The goal of this publication is to share the journeys of our authors and creators as they explore their experience. We present writings, reflections and artistic pieces to inspire new ideas, new explorations, and new questions, sparking opportunities to tap into the richness and multidimensionality of experience.
Every work presented here is a work in progress, because creative inquiry never settles on a final answer. We embrace the unfolding of insight without being bound by its conclusions. This is a playground, where creators and viewers can enjoy knowledge, celebrate its appearance, and move with the flow: what is my experience as I engage this piece? Is it changing? How do I know?
Bruce Alderman is joined by Elissa Slanger, a TSK and Kum Nye instructor, psychotherapist, and former ski instructor. Elissa discusses her deepening exploration of TSK, with its impact on her life, her practice as a psychotherapist, her work on the arts of aging, and much more.
So tell me what you think of when the sky is ashen? —Mahmoud Darwish I could tell you that listening is made for the ashen
Many of our legal systems in the United States are centered on conflict between two opposing sides. Whether it is the adversarial model of justice or the two-party political system, we have adopted mechanisms for making decisions that assume the best outcome will emerge from the clash of two conflicting stories.
We can examine the sinew and bones of experience for their secrets, but it may be that the mystery of time is to be found
Remembering Sogyal Rinpoche saying, “Your experience will not enlighten you.” And suddenly the words fly apart Diving into the space of Y-O-U-R Entering molecules of
Tomorrow and tomorrow and tomorrowCreeps in this petty pace from day to dayTo the last syllable of recorded time,And all our yesterdays have lighted fools
A trunk by itself is nothing Concentric circles locked in place Big zeros and little zeros Marking time, polarizing space But add branches, add
One of the characteristics of thought is its power or charisma. This charisma draws us into the arena of the thinking mind, holding us captive.
When we are mindful of our goal and aware of the present moment, our concentration links our energy to the momentum of time, effortlessly sustaining
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