Category Archives: zero(less)

Love Letter to the Present Moment

Posted on July 31, 2019 by Michael Gray

I wish you were here. It’s hard to really enjoy myself without you. I try to be open to your presence but my mind keeps wandering amid hopes and disappointments. I’ve been meditating every day—30 minutes in the morning, 15 … Continue reading →

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SPACE WITHIN SPACE WITHIN…

Posted on July 18, 2019 by David Filippone

SPACE WITHIN SPACE WITHIN… “To look at the emergent future, the one that actually takes place as distinct from future imaginations, we could start with simple sensory experience of the present, focusing at the edge of ‘now’ just as it … Continue reading →

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INQUIRING INTO ZERO…

Posted on July 10, 2019 by David Filippone

INQUIRING INTO ZERO… “We might think of zero as a remark by space, a saying that expresses an allowing. SPACE SHOWS ITSELF IN ZERO… As the symbol of form, the place-holder, ZERO SPEAKS in all language and in each connection. … Continue reading →

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THINKING THROUGH PERCEPTION…

Posted on May 14, 2019 by David Filippone

THINKING THROUGH PERCEPTION… Thinking involves many different mental processes. For instance, perceiving visually I most often take for granted that when I see something, it’s a fact. BUT… if I take the time to investigate what I THINK I saw, … Continue reading →

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FIRST IMPRESSION EXPERIENCE…

Posted on May 3, 2019 by David Filippone

TSK and Full Presence Mindfulness students are invited to take a first-person look within their own experience and inquire into its ‘unfolding’, as Time, Space and Knowing. Glimpses, or momentary flashes, seem often to come from observing the ‘first impression’… … Continue reading →

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What goes without saying?

Posted on April 20, 2019 by David Filippone

What goes without saying? Poem written by TSK instructor and student, focuses at the point of arising… near the origin of thought… “The rough touch of words… These cold forms could be my wintry loves… How they play out like … Continue reading →

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SPACE BETWEEN THOUGHTS…

Posted on April 17, 2019 by David Filippone

SPACE BETWEEN THOUGHTS… It’s been said we are like fish who swim constantly unaware of the water … by comparison perhaps, we who continuously live in a world focused on interacting objects, and mostly ignore the space in which they … Continue reading →

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Exploring the Unformulated…

Posted on March 25, 2019 by David Filippone

In his book ‘Unformulated Experience’, Donnel B. Stern says, the title refers to not only all the “knowable, communicable implications that have never been spelled out, perceptions that have habitually been passed over”, but also, “the ongoing organizing activities… that … Continue reading →

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CONDUCTING OPENNESS…

Posted on February 24, 2019 by David Filippone

“[T]houghts often come and go as a kind of reflex, passing so quickly that they go unnoticed, if we take the time to focus on the stream of mental events, we soon observe that we are almost always thinking… in … Continue reading →

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SPACE-INSTANT…

Posted on February 12, 2019 by David Filippone

SPACE-INSTANT… An unbounded moment… instant center of the universe… what could you possibly say to contain it… to hold it… to savor, honor, or treasure the experience? It is NOT a snapshot, a freeze frame lifeless object… it is a … Continue reading →

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