Tag Archives: eternal

THE WORD OF THE BUDDHA

Posted on July 11, 2021 by Universal Octopus

According to the manuals,they are everywhere.How is it, then, that Icannot see them? Under my feet,in the silent corners,under the stairs,in the crowded common rooms,I search;and find nothing. But, when I speak,what is it that crawlsalong the fissures of my … Continue reading →

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BAMBOO LEAVES

Posted on March 1, 2020 by Universal Octopus

Their leaves of grass emerge and fade;with windblown rustling tongues converse.The grove has grown throughout the universe,spreads everywhere its pleasant living shade;creating north south east and west(the fierce, unending struggle to be best);relentlessly growing.The variety is unimaginable,the sameness unknowingand unknowable. … Continue reading →

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CRYSTAL BALL

Posted on March 18, 2018 by Universal Octopus

Who among you can bear to peer into the Eternal Not; to disappear into the Nowhere, the irretrievably and absolutely Forgot?

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BEAUTIFUL PEOPLE

Posted on February 15, 2018 by Universal Octopus

Super-talented children play on the eternal beach, building castles and cities and civilisations and worlds, anything, everything they want; and try to keep all and each out of everyone else’s reach. Dancing around hand in hand, they themselves are powdered … Continue reading →

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SAMSARA

Posted on April 3, 2016 by Universal Octopus

Wandering on. Through a waste of perils we have already faced, blown by the hot winds of desire, pursued by our own shadows, touched by the invisible fire, surrounded by supravisible foes. From waste to waste. From oasis to oasis; … Continue reading →