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Category Archives: Gnomonic Verses
FOUNDATION
The great Foundation on which all things rest is soon lost sight of, soon forgot, fails to hold man’s interest as entanglements lead to great confusion (due to the power of the great Illusion); until he cannot see what is … Continue reading
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Tagged Be, brain, Foundation, grief, heartache, illusion, joy, let go, myriad images, pain, real, rest, sermons, silence, silent, space, stillness, void
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THE WISDOM OF SOLOMON
Those who sow the wind reap the whirlwind. The politicians, seeing nothing better to do, sow the wind. Encourage the people to be dissatisfied (so that they can promise to satisfy them). Encourage the people to envy the rich; (promise … Continue reading
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Tagged envy, Gnomonic Verses, justice, politicians, rich, sex changes, Solomon, whirlwind, wisdom
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SUNSET
Over and over, you and I sift the contents of our mind and try to find the people we think we might have been. Try as we will, behind the painted curtain, one thing is certain; Nothing is ever seen. … Continue reading
GIVING HOSTAGES TO FORTUNE
When Fortune comes at last to claim his Hostage and all the days and hours are counted and the fragile papers, envelopes and postage and all those in-between days are discounted; and Pluto has reclaimed Eurydice’s earthly portion and Thracian … Continue reading
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Tagged Eurydice, Fortune, hostage, living fragments, Orpheus, Pluto
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WHERE ARE YOU NOW?
It was different in the past. Especially in the village. Before you could read Before there were newspapers Before there was radio Before there were telephones Before there were films Before there was TV Before there were computers Before there … Continue reading
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Tagged computers, cyber-space, friends, future, global gossip, Imagination, inn, market, neighbours, past, present, smartphones, womb-tomb
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IT CAME TO MIND
“It came to mind,” She says. Horse or Rider? It came to mind. A flower of the Void? Or something that builds its web inside her? At Troy the Gods took sides making the Trojans deaf to Cassandra’s warnings. Wotan … Continue reading
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Tagged Cassandra, Horse or Rider?, labyrinth, mind, One, Siegmund, society, the Gods, Troy, void, web, Wotan
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PRIMARY ETHICS
Don’t do what you don’t want done. To you.
