Classes, Workshops, and Events
Center for Creative Inquiry Winter 2012 Program
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| Knowing Space: Online course in the Time-Space-Knowledge vision February 19-March 25 Six weeks, Sundays, 9 AM + April 1 Practice Day $60 |
Last fall’s online TSK program discovered in the ‘nothing’ of space the potential for limitless freedom. This winter we explore how the TSK vision links the openness of space to the boundless capacity to know, seeing all appearance as the projection of knowledge− appreciation merging with allowing to sweep away the stale perceptions of thought and desire. This online program is presented live on the web, with opportunities for continuing online dialog and discussion. Over the six weeks of the program, we will read and explore experientially Chapters 5-8 in Tarthang Tulku’s Dynamics of Time and Space (Dharma Publishing, 1994).
Join us in this ongoing exploration of Tarthang Tulku’s Time, Space, and Knowledge Vision, a radical re-imagining of what it means to be alive. |
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| The Body Knows: Writing To Deepen Inquiry March 6th – April 10th Six sessions, Tuesdays, 7 – 9pm:$75 |
Join Abbe Blum in an exploration and inquiry into how to open life up to more knowing through writing, feeling in the body and asking questions about the things in our lives – unfinished projects, favorite mementos, recurring thoughts. Abbe will lead you on a very personal journey, where you may understand better where you’ve been, and discover where you want to go. Bring your memories and dreams, your body, a notebook and pen, and your curiosity. |  |
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| Quantum Seeing: Photography, Meditation, and Dissolving Boundaries Feb 18th, 25th Saturdays, 1-5pm $95 |
What does getting along better with your boss (or your partner or your parents) have to do with photography? How can meditation make you a more creative photographer?
Join Richard Miller as he opens up creative and personal possibilities through meditative inquiry using a camera. In this workshop you will investigate the boundaries of objects in time and space, discovering details and dissolving habitual perceptions. As the work progresses, Time presents opportunities for creativity – your task is to be present and aware in order to capture them. Engage in expansive inquiry in this eye-opening workshop. link to workshop page – video, sample exercises and more information |
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| Inquiry American Style March 1, 8, 15 Thursdays; 7–9pm, $75 three – two hour sessions |
Like curdled milk, America is clotted up. Political life is frozen, broken. Sloganeering dominates our discourse. Smug and self-righteous, we feed on forced smiles and balloon on fast food. Our problems persist. Our dissatisfactions persist.
This course looks at two American giants, Ralph Waldo Emerson and Walt Whitman, as guides on the path to open and creative inquiry. |
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| Becoming Magic: Words to Walk the Path March 3rd Saturday, 10am –4pm, one-day workshop: $35 |
Words lead to knowing Knowing leads to insight Insight leads to understanding and The possibility of finding A path to liberation Writing is a way to climb from darkness to light, from light into light. Write together, write alone, in a daylong exploration of the lights of writing as it begins to illuminate your path.. link to workshop page – video, sample exercises and more information |
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| Beat the Clock [Before You Run Out of Time] March 10, 17, 24 Saturdays; 10am – 12pm, $75 |
We have a habit of rushing, which has been called hurry sickness, and time poverty, the feeling that we don’t have enough time. These mental and physiological habits strongly affect our health and well-being. Dr. Larry Dossey wrote: “Many illnesses–perhaps most–may be caused either wholly or in part by our misperception of time.”
In this series of sessions, you’ll practice a dozen exercises for relieving time’s friction and relentless flow. link to workshop page – video, exercises and more information |
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| Speaking From Your Heart with Jean-Claude van Itallie April 12-15, 2012 at Ratna Ling retreat Center $360
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Laying the groundwork through different kinds of movement and meditation, gently guided by Jean-Claude, you’ll center yourself according to his unique disciplines. Taking your time and staying in movement, you’ll address the circle of your encouraging fellow workshop participants. Slowly performing the powerful practice of speaking from your heart, your breath will be liberated from anxiety. You’ll easily enter remembered or imagined places, giving voice to what you see, hear, smell, touch and taste. An astonishingly muscular, personal language will spontaneously emerge from you. Words created in this way are visceral, rhythmical, and, if written down by a fellow participant, alive on the page too.
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| Deep Listening with Pauline Oliveros August 13-17, 2012 $550-$750 Instructor: Pauline Oliveros |
Sound is time—every note is a lifetime for itself. And sound resides in space—melody, timbre, and harmony are in a multi-dimensional dance. This workshop explores sound in time and space through improvisation with musical instruments, along with other forms of experiential inquiry. Learn how sound and music work directly on our bodies, hearts, and minds, offering healing and inspiration. No musical ability necessary.Lunch will be from 12.30-1:30. Participants are welcome to bring lunch, or dine at one of the many restaurants within easy walking distance of the building.
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| A New Vision of Reality – a TSK Intensive Retreat August 13 – 17, at Ratna Ling retreat Center $450 |
In this intensive, we lay the foundation for a fundamental shift. The questions we ask and the possibilities we imagine open undiscovered dimensions of reality. That is what the Time-Space-Knowledge vision is about, and that is the framework within which this program will unfold.
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| Time Space & Knowledge: a New Vision of Reality Sunday, March 25
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In this introduction to the TSK vision, we will use exercises, discussion and a few short readings to discover how easy it is to let go of fixed positions and identities. Come discover the simple, powerful, and liberating methods of TSK, a teaching designed by a leading Tibetan lama for the Western mind.
Through exercises, discussion, and creative inquiry, TSK gives access to a deeper level of being, where real and lasting change can happen. It invites us to rediscover space as allowing, time as dynamic, and knowledge as fundamental to reality, not “owned” by the one who knows. |
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| Monday, March 26 in Bristol, England - The Brunswick Club £10 waged; £5 unwaged Instructor: Jack Petranker |
The above listed program will be offered once more on Monday, March 26 in Bristol, England. | |
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