Tag Archives: epiphany

This is the oyster

Posted on April 24, 2006 by John

This is the oyster; why seek for the pearl? There’s no escape plan for leaving this world in my religion: no hereafter gold, no burning embers, no cold of Sheol. This is the medicine; why seek a pill to flee … Continue reading →

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Obviously Lefty Frizzell

Posted on October 28, 2005 by John

I’ve always been obsessed, thematically, with silence, journeys, and the contexts in which real “life-changing” epiphanies occur. It seems to me that one of these places is on the road touring (and it seems to be backed up by what … Continue reading →

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Stop all the clocks

Posted on June 24, 2005 by John

Stop all the clocks! The hours must halt their slow and steady marching on; let all lay fallow in default until this fickle mood is gone. Stop all the movement of the sun and stars against a sombre sky; let … Continue reading →

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What is the Secret Song?

Posted on April 20, 2005 by John

What is secret song that the whole world hums underneath its breath, too soft to hear unless you sit in silence, in the dark and listen as intently as you can? And when you hear it once, why it is … Continue reading →

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Samadhi

Posted on January 13, 2005 by John

Fumbling to ecstacy One nerve cell at a time Approaching some nirvana Piecemeal, by the inch, sublime At the end of fingertips Extended like a drawl Until the whole skin breathes in each moment’s alcohol From the toes along the … Continue reading →

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Morphology

Posted on August 15, 2003 by John

Listen! It murmurs softly underneath the constant ebb and flow of dulling noise like brackish water seeps into a clear crystal pond, its briny fingers reaching from a sea that constantly must expand. In that muffled shape of sound sheathed … Continue reading →

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Question On Prophets

Posted on June 26, 2003 by John

How does one, not having enlightenment (or grace or whatever you like to call it) recognize that someone else is enlightened? How does someone without the benefit of having seen Nirvana (or the face of God or the underlying principle … Continue reading →

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