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Brian Taylor has been a Poet and Philosopher in Cornwall, England and the Far East.
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WALKING BACKWARDS?
“All roads lead to Rome”,they say;and travel on the struggles and tracksonwards to their long-lost Home. But if they start with Rome at their backs?And their faces away from the Celestial City?All roads lead away! The further you go,the further … Continue reading
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Tagged all roads lead to Rome, astray, backwards?, Celestial City, Gnomonic Verses, Go, Rome, walking
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SCALES OF JUSTICE
It is not easy to sympathise with the victimand not blame his oppressor.It is not easy to sympathise with the oppressorand not say that the victim was asking for it. If the inescapable future is seen, however, Verily I say … Continue reading
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Tagged blame, compassion, future, glad, Gnomonic Verses, here, I am, no escape, oppressor, scales of justice, sympathy, victim
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CENSORSHIP
Censorship is no substitutefor Education. This-you-must-not-docreates dualityand ultimatelyopens the door to Force. This-is-the-reason-why-you-should-not-doallows unbiased information,maintains harmony and Unity. .
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Tagged censorship, duality, education, force, Gnomonic Verses, harmony, information, must do, unbiased, unity
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TEMPUS MUTAT
People differ in awareness of Time.Brazilian Indians have no word for tomorrow. Time is the measure of thingsmoving through space.Where there is nothing moving,not even thoughts,there is no awareness of Time. When a dog sees you after a gap of … Continue reading
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Tagged Awareness, Brazilian indians, Dog, gap of years, Gnomonic Verses, re-cognises, space, tempus mutat, thoughts, Time, tomorrow
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HEAD AND HEART
If the Head leads,it breeds a webin which the ego lurksto catch its prey. And the Heart pales away. If the Heart rules,the sticky webtransforms into a safety netthrough which the Egoshrivels into the Void. .
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Tagged Ego, Gnomonic Verses, head, heart, safety net, void, web
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TAPEWORM
God sees with the same eyeyou see with, says Meister Eckhart. Do you live your life,or does Life live through you? Do you breatheto stay alive,or does the Life-breathbreathe you? Life lives and blossomsthrough Natureand thus Nature can heal itself. … Continue reading
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Tagged breath, desire, Divine Eye, Ego, feelings, God, heal, Life, Meister Eckhart, my life, Nature, Self, Tapeworm, thoughts
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WAITING
Magdalen’s groundsare full of life,full of space. Space, which is mownand cleared,tended and enclosed,its waterways unchoked,brown and sparkling clear. It is home to ducksand coots,to dragonflies and deer. Grass and paths and gatesand streamsand yesterday’s undergraduatesare waiting. Not for the … Continue reading
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Tagged being, dragonflies, ducks, future, Magdalen, Oxford, Oxford Blues, past, peace, space, undergradutes, waiting, waterways, Yes!
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