by Warren Gaston | Jul 9, 2016
Yesterday I sat on my patio in the deep heat of summer, finches at the feeder, deer lying in the cool among trees, a newspaper on my lap. One would have no need to imagine a more delightful day. Yet I am leaden, body, mind, soul weighted down. I read the newspaper. I...
by Warren Gaston | Jul 6, 2016
(poem posted on 7/5/16) At first, this poem may appear to be pure nonsense. It may not even look like a poem. It begins with an unfamiliar word taxonomy and looks like a list of unrelated and ridiculous statements. Who in their right mind would think this was a...
by Warren Gaston | Jul 5, 2016
I have attempted to organize knowledge in the most precise categories possible. Things easily understood Things understood but not correctly Things assumed but not investigated Things known to squirrels but not deer Things known to birds but not fish Things you were...
by Warren Gaston | Jul 1, 2016
[poem: The Lecture was posted 6/30/16] This poem is about change. Not just change noticed in daily life but change as a fundamental construct of reality. Change is not an accident. Change is the condition of all existence. This idea was arrived at by two ancient...
by Warren Gaston | Jun 30, 2016
“Form is emptiness, emptiness is form. Emptiness is not separate from form, form is not separate from emptiness. Whatever is form is emptiness, whatever is emptiness is form.” The Heart Sutra A cargo ship arrives in port, laden with goods from the East. It is not a...
