SamadhiMuse

      Consciousness is an energy field in the mind
      a certain amount of this field must be present
      for consciousness to be self-sustaining
      at less than this threshold the field
      cannot maintain its cohesivety and fragments
      thru the day the wake sleep cycle influence
      the relative level of random firing
      think of minute electrical fields sparking across the mind
      the more of these small fields which activate per unit time
      the more they tend to interpenetrate each other
      until consciousness attains critical self sustaining mass
      and can be aware of itself and will itself to continue
      in sleep we’ve relinquished the self sustaining will
      and the random firing levels drop below
      that threshold at which we could maintain
      consciousness we wanted to thereafter
      drifting fragments of the disorganized field wax and wane
      thru our mind like embers in the breeze
      giving us small momentary partial awarenesses in sleep
      and as these field fragments drift
      like curtains thru the neon…
      thru our memories and associative links… we dream.
                              gallagher
                              22 aug 84
                              smoking that stuff…

— Copyright 1965-2008 by Dennis Gallagher —

            Alcohol depresses the nervous system
              the body responds by throwing it off
            swings begin
              you push down, it pushes up
            catch it right and sleep’s easy
              but incomplete
            you wake early, foggy and unrested
              catch it wrong
            and sleep’s impossible.
            Alcohol is a rock
              in the pool of serene awareness
                           gallagher
                           5 September 84

— Copyright 1965-2008 by Dennis Gallagher —

            I am like plant in the sun
              I give forth seeds
            I feel its warmth and the wind
              the seasons pass while I live
            and only the mind
              speaks of time
                 of age
              of doing something
            only in the mirror of the mind
              can you watch yourself
            and this reflection is ego
              if you believe it.
                              gallagher
                              05 september 84

— Copyright 1965-2008 by Dennis Gallagher —