Category Archives: Gnomonic Verses

WHAT THEY DIED FOR

Posted on November 10, 2022 by Universal Octopus

What They died forhas not survivedtheir sacrifice. The fabrics of communities that were theirsare pulled apart by rough fingersof their unappreciative heirs. Their homes are bulldozedto feed the appetites of developers. Their schools are surrenderedto the Apostles of Materialism:Educational Factory … Continue reading →

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CURE

Posted on October 15, 2022 by Universal Octopus

Waiting; the fires grow oldwaiting; fears grow boldwaiting; the third eye brightenswaiting; the old mind quietens. Patiently, the patient heals himself. .

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PAINTER (IN THE SCHOOL OF)

Posted on October 4, 2022 by Universal Octopus

You sign your name on your pictures? You turn up the chanceto share in a cosmic danceof unbounded creativity,where each and every human mindbasks in luminous anonymity. You are selling postage stampsframed in terminal mediocrity. Even theseyou will have toleave … Continue reading →

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THE BEGINNING

Posted on October 2, 2022 by Universal Octopus

Trace it all back as far as you canfrom where it ends up to where it began:From knife to the hand,from hand to the eye;from footprints on sandto the sun in the sky. Trace it back further to where it … Continue reading →

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IF THINE EYE BE SINGLE

Posted on September 30, 2022 by Universal Octopus

Your true Self plays tennisfor joyfor fun;like children dancinghand in handon the sandin thefoaming breakers. Two fingersof the same handdrummingan improvised rhythm. The Egoic Mind playseverythingto win. .

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BLACK MAGIC…….

Posted on September 26, 2022 by Universal Octopus

…A flowering of the human spiritin which Evil torments and exploitsas much of Creation as it can reach. …A development of Freedom To,when the corner stone of Ethics is discarded,that proliferates and insinuatesto as near Absolute Power as it can … Continue reading →

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BABIES

Posted on September 22, 2022 by Universal Octopus

Babies do not crythrough choice.It’s just their suffering giving voice;wishing to share itwith someone like you who can bear it. In Latin this someone is called mater. Nowaday’s-English comes much later,and I cannot find a word to translate her. .

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PYRAMID REFLECTED ON THE NILE

Posted on September 16, 2022 by Universal Octopus

Earth >body > mind > spirit > god. God >spirit > mind > body > earth. .

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COMPUTER TEMPLES

Posted on September 11, 2022 by Universal Octopus

The Faith Homes of the World,Buddhist, Moslem, Christian,have acquired spiritual bolt-onsbuilt by enterprising entrepreneurswhose Collection Boxesfunnel the money into handsthat have slipped in between the sheets. Thou shalt not kill(but needst not striveofficiously to keep alive.) Thou shalt not eat … Continue reading →

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TRUTH

Posted on September 6, 2022 by Universal Octopus

Laws which conflictwith Truthare ultimately unenforceablewithout the acquiescence of the victimwho chooses to can’t through fear. St Michael, St Margaret and St Catherinetold Joan of Arcthat she would not be burned. And they were right. The Duke of Bedfordbought her … Continue reading →

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