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Brian Taylor has been a Poet and Philosopher in Cornwall, England and the Far East.
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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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GOD
“God is good.” Not quite right. Why?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 … Continue reading
Posted in Centre
Tagged crucifixion, God, good, happiness, Jerusalem, Living Beings, Mecca, Path of Ethics, peace, poor, prophets, rich, Salvation
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G 20
Go for growth say our Masters.Globally!And Growbally!And not too Slowbally! And the Rich grow richer(and the Poor grow poorerand not too slowbally, says Gnome). And the bombs fall thicker(on legitimate targets). Go for Stability and Peace, say we!Globally!As we are … Continue reading
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Tagged Blondin, bombs, G20, Globally, Gnome, Gnomonic Verses, greed, Masters, peace, poor, poverty, Reformers, rich
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MULTIPLE
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 … Continue reading
Posted in Bamboo Leaves
Tagged Bamboo Leaves, Buddha Day, Centre, dhamma, peace, suffering, Visakha Puja
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THE UNQUIET DEAD
The Unquiet Deadseek their Peaceon the ever-spinning Wheel,within a world where they just leasethe small part they can see and feel. And what they see and feel still grieves them.And what they think is real deceives them. Although the Suffering … Continue reading
ARMISTICE DAY 2014
What They died for has not survived their sacrifice. The fabrics of communities that were theirs are pulled apart by rough fingers of their unappreciative heirs. Their homes are bulldozed to feed the appetites of developers. Their schools are surrendered … Continue reading
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Tagged Armistice Day, ceramic poppies, communities, Education Factory Farming, God, Hearts, homes, Jesus, materialism, Morality, peace, schools, silence, suffering
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