In a vain attempt to block out the distractions of the office, I’ve been listening to an 80’s compilation album this morning. Some of the tracks are fillers with no special meaning for me, but some are kutai-tastic and have all the memories flooding back.
Bands like Culture Club, New Order, Bronski Beat, Thompson Twins, Siouxsie and the Banshees, Blondie, Billy Idol, The Stranglers, the list goes on and on and on, and so do the memories.
All sorts of memories came flooding back as the lyrics and notes unlocked them, some good, some not so good.
Only I could see them, but they were as real as were the original experiences. So they exist and they don’t exist all at the same time, and Nichiren Buddhism calls this Ku, short for Kutai. All they need are the right conditions to become manifest, in exactly the same way as our own innate potential does.
Now the morning itself has been consigned to history, as indeed has typing this sentence, but all those memories will remain forever.
The Search For Enlightenment 
Oct 11, 2013 @ 19:10:07
My era too. I can only hope that my innate potential manifests with as much power as my memory of 80s music!