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EXPAND THE ZONE, RIDE THE RIPPLE…

Posted on December 23, 2019 by David Filippone

It’s interesting the way Rinpoche explains how to transform negative experience whenever it’s been activated. He explains that expanding our perspective or FOCAL SETTING can be effective, because it does away with limits and boarders that we tend to set … Continue reading →

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BE THE SPIDER…

Posted on December 18, 2019 by Michael Gray

When Phil (in the film, “Groundhog Day”) tells Rita, “Be the hat” he has already shared with her that he is waking up every morning to the same day, over and over again. That afternoon, he is trying to teach … Continue reading →

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HUMBLE MOMENT….

Posted on November 30, 2019 by David Filippone

Wanted to share a poem by TSK instructor and poet, Ken McKeon… you might say, HE is sharing a ‘Humble Moment’… one of those essential fundamental experiences when Great Time, Space, and Knowledge all converge as their deepest expressions… LUCY … Continue reading →

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GREAT SPACE…

Posted on November 25, 2019 by David Filippone

GREAT SPACE… The other day in Time, Space, Knowledge class we were exploring our many varied experiences of SPACE… WONDERING PERHAPS HOW WE MIGHT ENCOUNTER GREAT SPACE, which Rinpoche points toward as: “… Space, which is primordially peaceful, open. In … Continue reading →

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Here, Above and Below

Posted on October 29, 2019 by Michael Gray

It seems that at every level—both seen and unseen—a few shapes and patterns are repeated. That could be due to (especially in regard to the unseen levels) my applying the interpretations I’ve adopted to deal with ordinary life to other … Continue reading →

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LOOKING FOR THE SOURCE OF THOUGHTS…

Posted on October 29, 2019 by David Filippone

LOOKING FOR THE SOURCE OF THOUGHTS… FOCUS ON ALLOWING THE THOUGHTS TO PRESENT THEMSELVES…. As thoughts present, investigate: IS THERE A SOURCE OR PLACE OF THEIR ORIGIN? Do they abide someplace? Do they go somewhere? Relax any effortfulness you notice, … Continue reading →

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Pine Needles Zone…

Posted on October 21, 2019 by David Filippone

In class today based on the book, ‘Dimensions of Mind’, we were working with Zones, and also practicing looking into them… Inquiring into zones involves understanding how we set them up as thoughts, perceptions, feelings, and so forth, as they … Continue reading →

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OPENING…

Posted on August 30, 2019 by David Filippone

OPENING… And I thought… had I never looked within, never plumbed my own depth, how could I even be acquainted with how or what I was grounded in… would water-bugs skimming the surface of placid pools ever know anything put … Continue reading →

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Just Going Through a Phase

Posted on August 10, 2019 by Michael Gray

Have you ever noticed that you can’t divide the seven days of a week into two equal parts? I water the lawn twice a week during the summer months and my sprinkler system, which knows about minutes, hours, days, weeks, … Continue reading →

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AT SEA…

Posted on August 4, 2019 by David Filippone

We are not just talking about the sea here… but also about sitting meditation… or inquiring within… See if you can submerge your ‘self’ into the words… Ken is intimately familiar with the sea… particularly the South China Sea, having … Continue reading →

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