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Brian Taylor is a Poet and Philosopher who lives in Cornwall, England and the Far East.
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THE SERPENTS
The Serpents dance hypnoticallyand fill the Void with Thoughtand in their game of wish-fulfilmentthe Sons of Man are caught. Slaves to their Dream Creations,enflamed by Hot Desire,craving ever-new sensations,singed by the Ancient Fire,they sink from brightness into embersfrom cinders into … Continue reading
Posted in Centre
Tagged Ancient Fire, Centre, Dream Creations, Hot Desire, Lust, serpents, sons of man, thought, void
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HEAD AND HEART
If the Head leads,it breeds a webin which the ego lurks to catch its prey. And the Heart pales away. If the Heart rules,the sticky webtransforms into a safety netthrough which the Egoshrivels into the Void. (from Gnomonic Verses) .
Posted in Gnomonic Verses
Tagged Ego, Gnomonic Verses, head, heart, safety net, sticky web, void
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WALK ON
Walking Onis not just a matterof feetmeasuring out the streets of this world;or the clatterof railway tracksdwindling to a pointin the far-off, backward-looking, which has now become the past. Nor is it the Ocean Linerslipping out of port,pushing through waveswhich … Continue reading
Posted in Blondin
Tagged conscience, heart, mind, New Year's Resolution, past, spirit, void, Walking on
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FOUNDATION
The great Foundation on which all things restis soon lost sight of, soon forgot,fails to hold man’s interestas entanglements lead to great confusion(due to the power of the great Illusion);until he cannot see what is realand what is not. A … Continue reading
Posted in Centre, Gnomonic Verses
Tagged Be, brain, confusion, Foundation, grief and heart ache, illusion, images, joy, let go, mind, silent stillness, void
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GOING OUT THERE IS NO OTHER
Going out there is no othercoming back there is no tracethough one journey on foreverstill the mind is its own place. Still erecting fences facing(still incorporating doors)still vast nothingness embracing(and declining ‘mine’ and ‘yours’). Still the sun in silent splendoursmiles … Continue reading
Posted in Blondin
Tagged golden sunbeam, mine, no other, nothingness, silent splendor, void, yours
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IT CAME TO MIND
“It came to mind,” She says. Horse or Rider? It came to mind. A flower of the Void? Or something that builds its web inside her? At Troy the Gods took sides making the Trojans deaf to Cassandra’s warnings. Wotan … Continue reading
Posted in Gnomonic Verses
Tagged Cassandra, Horse or Rider?, labyrinth, mind, One, Siegmund, society, the Gods, Troy, void, web, Wotan
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HAVE A HAPPY WEEK
“Empty-handed I come and lo! the spade is in my hand.” In the illimitable Void All is destroyed (and Nothing is lost!) Everything appears anew: good seeds flourish (and evil too). They said to the Poet at his birth, “Go! … Continue reading
