Tag Archives: light

WHY DON’T YOU WANT TO KNOW?

Posted on June 26, 2018 by

Not knowing is a barrel tumbling over Niagara: darkness within danger without. Knowing is the full moon at midnight splashing light in the darkest corners. Wanting to know is taking responsibility for the good and the bad. Not wanting to … Continue reading →

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SEPARATISM

Posted on December 29, 2017 by

This flowering of the Human Spirit is a reaching out into the empty wasteland of the egoic mind in search of the lost gardens of Eden. This fruitless endeavour to fill its wasteland with memories of its past (My was) … Continue reading →

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PURITY

Posted on December 30, 2016 by

In the dark tabernacle, a shaft of sunlight illumines the heart and shines through a million years of dust. Clouds and clouds of swirling dust spiralling through the light which spills in a golden pool on damp, grey stone and … Continue reading →

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FOR MOTHER AND CHILD

Posted on June 3, 2016 by

Why wake him? You woke to nothing, do you think he won’t? Your hand will guide him firmly and away, your lips will teach the nonsense he will say, your sins on him every day. At best, he’ll pass the … Continue reading →

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FULL MOON DAY THIRD LUNAR MONTH

Posted on February 20, 2016 by

One candle is a light unto itself. One hundred candles illuminate a room. In a room, one candle is a light unto itself. Uposatha day at Wat Katum, seven old ladies and one old man taking eight precepts for a … Continue reading →

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PURITY

Posted on January 25, 2016 by

In the dark tabernacle, a shaft of sunlight illumines the heart and shines through a million years of dust. Clouds and clouds of swirling dust spiralling through the light which spills in a golden pool on damp, grey stone and … Continue reading →

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FORK ON THE ROAD

Posted on January 14, 2016 by

When you throw yourself down from the top of high mountains, the Earth does not take you into her arms and comfort you. When you kneel and kiss the ground, the Earth does not praise your humility. It is for … Continue reading →

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