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Brian Taylor is a Poet and Philosopher who lives in Cornwall, England and the Far East.
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A SHELL
A SHELLa big shellon a warm sand shelfbuilding long and strongout at last kept out. TIME to decidewhat’s insidefor inside meditationfor contemplation.Any answers? A SKULLa big skullwith a warm snug selfbuilding long and strongto keep out out. EYE, ear and … Continue reading
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Tagged alone, contemplation, eye, meditation, Self, Shell, skull, Time
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MAKING MERIT
“There’s nothing either good or badbut thinking makes it so.”And riding on that apophthegm,to lower worlds they gountil the pain compresses themand makes them scream out, “No!” There is some truth in points of view,that what seems good to memight … Continue reading
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Tagged actions, apophthegm, Be, Blondin, Brian Taylor, fruit, good effect, good or bad, label, lower wolrds, making merit, merit, points of view, see, tree, Truth
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GOOD AND EVIL
Evil is the Great Magicianwhich blinds the inner visionthe painting on its facedisorientates the eye,the quickness of its hand through spacedeceives the sly. The conjuror peddles his illusions,the world his backdrop and his stage,his victims, living beings enmeshed in their … Continue reading
BLUEBOTTLE MIND
Even in all your fine regalia,hint of blue and buzzing wingall the trappings of your kind,you are far from being a substantial thing,and all your efforts end in failure. All entomic paraphernalia,proboscis, thorax, abdomen, wings that fly,six legs, antennae, multi-faceted … Continue reading
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Tagged antennae, Bluebottle mind, desire, facsimile, fly, formless, fruit, model, multi-faceted eye, pride, proboscis, sanctuary, shadow, silent hell, thought
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WHY?
Because we have neglected muchwe finish up with such and such,surrounded by we see and touch.Because we have neglected much. Because we sit and dream (and dream)we cannot separate is and seem;images come in floods and teem.Because we sit and … Continue reading
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Tagged Blondin, Brian Taylor, lose ourselves, Mara, neglected, old, sit and dream, sun, thought, trade, Why?, young
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MAKE AN EFFORT
Matter is always inert; dense shadowy stuffthat resists the shining. Leave the puppetto its own devicesand how will it everget out of its box? Who then is thereto make an effort?And with what forcefrom where obtained? The child, the kitten, … Continue reading
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Tagged Blondin, Brian Tayor, child, deity, EFFORT, energy, enthusiasm, growing older, inert, kitten, matter, puppet, puppet pains, puppy, shining
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MINDFULNESS
Watching the flowof middle-earthas all things gofrom birth to birth.Here, one can knowwhat it’s all worth. An empty tideof rise and fall.Nothing outsideis mine at all;nothing insidenor large nor small. The mind reflectsvague shadowy drifts.The mind connectsblank mists with mists.The … Continue reading
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Tagged birth, Blondin, Brian Taylor, dogs, earth, empty tide, inside, mind, mindfulness, outside, rich and poor
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