Tag Archives: freedom

MAN INVENTS

Posted on January 12, 2023 by Universal Octopus

Man invents and Man becomesthe slave of his invention –Time-clock invention.Maintenance and breakdown.Marriage the chains of Marital Fidelity.Governments and the lawsof taxes and repression.Medical Science and the slaveryof Pharmaceutical Propaganda.Money. Clothing, the Tyranny of Brand Names,clothing factories for Indian children.Agriculture … Continue reading →

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FREEDOM

Posted on December 14, 2022 by Universal Octopus

Freedom from the Pastis the Present.Freedom from the Futureis the Present. The Presentis a crack that runsthrough the universe.Into it everything disappearslike snowflakesinto a bonfire. For Māra’s people,the Presentis a mental spacefilled with memories,thoughts of the Future,sense impressionsand a random … Continue reading →

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DUSIT ZOO

Posted on September 20, 2022 by Universal Octopus

Part of the Royal Dusit Garden Palace,where Chulalongkorn built himselfa great golden teak palacewith the cutting edge technology of 1900,was a private botanical garden,full of rare plants and lakes. In 1938 the Revolutionary Governmentmetamorphosed itinto Municipal Zoological Gardenswith animals and … Continue reading →

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FREEDOM

Posted on August 29, 2022 by Universal Octopus

Tinker Tailor Soldier SailorEveryman is his own gaoler;shuts the door and turns the key,ends up where he wants to be,looking at what he needs to seeyou for you and me for me. As Māra teaches so we are taught.As a … Continue reading →

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PEACE

Posted on June 2, 2022 by Universal Octopus

Freedom from the Pastis the Present.Freedom from the Futureis the Present. The Presentis a crack that runs through the universe.Into it everything disappearslike snowflakesin a raging furnace. For most peoplethe Presentis a mental spacefilled by memories of the Past,thoughts of … Continue reading →

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FREEDOM TO OR FREEDOM FROM?

Posted on March 9, 2022 by Universal Octopus

Power aimsat Freedom To;finds itselfon a collision coursewith all the other Freedoms Tothat inhabit gods and men and beast;storm and drought and pestilence;sickness, old age and death. Wisdom aimsfor Freedom Fromdiscovers that all the competing Freedom To’sstruggle within the stadium … Continue reading →

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FREEDOM

Posted on July 28, 2021 by Universal Octopus

Freedom is peddledas though it were a path to Peace.It isn’t. Peace paddlesin Freedom. .

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FREEDOM OF CHOICE

Posted on December 4, 2019 by Universal Octopus

“Many are called but Few are chosen!”  Not quite.  ??????  Many are chosenbut Few Choose. Quite Right! .

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IMMIGRATION THAI STYLE

Posted on October 30, 2019 by Universal Octopus

The Tree of Life is flowering;clusters of yellow showeringgolden petalsin seasonal abundanceon bare roads. One hundred and twenty-one Burmese,including fourteen children,travelled east looking for workin a locked air-tight container;twelve square metresof standing,enduringjolting pot-holed tracksand double- backs. When the ventilator failed,they started … Continue reading →

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SHADOWS OF ETERNITY

Posted on July 11, 2019 by Universal Octopus

Products of the Pastare apparent all around us.All of them outlastand eternally surround us. The Past for its own sakeis always out of view,following in the wakeof something always new. Looking for the Past itself,records are all you find;fossil, video, … Continue reading →

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