Category Archives: nature

Discussion area for the topic of: nature and mind; nature as it relates to creative inquiry.

Pendulums in the Sky with Diamonds

Posted on August 10, 2020 by Michael Gray

“Leave them alone and they’ll come home, wagging their tails behind them.” –From the writings of 16th century shepherdess, Little Bo Peep. This morning, I was about to use the sound of the pendulum’s ticks and tocks, out in the … Continue reading →

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Pine Needles Zone…

Posted on October 21, 2019 by David Filippone

In class today based on the book, ‘Dimensions of Mind’, we were working with Zones, and also practicing looking into them… Inquiring into zones involves understanding how we set them up as thoughts, perceptions, feelings, and so forth, as they … Continue reading →

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AT SEA…

Posted on August 4, 2019 by David Filippone

We are not just talking about the sea here… but also about sitting meditation… or inquiring within… See if you can submerge your ‘self’ into the words… Ken is intimately familiar with the sea… particularly the South China Sea, having … Continue reading →

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Time Sensitive… or Why I like to Keep Appointments

Posted on September 5, 2018 by Michael Gray

An appointment is like a buoy on the tossing surface of a great lake. If I cancel a meeting with someone, I fear that it will never be rescheduled and that the coming together of our shared trajectories in life … Continue reading →

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Opening Time…

Posted on May 6, 2018 by David Filippone

Ken’s poem is an exquisite and alluring invitation to look at the beginnings of time… the dawn of… a day, a moment, a perception, a thought, a feeling, an impression… right there… the opening of time… it’s a beautiful thing… … Continue reading →

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Inevitable Acceptance…

Posted on September 14, 2017 by David Filippone

Most of the time it seems, I take myself to be physically separate from everything else, with an accumulation of experiences or memories that serve not only as a rudder in the flow of new experience, but also shapes that … Continue reading →

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Depths of Feeling…

Posted on April 1, 2017 by David Filippone

The planet has a way of catching you by surprise… if you allow it…and are open to its seductive pull. Spring tends to entice, by color, light, kindly temperatures, scented breezes… certain flowers spawn tranquil feelings… like pussy willows… They … Continue reading →

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Sharing the Humble Moment…

Posted on March 23, 2017 by David Filippone

Morning Focus…As the author of ‘Focusing’, Eugine Gendlin has said, “A body isn’t only an is; it is an is and implies further.” Lilies caught by the light…catch the light within me, and I am lit up… in touch, knit … Continue reading →

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Space Shifting Now…

Posted on June 13, 2016 by David Filippone

It is quite possible as you read this you will engage in ‘space shifting’…I did while putting together this post. As you read, notice how you shift to different spaces and focus and concern…it is interesting to observe… …Time can … Continue reading →

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Inhabiting Multidimensional Space

Posted on May 9, 2016 by David Filippone

Listen to this song at the link, as you read this post…(‘Little Person’by Brad Mehldau Trio) https://youtu.be/S4ovHLw9fos PRACTICE… explore possibility of inhabiting multidimensional space… Space we inhabit is full of feeling…it PERVADES the space we inhabit… not subjective or objective… … Continue reading →

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