Journal entries

SOme thoughts.

From Bangkok Temples:

Metallic godsized buddha
Serene on top of
a thousand reproductions of himself.
Each image a god himself--
does size matter?
Godsized golden buddha
your face is the same
Face of Power
that rules the rest of the world.


From Kolkota:
Rivers of bodies thirsty
for endless things
lives controlled by
physical needsm, an endless population
just trying
to survive
to get enough to eat
to get enough energy
to pray.
for the hundred rupees to pay
for that breif moment to stare
into the eyes of God of Time
and re-use an offered offering of flowers.

I didn't look at her,
the eternal destroyer,
could have met my eyes in an instant
in temple mosh pit
seething with violence
and, yes, greed
for life, need
to maintain
as has been maintained.
The Empty truth of
the material existance
which funs religion
and destroys the eternal spirit.

rhythem of the street skyroketed to breakneck heights of rushing bodies & wheels & selling & spitting red &begging & crying & emptytoothed men who should have been emporers in their eternal form trying to scam themselves into existance & everyone vibrating with the energy of the present. the absolute surrender of life as it is, and thirst to continue in the eternal present, to never stop the past, never let go of the future.

Stay safe and dry. If you want something from India, shoot me an email and tell me. Everything's cheap and lovely.
love
jed