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Brian Taylor has been a Poet and Philosopher in Cornwall, England and the Far East.
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POSTSCRIPT TO TREE OF KNOWLEDGE
EGO’s been on his perchin the old Knowledge Treefor more than a million yearsand, through the power of its corrupted fruit,has eased its way into millions of human minds,filling them and their bodiesand everything elsewith millions and millions of tears. … Continue reading
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Tagged mind, dream, Tree of Knowledge, tears, Ego, separatism, Here and Now, identity, wake up, discover, task, exist
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EGO EGO LORD OF THE JUNGLE
My task(and yours)is(and always has been); to get rid of you and meto get rid of us and themto get rid of was and will beto get rid of should and shouldn’t beto get rid of might and mightn’t. Is(and … Continue reading
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Tagged dream, Ego, here, identities, Jungle, me, Now, wake up, you
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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. .
Posted in Gnomonic Verses
Tagged Ego, Gnomonic Verses, head, heart, safety net, void, web
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MASTER MAGICIAN
Certainly, the religions of the Worldall came into existenceto purify the world of egoyet have ended up as pyramidswith super-egos sitting on topusing the original teachingsto consolidate their precarious positionsand feed/gorge themselves and their allies. Maybe, in the end, to … Continue reading
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Tagged Ego, empty, Khaos, magician, purification, separateness, silence, The Abyss, the Tao, Voidness, whole, words
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EGO
is the childof the marriage of self and body;is the awareness of separatenesswhere none exists;is the delighting in separateness,its fearfulness and competitiveness. It is as though each of your fingersclaimedautonomy as of right;an individual name,a social security number,an index-linked pension,an … Continue reading
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Tagged autonomy, child, competitiveness, Ego, Gnomonic Verses, harmony, individual, madness, marriage, pension, piano, separateness
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FORK IN THE ROAD
ARIADNE’S THREAD & THESEUS Many people,but not everyone,encounter the Truthin some form or otherduring the course of Life’s journey. This leads to a fork in the road. Either they adjust themselves to the Truth,in which casethey are led along by Truthon … Continue reading
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Tagged Ariadne, Ego, fork in the road, Life's journey, Theseus, Truth
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WAVE MAN
For the waves that chatter on and on,and the waves that “go with the flow”,the ocean is still there,deep and still to the very seabed. Wave-Man is here all the time.His dreams come and go,sometimes it seems frenetically.What matters is, … Continue reading
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Tagged dreams, Ego, Gnomonic Verses, go with the flow, here, Now, ocean, Wave Man, you
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PLAYING HIDE AND SEEK WITH THE EGO
Awareness is the Function:Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Sailor. Unconsciousness is the role:Look at me playing Hamlet at the Old Vic.Look at me playing cook in the old Kitchen. While awareness is continuous,the Ego doesn’t get a chance to play its roles. … Continue reading
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Tagged Awareness, consciousness, Ego, Hamlet, unconsciousness
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