{"id":6731,"date":"2015-01-17T13:30:56","date_gmt":"2015-01-17T21:30:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cciforum.dreamhosters.com\/?p=6731"},"modified":"2015-01-17T13:30:56","modified_gmt":"2015-01-17T21:30:56","slug":"opening-the-focal-setting","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cciforum.dreamhosters.com\/?p=6731","title":{"rendered":"Opening the Focal Setting"},"content":{"rendered":"

Conventional views often accord a special primacy to the \u00e2\u20ac\u0153here\u00e2\u20ac\u009d or the position of the observing self. But according to TSK vision, such primacy is attached neither to the \u00e2\u20ac\u0153here\u00e2\u20ac\u009d or observing self, nor to the \u00e2\u20ac\u0153there\u00e2\u20ac\u009d of an independent or \u00e2\u20ac\u0153objective\u00e2\u20ac\u0153 world order. TSK 83<\/em><\/p>\n

When the \u00e2\u20ac\u0153self\u00e2\u20ac\u009d or \u00e2\u20ac\u0153here\u00e2\u20ac\u009d are in the base of a focal setting, they are in a way excluded from the knowing process, and their influence is not considered on what is being observed.<\/p>\n

The TSK vision helps to make a shift from the conventional views to a more inclusive one.<\/p>\n

A basic principle of TSK vision\u00c2\u00a0is that anything involved in our being here in the world is directly knowable, not out of reach. And, it can always be traced back to \u00e2\u20ac\u0153space\u00e2\u20ac\u009d. TSK 41<\/em><\/p>\n

Space and the freedom it offers are available at the center of the present experience, just as it is. If we do not discover the space in our experience it is because this space availability has been covered over. DTS 51<\/em><\/p>\n

\u00e2\u20ac\u0153Here\u00e2\u20ac\u009d and \u00e2\u20ac\u0153there\u00e2\u20ac\u009d involve us in an endless stream of things and positions. It is possible to shift from \u00e2\u20ac\u0153here\u00e2\u20ac\u009d to our \u00e2\u20ac\u0153presence\u00e2\u20ac\u009d, to being fully aware. Aware even of the \u00e2\u20ac\u009dself\u00e2\u20ac\u009d and its stories and positions and focal settings.<\/p>\n

With presence it is possible to see the positions of the self and be free to choose not to follow them. The self is included in the field of awareness that opens space to see self\u00c2\u00b4s influence in what is going on. For example, seeing our prejudice and not following it, seeing our resistance to be open to receive kindness from other people and breaking it, being jealous and drop it to rejoice with the accomplishments of other people.<\/p>\n

As we open the focal setting, it is possible to break the tendency toward freezing what is actually a completely open dimension, including other people and other ideas.<\/p>\n

The more you open things up \u00e2\u20ac\u201c including even your ideas \u00e2\u20ac\u00a6 the more you experience yourself as Great Space, which has no place, no position TSK 45<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Conventional views often accord a special primacy to the \u00e2\u20ac\u0153here\u00e2\u20ac\u009d or the position of the observing self. But according to TSK vision, such primacy is attached neither to the \u00e2\u20ac\u0153here\u00e2\u20ac\u009d or observing self, nor to the \u00e2\u20ac\u0153there\u00e2\u20ac\u009d of an independent … Continue reading →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":595,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[136],"tags":[208,70],"class_list":["post-6731","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-01-general-tsk-discussions","tag-focal-setting","tag-space"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cciforum.dreamhosters.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6731","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cciforum.dreamhosters.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cciforum.dreamhosters.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cciforum.dreamhosters.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/595"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cciforum.dreamhosters.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=6731"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/cciforum.dreamhosters.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6731\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cciforum.dreamhosters.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=6731"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cciforum.dreamhosters.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=6731"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cciforum.dreamhosters.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=6731"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}