Tag Archives: presence

Where do you go in your mind to write?

Posted on March 21, 2016 by David Filippone

Using inquiry to allow time and space to open knowing… I compose (in part) in my head, an activity I do best over time, not that I’m that great at it. When I do this, it allows my heartfelt intent … Continue reading →

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Presence – Four deer running

Posted on December 17, 2015 by David Filippone

Four deer running, almost in single line, white tails bobbing up and down as they negotiate the high brown grass behind the house. I was struck by how their coloring blended in with the surrounding russet and burnt umber shadows … Continue reading →

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Embodiment – (for Michael)

Posted on December 16, 2015 by David Filippone

“Only from the heart can you touch the sky” – Rumi I had a tooth pulled last week. One of those big ones way in the back. Hurt like hell, throbbed a lot, narrowed my awareness like a sudden smack … Continue reading →

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Awareness of Awareness (Glimpse 2, Ch. 2)

Posted on November 25, 2015 by David Filippone

Look out at an object in the room. Notice being aware of that object. Now notice being aware of seeing. Allow awareness to be interested and aware of itself: awareness resting back to become the subject and the object. Feel … Continue reading →

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Awareness of Space

Posted on November 8, 2015 by David Filippone

I’ve continued working with some of the practices in the book, ‘Shift Into Freedom’, by Loch Kelly, a gifted teacher and author, in which he explains his ‘Open-Hearted Awareness Approach’ to Being. This practice reminds me of some of the … 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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Dynamic of Being

Posted on October 11, 2015 by David Filippone

What might happen if we… …’lift our heads, stretch and look up, while drawing in deep breaths.’ (DTS 299) What a dazzling crisp, sun-dappled, Fall day from the porch… music floating in the air, focus widening and narrowing, thoughts like … Continue reading →

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Light Reflections

Posted on October 5, 2015 by David Filippone

I was watching the leaves flutter in the breeze when a flash seemed to sparkle from, I don’t know, a less defined shadow, and like the sun reflecting on glass, I considered this: — self and its myopic concerns is … Continue reading →

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Light and Buoyancy

Posted on September 20, 2015 by David Filippone

For many, many months I’ve been working with memories, and for many weeks Ken, my fellow students and I have also been working with light in numerous ways…light that illuminates, reflects, warms, and guides, and a correlative feeling of buoyancy, … Continue reading →

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Lightness of Being

Posted on September 16, 2015 by David Filippone

My friend Ken has a serious illness. He spends a lot of time at medical facilities, it isn’t like he has much choice about it. What does one do while waiting? Idly page through magazines looking at pictures while preoccupied … Continue reading →

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