{"id":6953,"date":"2015-03-23T10:14:48","date_gmt":"2015-03-23T17:14:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cciforum.dreamhosters.com\/?p=6953"},"modified":"2015-03-23T10:14:48","modified_gmt":"2015-03-23T17:14:48","slug":"inside-knowledge","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cciforum.dreamhosters.com\/?p=6953","title":{"rendered":"Inside Knowledge."},"content":{"rendered":"

Over the past week, I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122ve been venturing inside the new TSK book, \u00e2\u20ac\u0153Inside Knowledge<\/em>\u00e2\u20ac\u009d, and would like to share a passage that struck me this morning.\u00c2\u00a0 I would also like to say that I feel this new book provides a wonderful introduction to the vision.\u00c2\u00a0 It provides a fresh and welcoming option with which to interest our intelligent friends, without requiring that they make a large investment up front.\u00c2\u00a0 Jack has prefaced a variety of pieces\u00e2\u20ac\u201dincluding little-known essays by Rinpoche–with his own reflections that both link them to ordinary life and place them within the broader TSK vision.<\/p>\n

I expect that those who recall Jack vetting the concept of an introductory book based on Love of Knowledge,<\/em> will agree that \u00e2\u20ac\u0153Inside Knowledge<\/em>\u00e2\u20ac\u009d admirably accomplishes the intention he voiced then.\u00c2\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

From \u00e2\u20ac\u0153Inside Knowledge\u00e2\u20ac\u009d, page 29:<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u00e2\u20ac\u0153Those of us educated in the modern world are already committed to expanding the scope of our knowledge; in fact, it is one of our proudest boasts that we can do so.\u00c2\u00a0 But the tools we have available, the modes of thought, are far too limited.\u00c2\u00a0 A radical shift is needed, one that will lead to a profound transformation.\u00c2\u00a0 That is what the TSK Vision offers.<\/em><\/p>\n

\u00c2\u00a0 \u00c2\u00a0 \u00c2\u00a0 \u00c2\u00a0 \u00c2\u00a0 “Knowledge in the TSK Vision goes beyond the forms of knowledge we normally identify and engage.\u00c2\u00a0 Science for all it power, beauty, and integrity, has a strongly restrictive definition of what counts as knowledge; it purchases its claims to validity at the cost of adopting a highly restrictive view of what shall count as real.\u00c2\u00a0 Religion\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s commitment to a source of transcendent love is deeply healing, and points beyond the self, yet there is little room in religion for active, creative inquiry; in fact, religion has largely abandoned the field of knowledge entirely.\u00c2\u00a0 The burgeoning field of self-help and positive psychology starts from a commitment to the self and the fundamental structures of reality, and never moves beyond them.\u00e2\u20ac\u009d<\/em><\/p>\n

The above is excerpted from Jack\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s introduction to \u00e2\u20ac\u0153Ocean of Knowledge\u00e2\u20ac\u009d, Rinpoche\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s conversation with an interested but sceptical student that first appeared in “Dimensions of Thought”, in 1980.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Over the past week, I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122ve been venturing inside the new TSK book, \u00e2\u20ac\u0153Inside Knowledge\u00e2\u20ac\u009d, and would like to share a passage that struck me this morning.\u00c2\u00a0 I would also like to say that I feel this new book provides a … Continue reading →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":47,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[136,127],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6953","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-01-general-tsk-discussions","category-tsk-devel-group"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cciforum.dreamhosters.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6953","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\/47"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cciforum.dreamhosters.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=6953"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/cciforum.dreamhosters.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6953\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cciforum.dreamhosters.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=6953"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cciforum.dreamhosters.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=6953"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cciforum.dreamhosters.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=6953"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}