Tag Archives: Centre

TWIGHLIGHT OF THE GODS

Posted on August 23, 2022 by Universal Octopus

The Gods are interlopers all.They collect like a cruston the cooling radianceof the Centre. Their time being up, they fallas fall they must,evaporating in the shining radianceof the Centre. The Gods are historical figures.Outside of History,they have no existence. First … Continue reading →

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BUDDHA’S SUNLIT CHAMBER

Posted on May 26, 2021 by Universal Octopus

In Buddha’s sunlit laboratory(or Dhamma chamber),experiments by laboratory assistants(or monks)demonstratethat if you shine the lightof investigationon form, feeling, perception,thoughts and consciousnessand apply continuous mindfulnessat the very centreof the rising and fallingof these phenomena,all things are seento be without a permanent … Continue reading →

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FLANDERS FIELD

Posted on November 8, 2019 by Universal Octopus

Enter the Heart Chakra. What can be seen? A meadow. An enormous meadow, stretching as far as can be seen in all directions. In the centre of it is a great tree. “What is this great meadow?” “It is Flanders … Continue reading →

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GRETA

Posted on September 27, 2019 by Universal Octopus

When you are watching Greta at the United NationsYou are watching Mother Earthweeping for her children. .

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BUTTERFLY’S EGG

Posted on July 19, 2019 by Universal Octopus

Nature’s miniatureopalescent crystal ball. Explore it from outside-inand your finest scientific eyesare lost in its unimaginable vastnesswhich opens onto the totality of the outer universe. Nothing can be seenby blinded scientific eyesof the everything there.For the would-be observer dissolves. Explore … Continue reading →

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MULTIPLE

Posted on May 18, 2019 by Universal Octopus

In Buddha’s sunlit laboratory(or Dhamma chamber),experiments by laboratory assistants(or monks)demonstratethat if you shine the lightof investigationon form, feeling, perception, thoughts and consciousnessand apply continuous mindfulnessat the very centreof the rising and fallingof these phenomena,all things are seento be without a … Continue reading →

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I, ME, MINE

Posted on July 10, 2016 by Universal Octopus

In the Beginning (or perhaps a little later) there was I. And then, because I was lonely, there was me. And we got on like a house on fire! And, so that we could have something in common, there was … Continue reading →

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SILENCE

Posted on March 6, 2016 by Universal Octopus

Opium heals, applying a chemical bellows to the Vital Heat; a golden silence. At what cost! Matchstick limbs out of Auschwitz, fever-bright eyes. Such sweet poison! Music heals, early music; Greek Olympian music. Clusters of notes with open phrasing dancing … Continue reading →

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BANDS

Posted on February 28, 2016 by Universal Octopus

Down on the plains the air is thick with dust and shouting. (Even the animals shout as they are goaded to where they do not want to go from where they do not want to be). All curse and squabble … Continue reading →

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LISTENERS

Posted on January 31, 2016 by Universal Octopus

Where there are listeners there is no silence. Either the sounds of the listeners’ minds rebound from the boundlessness of space, or the universe itself pounds out a multivociferous chatter; the sound of reaching out, selecting rejecting and pain; coming … Continue reading →

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