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Diane Wyles [Author] – a Ghost Story – “An American Airmen in Oxford”! (28.8.2025)

28/08/2025 Adrian (釋大道)

My father ran into the room and found no one there. From what I remember – it was not dark – so I suppose it must have been a Summer’s evening. The room was clean, tidy, and painted in a bright colour – probably off-white, or something like that. It is a curious event as I have never seen anything similar in my life. Whatever the case, the Editor – HE Bulstrode (a friend of mother) – gathered all these stories together and I think the original author’s should have been credited. Still, this is just what I am doing in this post. Did I imagine an event that other people I do not know (or have ever met) experienced exactly the same delusion? How could this happen? Why would this happen? Interesting.

North Devon: Ghost-Hunting at St Peter’s Church – Bratton Fleming! (26.8.2025)

26/08/2025 Adrian (釋大道)

Of course, if there is some type of residual leftover following death – then I will be more than willing to experience its presence. No problem – no resistance. I am free – so I choose to sit here. There is a sense of profound peace about it all – but at the beginning there was a mixture of sweat and coldness happening all at once. Many ghost-hunters find this significant – but these things can be experienced in many places. Whatever the case, my body has now adapted to its environment and I habitually wrap a blanket around me – like robe.

Dialectical Materialism & Rebirth for Marxists! (26.8.2025)

26/08/2025 Adrian (釋大道)

In a moment – things dialectically change forever. When the axe fell on the neck of Charles I in 1649 – the ancient convention of an absolute monarch in England ended forever. How could this have happened? Well, there was a Revolution which saw tens of thousands fight and die in England so that the emerging bourgeois class could usurp political power from the aristocracy. There was no future for the absolute monarchy. And yet the agency of the “moment”, despite its nature, continue to manifest unabated. Rebirth is not reincarnation – the Buddha hinted about the former but rejected the latter. Rebirth may not be what the average Marxist thinks it is. An effective Marxist regime must be replicated effectively from one generation to the next.

Zen of Galmpton! (24.8.2035)

24/08/2025 Adrian (釋大道)

Here we are. Zen is Ch’an in reverse – which is good as perception is the wrong way around. Turn it the right way around – and Zen becomes Ch’an the right way around. Not always an easy task – like catching a steam train whilst it is obscured by it’s own smoke. What a joy such contradictions are. They exist to test our perception and determination. As such, nothing else matters. We all look up – and we all look down – just like every koan (gong-an) you may have viewed. Still, none of it matters if you cannot lay it all down. None of it matters at all.

Ancient Document - 1060 CE - St Peter's Church - Deene

Deene & Deenethorpe: St Peter’s Church [c. 1060 CE] Historically Significant Building! (31.7.2025)

31/07/2025 Adrian (釋大道)

Even a committed atheist will be at one with the deepest aspects of the mind and nature whilst sat quietly in these hallowed halls. On the way out, whilst walking back to the car, we met a man with a dog who used to live in Leicester – and even in Barclay Street, where my father and his parents lived! He has relatives in St Helena – and although an English gentleman – we got the impression that his White relatives had mixed with the Black population (former slaves) who lived on that famous British colonial island that once housed the Great Emperor Napoleon during one of his exiles!

New York: 55-Years Ago the “People’s Hospital for the South Bronx” was Established for 12-Hours! (15.7.2025)

15/07/2025 Adrian (釋大道)

In a 12‑hour takeover, they demanded dignity, better care, and a People’s Hospital for the South Bronx which for too long was and still is ignored by systemic neglect.

Their occupation wasn’t just a protest—it was a radical act of self-determination. The Young Lords showed us that when oppressive systems ignore our needs, we must rise, occupy the space, and rebuild from the ground up.

Their demand for a hospital that cared for the people—by the people—reverberates today as a rallying cry.

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