Tag Archives: Higher Knowing

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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APPRECIATION GROWS…

Posted on November 23, 2020 by David Filippone

APPRECIATION GROWS… In light of the season… Thanksgiving… I’ve been sitting calmly considering the following passages, within an overall feeling of gratefulness… in spite of a year of devastating pain and suffering for many near and far. Despite the idyllic … Continue reading →

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What Gets me up?

Posted on May 10, 2020 by Michael Gray

What gets me up in the morning? Well. I’m glad that something does. It may not be a golden trumpet sounding at the edge of the meadow of sleep, beckoning me into the forest canopy of a new day. But … 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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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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Here, Above and Below

Posted on October 29, 2019 by Michael Gray

It seems that at every level—both seen and unseen—a few shapes and patterns are repeated. That could be due to (especially in regard to the unseen levels) my applying the interpretations I’ve adopted to deal with ordinary life to other … Continue reading →

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LOOKING FOR THE SOURCE OF THOUGHTS…

Posted on October 29, 2019 by David Filippone

LOOKING FOR THE SOURCE OF THOUGHTS… FOCUS ON ALLOWING THE THOUGHTS TO PRESENT THEMSELVES…. As thoughts present, investigate: IS THERE A SOURCE OR PLACE OF THEIR ORIGIN? Do they abide someplace? Do they go somewhere? Relax any effortfulness you notice, … 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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IF NOT LOWER KNOWLEDGE THEN…

Posted on June 13, 2019 by David Filippone

Rinpoche says some interesting things about our ‘ordinary’ way of knowing the world… often habitually constructed out of our thoughts and beliefs. Investigating this ‘process’, he suggests… “In saying that the world is ‘lower knowledge’, we can go deep enough … Continue reading →

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