Category Archives: experience

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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A DAZZLING HUMBLE MOMENT, hiding in experience…

Posted on February 13, 2018 by David Filippone

“THE HUMBLE MOMENT, when seen as time, space, and knowledge, is a target worth aiming at. It’s the vital center of the universe; if we hit it, we explode everything that prevents fulfillment, attaining everything that fulfills.” Tarthang Tulku. ……..‘Inside … Continue reading →

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Subject-Object Circling…

Posted on April 9, 2017 by David Filippone

Sometimes I feel I’m going in circles… the mind has me in a set way of thinking, tracks that lead me into repeating behaviors… habits… familiar ‘mind-sets‘ and biases. Problems I address using the same parameters, the same myopic perspective, … Continue reading →

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The Rhythm of Time…

Posted on July 27, 2016 by David Filippone

The Rhythm of Time… This exercise can be extraordinary, if allowed a full and open hearing. I put the song on repeat, again and again, as if returning to the watch on my wrist, checking the moments…the song is called … Continue reading →

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Space Shifting

Posted on June 11, 2016 by David Filippone

Our teacher says, “…‘space shifting’ does not only happen when we enter the world of a dream; it is ongoing. A good example is what happens when I remember a past event. If we don’t look closely, we tend to … Continue reading →

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Orangutan…space

Posted on May 7, 2016 by David Filippone

Perhaps as another life (or another time in this one) I was an orangutan, for while I may not tangle in the tree tops now…from where I sit in the easy-chair under the cave of maples… I mingle with emerald … Continue reading →

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Awash in Time

Posted on March 31, 2016 by David Filippone

Interesting article… “One of the most intriguing physics discoveries of the last century was the existence of antimatter, material that exists as the “mirror image” of subatomic particles of matter, such as electrons, protons and quarks, but with the opposite … Continue reading →

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When Space & Time Open

Posted on March 10, 2016 by David Filippone

(Click on the photograph to expand…) This photo is from the Facebook page of a Friend-of-a-Friend, taken by James Smith. You could call it ‘Apples in Winter’, or maybe ‘Candy for the Soul’, dessert for the eyes… What particularly struck … Continue reading →

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Embodiment – (for Michael)

Posted on December 16, 2015 by David Filippone

“Only from the heart can you touch the sky” – Rumi I had a tooth pulled last week. One of those big ones way in the back. Hurt like hell, throbbed a lot, narrowed my awareness like a sudden smack … Continue reading →

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Opposites in the same Time and Space

Posted on September 10, 2015 by David Filippone

As Being… the past is happening still. It seems like an odd thing to say, but there is a sense in which it is a valid observation…when the point holds the whole… conflicting conceptual things can be so… at the … Continue reading →

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