Category Archives: inquiry

EXPANDING AWARENESS…

Posted on February 14, 2021 by David Filippone

In the readings for the current advanced Full Presence Mindfulness FPM course it talks about the need for a new vision of knowledge, a new expanded awareness. In my private discussions with TSK students, one long-time student, Hayward, succinctly suggested, … Continue reading →

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VISION…

Posted on February 7, 2021 by David Filippone

Ken’s poem seems to invite me into a vision… Similarly, as students of TSK, we are sometimes invited to practice discovering ‘knowingness’… Rinpoche writes: “The more you practice the exercise, the more you will recognize that If you go closely … 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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AT THE EDGE OF EXPERIENCE…

Posted on December 2, 2020 by David Filippone

Been studying Richard Dixey’s new book, “Searcher Reaches Land’s Limits”, in which he provides a running, penetrating commentary on the book, “Revelations of Mind”, by Tarthang Tulku. Dixey discusses in intricate detail, among other things, what transpires in the process … Continue reading →

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EDGE OF THE FUTURE…

Posted on July 2, 2020 by David Filippone

EDGE OF THE FUTURE… We’re on a two week break in Full Presence Mindfulness class, we are encouraged to, among other things, continue or work with ‘Dynamics of Time and Space’, Exercise 4… EDGE OF THE FUTURE. In this practice … Continue reading →

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INQUIRY INTO THE POSITIVE

Posted on March 20, 2020 by David Filippone

INQUIRY INTO THE POSITIVE TSK students have an opportunity to expand not only their concepts and ideas about space, they also work with exercises that gradually expand their ‘experience’ of space. This conceptual AND experiential expansion can be deeply profound. … Continue reading →

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We are not alone

Posted on January 20, 2020 by Michael Gray

In “The Wizard of Oz”, we may have our favorite character, but if you’re like me you can find a bit of yourself in each of them. It’s together that they fill up a complete personality, while individually they reflect … Continue reading →

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THE SPACE BETWEEN THOUGHTS…

Posted on January 10, 2020 by David Filippone

Looking for THE SPACE BETWEEN THOUGHTS… well… just how might I observe that space, or transition between, when my mind is humming along, spinning its web of stories threaded with previously accepted assumptions, and beliefs sprinkled with desires and anxieties … Continue reading →

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BE THE SPIDER…

Posted on December 18, 2019 by Michael Gray

When Phil (in the film, “Groundhog Day”) tells Rita, “Be the hat” he has already shared with her that he is waking up every morning to the same day, over and over again. That afternoon, he is trying to teach … Continue reading →

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Nature, Nurture and the Flickering Flame

Posted on December 3, 2019 by Michael Gray

We’re all born into circumstances and for our entire lives our experience is thwarted or facilitated by those circumstances. The twin influences of nature and nurture (what we were born with and what we receive after that) both contribute to … Continue reading →

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