Category Archives: transcendence

The ‘am’ is where…

Posted on May 12, 2021 by David Filippone

Ken’s poem has me thinking about what Rinpoche wrote… “Knowledge and time begin a dialogue right in our midst. How does ‘now’ imply all times? How can it be that being is ‘now’? Starting right now, I can look into … Continue reading →

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Are ‘acts of positioning’ the same as ‘timed-out meanings’?

Posted on July 31, 2014 by David Filippone

It seems to me that at one level taking a position, perhaps a perspective, is our ordinary way of dealing with the intent to fulfill any desire, even the desire for meaning… Any ordinary intention, any concern or desire—even the … Continue reading →

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Field Beyond

Posted on March 8, 2014 by John Brossard

As I did the KTS exercise again and with consideration for TSK 4, I was able to contact a space-knowing that did not rely on my perspective, that did not rely on ‘a’ perspective. It was hard to separate the … Continue reading →

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Listen and see at the same time – LOK Ex. 22 – (Variation)

Posted on February 26, 2014 by David Filippone

If we focus on a particular interval between points A and Al, we find that there is a moment of transition—’X’—that cannot ordinarily be directly observed and thus remains unknown. Listen and see at the same time: in the ‘same’ … Continue reading →

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Assignment 2, Session 3

Posted on February 9, 2014 by Michael Gray

Peering Outside/Inside (Moments, Stories, Perspectives).            I did play with the exercises, and as usual I loved the readings.  But in the end, all I can think to say this morning seems to reside on the … Continue reading →

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Assignment, Week 4

Posted on November 30, 2013 by Michael Gray

Assignment 2, Session 2.  The assignment for week 4 invites an inquiry into how our understanding of time affects whatever practices we may have.  Does meditation help us to rise above lower time?  Does lower time limit the potential benefits … Continue reading →

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An old tale from Ancient Greece–told from a TSK perspective.

Posted on October 6, 2013 by Michael Gray

                                                   Meeting at the Zero Point (Gray) By mid-morning, the heat of another Mediterranean day beats … Continue reading →

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Week 9 – TSK Ex. 26 – Transcendence of Pointings

Posted on December 20, 2007 by David Filippone

I used to work with watercolors painting landscapes. The process from beginning to end is the implementation of countless pointings. There is an initial impression, which includes (a kind of whole), much more than will end up on paper. The … Continue reading →

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Unit 17 – TSK Ex. 25 & TSK Ex. 26; ‘Intimacy’, and ‘Transcendence of Pointings’

Posted on June 12, 2007 by David Filippone

I was toying with TSK Exercise 25 – Intimacy, while watching young birds dancing between green leaves in tree branches, thinking “That too is ‘I’,” and in doing so, the focus that I was holding seemed to expand, encompassing much … Continue reading →

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