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Brian Taylor has been a Poet and Philosopher in Cornwall, England and the Far East.
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THE WORD OF THE BUDDHA
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
Posted in Ego Ego God of the Jungle
Tagged Buddha, darkness, eternal, light, manuals, mind, silent, speak, subtle poisons, thoughts, void
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WAVES
Time drifts away,as mist fades on the mountain.The world itself is hardly more real.The living waters springingfrom life’s fountain run dry,leaving discarded bonesbleaching in the sun. There is no moleculebut strives to be the whole(or if it can’t encompass that, … Continue reading
Posted in Ego Ego God of the Jungle
Tagged children, free, friend, inner garden, life's fountain, Living Waters, molecule, neighbour, powers, sandcastles, soul, thoughts, tide, Time, waves
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THE SEASON
The season slidesto wind and showersand sharp hot sun(for rare half-hours)and all the worldlays waste its powerspursuing what it cannot own. Then mists and fogs and hazy sunriseships’ dull horns and lazy gull cries. Now blazing heat(bone dry pails)sandy feetsingle … Continue reading
FOOD CHAIN
Thoughts feed feelings.Feelings activate the body.It cannot tell the differencebetween a real snakeand an imagined snake. Fear stifles its breathingaccelerates its heartbeatand makes it sweat. The pretty girlin your imaginationor pornographic videoproduce the same reactionas the pretty girl in real-time … Continue reading
Posted in Gnomonic Verses
Tagged Desires, fear, food, heartbeat, pretty girl, problems, propaganda, snake, thoughts, wisdom
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TEMPUS MUTAT
People differ in awareness of Time.Brazilian Indians have no word for tomorrow. Time is the measure of thingsmoving through space.Where there is nothing moving,not even thoughts,there is no awareness of Time. When a dog sees you after a gap of … Continue reading
Posted in Gnomonic Verses
Tagged Awareness, Brazilian indians, Dog, gap of years, Gnomonic Verses, re-cognises, space, tempus mutat, thoughts, Time, tomorrow
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GUESTS
Who are the deadI have not reached(or been unable to find)who wait with such patiencein quiet corners of my mind? Seek with the mindyou get thoughts.Seek with the heartyou get understanding.Speak with thoughtsyou reach a man’s mind.Speak with understandingyou reach … Continue reading
Posted in Oxford Blues
Tagged dead, guests, heart, mind, patience, quiet corners, seek, thoughts, understanding
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BUILDING A HOUSE
Of building houses there is no endwith bricks and feelings thoughts and mind, that clings and sticks and binds. Lovers spin webs for castles,conquerors ancestral halls,angels their heavenly mansions,demons their prison walls. Actors that tread the boardsand actors on the … Continue reading
Posted in Blondin
Tagged actors, ancestral halls, bricks, Building a house, castles, conceits, conquerors, creator, feelings, lovers, mind, thoughts
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GET UNSTUCK
Leaves from the Tree of Life;brown and withered,dried with growing old,dislodged by the touch of Time;or green,with veins still swellingwith rising sap,torn free by an untimely wind. What are they,these dancing treasures? The more the tree creates,pushing and buddingout of … Continue reading
Posted in Blondin
Tagged Blondin, Brian Taylor, dancing, get unstuck, hunger, sangsara, thoughts, thousand breathing mouths, Time, tree of Life, untimely wind, whole tree
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SHADOWS OF ETERNITY
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
Posted in Oxford Blues
Tagged freedom, images, letting go, new, past, shadows of eternity, thoughts, wave
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