Now
Now. – A Poem Now. A vast and expansive lake of emptiness. The host of thoughts — arriving with bluster, departing busily, like a fading ambulance… Now. Without beginning. Participates not in your delusion of time. Like water. Now. The…
The Treasure of the Lotus Crystal Cave
The Treasure of the Lotus Crystal Cave – The Direct Instructions of Shri Singha – Padmasambhava was an Indian guru who brought the teachings of Buddhism to Tibet in the 8th Century. He founded the first school of Tibetan Buddhism…
The Sea
The Sea by Lillian It rages. It feeds. It produces life. It can be gracious or hostile. Only I will decide. My union with the Earth is non-negotiable. I dictate the balance. For over thirteen billion years, I have given…
Adramelech
By Simon Robinson Adramelech Suddenly,I realise. There are no fish, only beguilement. Startled, Adramelech awakens.His comfortable home discoveredand flee he cannot,for there is no Adramelech.Only beguilement. The peacock’s wings,Cover all.Yet even they are empty. Not the mind, yet not not…
The Philosophy of Being
Exploring Ancient Greek Concepts | Dr Simon Robinson An in-depth exploration of ancient Greek concepts of existence and consciousness The Platonic Explanation of Being The Platonic explanation of being offers a profound insight into the nature of existence and consciousness.…
Being, Personality and the Self
A Comprehensive Philosophical Examination of Consciousness and Human Identity It can be helpful for those trying to make sense of the ‘mind’ to recognise that these three concepts, being, self and personality are quite distinct and different things. Once you…
🔉Wot I Wrote!
The Future is a Blank Page As I start to write this I am staring at a blank page I have written many pages before this one Some good, some bad, some immaterial, many that are best forgotten ALL are…
Poem “Home”
Home. The Rye runs into the DerwentThe Derwent flows down to the seaThis land, these rivers, this RyedaleThese are the heart of me. My life moves forward, and I move alongBut Ryedale comes right along with meThis land holds my…
🔉 Ashes
When your world is destroyed by fireYou should stand in the ashesEmbrace the heat that remainsLet the old embers warm youKeep you safeHelping you to rekindle a new fireAs the sparks rise from the dying cindersThey form another fire, a…
🔉Thoughts
Echo-lightsthat danceas waves of the mindon moonlight seasthat dazzle and caress shorelinesand beguile the lover.Unknown and forgottenthe inky waveslurk beneathhypnoticreflections.Fixate and forget,set adrift.Uriel’s sword,binds one from within.Pan starts the dance,the wheels turn andnow the showmustbegin. © 2024 Simon Robinson