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Brian Taylor has been a Poet and Philosopher in Cornwall, England and the Far East.
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FREEDOM
Freedom is peddledas though it were a path to Peace.It isn’t. Peace paddlesin Freedom. .
Posted in Gnomonic Verses
Tagged Brian Taylor, freedom, Gnomonic Verses, path, peace
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BUDDHA’S SUNLIT CHAMBER
In Buddha’s sunlit laboratory(or Dhamma chamber),experiments by laboratory assistants(or monks)demonstratethat if you shine the lightof investigationon form, feeling, perception,thoughts and consciousnessand apply continuous mindfulnessat the very centreof the rising and fallingof these phenomena,all things are seento be without a permanent … Continue reading
Posted in Bamboo Leaves
Tagged Buddha, Centre, consciousness, dhamma, feeling, form, Gautama, investigation, light, monks, peace, suffering, thoughts, Visakha Puja, vision
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GOD IS…
“God is good.” Not quite right.“Why not?”That follows the stumbling way.To the chopping off of handsin Mecca and Medina.Or to the world’s most valuable art collectionin the Vatican.Or to the crucifixion of prophetsin Jerusalem.Or to the brainwashingof the Poor by … Continue reading
Posted in Ego Ego God of the Jungle
Tagged Ego Ego God of the Jungle, Ethics, God, good, happiness, Jerusalem, Mecca, peace, poor, prophets, rich, Salvation, Vatican
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JUGGLING
First the left hand, then the right;in each, a ball, in each held tight When a third comes into view,what exactly will you do? Let it roll past on its way,down the hall and out the door? Or grab it … Continue reading
Posted in Ego Ego God of the Jungle
Tagged Blondin, catch and throw, commotion, cosmic motion, drop, Ego Ego God of the Jungle, empty stage, game, juggling, kinetic cage, peace, planets, season, spins, stop?, sun
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11TH HOUR, 11TH DAY, 11TH MONTH
What They died forhas not survivedtheir sacrifice. The fabrics of communities that were theirsare pulled apart by rough fingersof their unappreciative heirs. Their homes are bulldozedto feed the appetites of developers. Their schools are surrenderedto the Apostles of Materialism:Educational Factory … Continue reading
Posted in Gnomonic Verses
Tagged 11.11.20, Amnesty Day 2020, apostles of Materialism, archbishop, back-door politicians, Beatitudes, Caesar, churchmen, educational factory farming, God, guardians of Morality, Hearts, heirs, honour and shame, Jesus, Nation, peace, poppies, sacrifice, schools, sexual perversion, silence, suffering and pride
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PEACEMAKER
If you reconciletwo of God’s creatures,you forge a linkwith God himself. .
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Tagged creatures, Gnomonic Verses, God, peace, peacemaker, reconcile
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WAITING
Magdalen’s groundsare full of life,full of space. Space, which is mownand cleared,tended and enclosed,its waterways unchoked,brown and sparkling clear. It is home to ducksand coots,to dragonflies and deer. Grass and paths and gatesand streamsand yesterday’s undergraduatesare waiting. Not for the … Continue reading
Posted in Oxford Blues
Tagged being, dragonflies, ducks, future, Magdalen, Oxford, Oxford Blues, past, peace, space, undergradutes, waiting, waterways, Yes!
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SEPARATISM
This flowering of the Human Spiritis a reaching outinto the empty wastelandof the egoic mindin search ofthe lost gardens of Eden. This fruitless endeavourto fill its wastelandwith memoriesof its past (My was)and thoughtsof its future (My will be) is stitched … Continue reading
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Tagged Eden, egoic mind, future, Gnomonic Verses, Here and Now, Human Spirit, light, memories, past, peace, separatism, thought, un-separate?, wasteland
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WAR OR PEACE
War breaks outin the land of the golden calfor in the columnsof the Daily Telegraph. Peace is foundin cloister or hearthin intervals of waror the exhausted aftermath. Whateverdeclarations of waror articles of peaceare signed,they flowfrom the labyrinthine meanderingof the human … Continue reading
Posted in Blondin
Tagged Blondin, exhausted aftermath, flow, golden calf, hearth, Human mind, labyrinthine, peace, Telegraph, war
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