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Celebration of Knowledge : “When we shift our attention from what is given in experience to the way in which it is given, new facets of time, space, and knowledge are revealed. As we learn to look at the indistinct edges and boundaries of what we know, rather than the impenetrable center, our eyes adjust to a different kind of light, and we see much that we had previously overlooked.New ways of knowing emerge, inviting us to go beyond the structures of thought and the patterns of desire, and discover a far more abundant body of knowledge. Embodied in being, such knowledge manifests spontaneously, without the effort characteristic of thought or the distortion that comes with wanting, and without having to be prepared for in advance. It makes possible action free from obscuration, not bound by judgments and presuppositions about the way things are. It works a change in thinking, character, and being…If we let the search for knowledge become the play of time and space, we will find that the clarity of inquiry merges with the freedom of time and the openness of space. Time, Space, and Knowledge ‘take form’ in such a way that no one takes, nothing is taken, and no form is established. As they appear in the light of inquiry, they invite a knowing that deepens and expands in a dynamic of celebration.”
Celebration of Knowledge
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mothwings : For too long we have turned our backs on our human potential, until we have forgotten that there are any other possibilities for being. Now let us turn instead toward Knowledge, as the who of our being and the how of our action, the where of our becoming and the why of our existence. Alive to knowledge, we can commit ourselves to living in accord with the truth emergent in time and space, and discover for ourselves and others the meaning of our full potential.Let us imagine Knowledge boundless in its prospects, welling forth in waves, resonating throughout the universe, expanding beyond its parents, Time and Space. Let us ask Knowledge to sustain and nourish us, sweeping us up in a beauty that feeds our hidden hungers and shelters our most noble aspirations. As we begin our inquiry, let us imagine that we are donning the silken robe of Knowledge, a coat of many colors -- a magical garment that gives us warmth, comfort, aesthetic delight, and a sense of deep refinement.
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DNA Mesophases (Exhibition of Zero) : Caught up in the idea of existent things-'outsiders' trapped in the rhythm of time-we make of movement a physical event, and miss the movement that is intrinsic and inherent. We accept the comments of conventional mind, which reflect the ‘measured-out' rhythms of lower-level time. But this mind can also fall silent, allowing a sensitivity to intensive moments of time's rhythm, ‘activating' through silence a rhythm that is part of the Body of Time. Then rhythm moves in slow waves of intimacy, too subtle for the patterns of the temporal order to acknowledge. Viewed from within the intimacy of time's rhythm, every given point-the points of view selected to found perception, the points that interact to ‘point out' form within space, the points that express initial intimacy-participates in the ‘experiencing' of this intrinsic and subtle rhythm. We might say that each point ‘is' the ‘rhythm immediacy'. Points of rhythm open ripples of time, allowing participation ‘as' space-mental space, physical space, time space. Such potential participations are the ‘range' of time.Alive to and through intrinsic rhythm, Space and Knowledge can merge into Time. There will be no ‘order' that aims at prediction or control, no outside interference, no limits, no ‘outsiders'. Space in its extension becomes the intimacy of Time, disclosing Being in Space, Being in Time, Being in Knowledge.In the intimacy of the instant, Space and Time open to Being. All that appears sparkles with the transparent colors of the rainbow and the rich ‘feel' of aliveness. We are returned to the singularity of the first instant-the free ‘allowingness' intrinsic to existence.
DNA Mesophases (Exhibition of Zero)
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Big Sky
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Microscopic Flow-Pattern : "Space and Time are not simply backgrounds or supporting mediums for our ordinary pursuits and experience; they can provide a very special and direct form of nourishment for our 'humanity' or human nature, which is usually fed only indirectly through the pursuit of sensory and emotional gratification. Our attitudes, emotions and even our actions are usually rather 'closed' states of being. We can use knowledge to open space and time, and to inspire personal growth and integration. The liberating presence of space and time shows us that within all stagnant and oppressive conditions there is actually room for movement and growth. We do not need to escape from these situations. Knowledge can inspire a new way of being in which the usual difficulties and conflicts which we experience in our daily lives--and which also seem to be inherent in the world situation--can be seen in a new light--they are no longer so rigid or unsolvable. As these experiences take on a more open, transparent quality, we are more literally able to create balance and harmony in our lives, and in our world as well" (Tarthang Tulku, Time, Space, and Knowledge).
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Fullness and Freedom
Fullness and Freedom
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Lila of Space : "In the house of being embodied, all can become space. Once we enter and abide there, the field-momentum of color, texture, and quality radiate deep vibrancy and warmth -- the feel of space coming closer, inviting us, surrounding us on all sides, in all directions. The field fills with light that shines within all color and form. Nature, art, and music, and all creations everywhere, exhibit the beauty of space in an ecstatic play, known in ancient times as lila. The heart can hardly contain such boundless and intense beauty; the spirit can barely accommodate the richness of touching space directly and incisively. Yet once in the womb of space, united beyond barriers, being relaxes, free of any interference, any possibility of loss. Here is freedom. Here is home." (Tarthang Tulku)
Lila of Space
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The Field Communique : "The image of the field communiqué suggests how appearance can appear as substance. It confirms what we earlier assumed: The substantial nature of what appears is simply an output of appearance. Though substance appears as substance, it does not depart from the original interplay of the communiqué, in which each appearance is echo-like in nature. The ‘source' of substance is the interaction of what does not have substance.  Each qualified imposed uniqueness is presented within the field. For each appearance, there is nothing above or beneath it, no point of origination more solid than its own communication."  (Tarthang Tulku, Dynamics of Time and Space.)
The Field Communique
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Shimmering Appearance of Space : The insubstantiality offered by ‘space' gives to line and appearance a magical glow, which could be said to mark the ‘appearance' of ‘space', or even to point beyond ‘space' to the source of its projective power. ‘Appearing' and ‘appearance', ‘projector, ‘projection', and the ‘action' of projecting do not intrude on one another, but are known to ‘knowledge' as both distinct and inseparable. Making distinctions has this same quality of open, shimmering presentation. Existence is a phantom without being unreal; investigation discovers its own nature as ‘space', given together with all that is investigated. (Tarthang Tulku, Knowledge of Time and Space.)
Shimmering Appearance of Space
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