Tag Archives: time

A Change of Heart

Posted on August 8, 2021 by Michael Gray

I did something last week that I’ve wanted to do for many years. But I always pushed the impulse back down because I didn’t want to alienate my friends. They might not recognize the person they thought they knew; or … Continue reading →

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A Tendency to Exist

Posted on July 31, 2021 by Michael Gray

Sometimes he finds himself in a boat, paddling along on the undulating surface, rarely getting as far as he wants. Sometimes he is walking in a desert where the mountains in the distance seem more like a backdrop than a … Continue reading →

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LOK Ex 14 – Moments Between Moments

Posted on June 19, 2021 by David Filippone

In our Adventures of Knowledge class we briefly practiced the following exercise from the book, ‘Love of Knowledge‘… PRACTICE – LOK Ex 14 – Moments Between Moments Observe in your own experience the flow of time from one moment to … Continue reading →

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Wheeling Along

Posted on June 16, 2021 by Michael Gray

I imagine that I am being woven by life, for life, of life. I wish I could sail along with the flow of what I’m feeling this morning, half-way through my first cup of coffee, poised on the threshold of … Continue reading →

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LOK Ex 13 – Inventing the Past

Posted on April 18, 2021 by David Filippone

LOK Ex 13 – Inventing the Past Focus on the memory of a specific event, either ‘routine’ or emotionally charged. Trace the future that developed out of that remembered event. Experiment with ways to ‘strip away’ this future, for example, … Continue reading →

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Aftermaths and Precursors

Posted on April 4, 2021 by Michael Gray

Ah, the before and the after! How have they managed to crowd out my awareness of my feelings and my freedom to ponder the meaning of it all as my life putts along? But there’s no use pretending that it … Continue reading →

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Mr. Dumpty’s Rehabilitation

Posted on March 28, 2021 by Michael Gray

After his great fall, Mr. Dumpty took to wearing a corset. His figure had never been the kind that favored off-the-rack clothing, even those catering to pear-shaped figures, and, due to the way his shoulders tapered into his head, he … Continue reading →

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Dancing in the Silence

Posted on January 19, 2021 by Michael Gray

“And those who were seen dancing were thought to be insane by those who could not hear the music.” Friedrich Nietzsche I don’t want to be one of the people who spend their whole lives not hearing the melodies and … Continue reading →

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Stirring the Caldron of Time

Posted on November 15, 2020 by Michael Gray

As I opened the fridge door and wondered what would take the edge off my hunger, before I want out for my walk, I heard my mother, sitting at the kitchen table, say, “I never wanted to be so opinionated.” … Continue reading →

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TIME MARKING …

Posted on October 27, 2020 by David Filippone

Ken’s poem about going ‘blue-pendulum’, marking time with each micro-instant swing of attention… I get glimpses myself doing that too, in my own mostly clipped and disjointed way. I’m reminded of what Rinpoche writes about ‘marking time’… “[We may] see … Continue reading →

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