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Brian Taylor has been a Poet and Philosopher in Cornwall, England and the Far East.
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REQUIEM: ARMISTICE DAY
This yearthe dead are blindand do not seem to hearour prayers.Nor do they seem to mindthat we now ownwhat they once thought was theirs. Herethey shed no tearat all the painthey left behind. Now,when they come again,they only findechoes of … Continue reading
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Tagged Armistice Day, dead, deserted buildings, empty, lonely, long-ago, pain, prayers, requiem, tears, unpeopled streets
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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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HAVE A HAPPY WEEK
“Empty-handed I comeand lo!The spade is in my hand.” In the illimitable VoidAll is destroyed(and Nothing is lost!) Everything appears anew:good seeds flourish(and evil too). They said to the Poetat his birth,“Go! Love!Without the helpof anything on Earth.” A naked … Continue reading
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Tagged anew, birth, Blondin, child, earth, empty, evil, good, happy week, illimitable, love, mental powers, nothing, play, Poet, void
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THE BREATH OF LIFE
It is not Atlas who carries on his shoulders the world with all its teeming life forms its cities and citizens its poets and fools. It is the breath of life which fans the vital heat each time it cools. … Continue reading
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Tagged Atlas, breath, citizens, death, empty, fools, Life, poets
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ATLAS
It is not Atlas who carries on his shoulders the world with all its teeming life forms, its cities and citizens its poets and fools. It is the breath of life which fans the vital heat each time it cools. … Continue reading
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Tagged Atlas, breath, cities, citizens, death, empty, fools, Gnomonic, Life, poets, vital heat, world
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STOP!
If stopping were easy, a thought beam properly directed would thread silently through atom after atom and bring the entire universe to a standstill. An empty mirror reflected in itself. Not easy. Not difficult. A judicious response to the Problem … Continue reading
STOPPING THE MIND
If stopping were easy, a thought beam properly directed would thread silently through atom after atom and bring the entire universe to a standstill. An empty mirror reflected in itself. If stopping were difficult, the spider mind would jumble on, … Continue reading
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Tagged empty, letting go, mind, mirror, pain, reflection, spider, thought, universe, web
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