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What is river?

Posted on August 22, 2017 by David Filippone

I remember just gazing at a river, streaming currents and eddies… I was both focusing and un-focusing, listening to the rush and flow, breathing the moistened air, and feeling an inward swell of breath, circulating, and the dribble and drift … Continue reading →

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THE STREAM OF THINKING…

Posted on June 18, 2017 by David Filippone

THE STREAM OF THINKING… In the winter of 2011, Jack Petranker taught the second of three, 9-week segments of a 27-week Time, Space, Knowledge (TSK) class – THE STREAM OF THINKING. The course consisted of weekly, 1) on-line conference calls … Continue reading →

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The Womb of Space…

Posted on June 15, 2017 by David Filippone

“The Womb of Space… dwell within the silence, a light clear awareness… a foundational ‘place’… the zero-point… Each point is a singularity, akin to the ‘black holes’ of physical space. It ‘incorporates’ in its appearing the whole of space… The … 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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Subject-Object Circling…

Posted on April 9, 2017 by David Filippone

Sometimes I feel I’m going in circles… the mind has me in a set way of thinking, tracks that lead me into repeating behaviors… habits… familiar ‘mind-sets‘ and biases. Problems I address using the same parameters, the same myopic perspective, … Continue reading →

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Connecting dots makes ‘bits’…

Posted on February 16, 2017 by David Filippone

I’ve read some interesting and provocative books and articles lately about our political leaders and policies, some hugely complimentary and some strikingly derogatory… lots of deducing and speculation on both sides of the spectrum vaticinating from prosperity to disaster. The … 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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‘Imagining’ Time and appearance

Posted on August 11, 2016 by David Filippone

In the book, ‘Sacred Dimensions of Time and Space,’ Rinpoche employs a kind of metaphor for a geometry of space, to illustrate how the unformulated assumes form. Where this might happen is at the edge of the future, where the … 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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Walkabout – Recalling a Memory

Posted on July 20, 2015 by David Filippone

The question was posed in our recent conference call: What might be the benefit of using “Recalling a Memory” as a Walkabout exercise? The ‘Walkabout’ concept of inquiry are easy questions that can be explored at any time throughout ordinary … Continue reading →

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