Tag Archives: intimacy

Intimacy at zero

Posted on March 28, 2015 by Eliana Kalaf

We were invited to experience and to cultivate the ‘here’ of the ‘I’ as encompassing the whole, to let the ‘here’ of ‘I am here’ open into the fullness of space. In this way, ‘I am here’ can become a … Continue reading →

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Walkabout-Session 9, Week 5: Former Student

Posted on March 2, 2015 by David Filippone

A former TSK student from a while ago, saw my Walkabout practice notes on the TSK Inquiry website, and decided to work with it, and post an accounting of her own experience. Her description is striking so I decided to … Continue reading →

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The Not-here of Now

Posted on February 26, 2015 by David Filippone

Once again, try listening to the song as you read this… Once in a while I come across an artist that seems to whisper directly to me, there is a kind of shared-space, a communion wherein I seem to merge … Continue reading →

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Teacher Training – Session 9 – Allowing Space a Focus of Concern

Posted on February 23, 2015 by David Filippone

We’ve recently been exploring Space, and how we can experience it without making it disappear into becoming a thing, and thus losing it’s ‘open Spaceness’? How can we not take the experience of open space and enclose it, objectify or … Continue reading →

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I was just playing…

Posted on February 22, 2015 by David Filippone

I was just playing… a juxtaposition of ideas, sounds, and quotations that opened my eyes and mind… Try listening to this song while you read along… “As long as we remain closed to the openness of space, we tend to … Continue reading →

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Walkabout Practice Week 5:

Posted on February 8, 2015 by David Filippone

Instruction: Look for the dynamic of the field communiqué within appearance. Put differently, envision substance as a message communicated forward by the mind in ongoing acts of naming. In doing this walkabout, give ‘substance’ an expansive definition. It includes anything … Continue reading →

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

Posted on December 7, 2014 by David Filippone

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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Look Into Something Close at Hand

Posted on December 4, 2014 by David Filippone

My friend, poet, and fellow TSK student, Ken McKeon sent me a poem in response to a brief exercise we did in class. We’ve actually done many variations on this practice, but in this case Ken was simply having a … Continue reading →

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Approaching Great Time

Posted on December 4, 2014 by Eliana Kalaf

In Great Time, intimacy simply is, offering knowingness. This intimacy cannot be brought to our experience at will. It is a state of pure “allowingness”. As if the meaning emerged without any barrier, free of judgments and preconceptions. The prevailing … Continue reading →

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Tripping Over Zero – A Walkabout Practice

Posted on November 25, 2014 by David Filippone

I’ve had fun this week with our walk about practice, the one where we ‘look for openness in time’s hidden occupancy, feel it as a “luminous energy…like the glow of a living being at rest”. We are told to “Look … Continue reading →

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