light

Working With Memories – (DTS Exercise 18 – Pastness Knowledge), can be quite similar to inviting “light as source by sinking ‘beneath’ the contents of mind, turning to inward illumination.” DTS 212 That is what Ken and I were doing … Continue reading

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Conducting New Knowledge – DTS Ex. 4G, 4B

In the TSK Teachers Training course we’ve been working on the Knowledge aspect of the Time, Space, Knowledge vision. My teacher Jack Petranker says in his new book, ‘Inside Knowledge’: “There is something fundamental about who we are, about our … Continue reading

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‘Story of Your Life’ – Short Story by Ted Chiang

Jack recommended a short story by Ted Chiang entitled ‘Story of Your Life’, available for purchase on Amazon… Jack said: “…it offers a very interesting take on time and the structures of language, and it’s also a beautifully crafted story, … Continue reading

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Assignment – Symbols of Higher Space

I worked with an emotional and mental frustration about double-booking myself and missing out on something I really wanted to do. In the lower space of the content of my experience, I was telling a story about myself and increasing … Continue reading

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Walk-around Exercise for Week 3

…with respect to some problem you encounter during the week. What happens when you treat the problem itself as a symbol or a pointer that suggests a ‘higher’ space in operation? Does it even make sense at this point to … Continue reading

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