We Find What We Are Looking For

Beware, oh Mankind, of the painful secrets that we must keep, for by our suffering silence we never awaken, while dying in a painful, lonely sleep. After my experience with the stored, and then released energy behind “There Is Something Fundamental Here” https://wp.me/p9SpN1-3m9  I had several insights about myself. . Read more

The Search For Truth Continues: Living The Life, And Dying The Death, Of The Being That I Am, With Dignity

There are several links  on this page to  previous blog posts, which can be bypassed, or explored, if the reader has extra time or interest.  The links point to other interconnected and powerful stories, yet the linked stories are unnecessary to read to capture the essence of this blog post. Read more

Italy Day #10

morning This is the tenth day of our vacation, and we are nearing the end of our Road Scholar tour.   Mitch, my Sharon, and myself go on to Rome without our comrades Sunday. We bused up to Rovello, visited the incredible medieval villa there, and then walked down the Incan Read more

Select CBD And Its Toxicity

I have contacted Mike Fuller, the “underdog lawyer”, who has taken over cases of users of the tainted Select CBD product line.  There now is a lawsuit against Cura Leaf, the parent company. . I had several near psychotic reactions to their CBD product. I had to use doctor prescribed Read more

Italy Day #9

Minori to Paestum, via Amalfi Coast Highway. . The description of the whole day eludes me, even though I am a writer. My phone went dead, so I had to use my tablet as a backup camera today. Cannot hold a candle to the Samsung S21 super phone/camera SUPERLATIVE, and Read more

Italy Day #8

best scenery EVER. Mitch back in the tour groove today. We missed him! Fantastic boat tour of Amalfi Coast. We saw where Sophia Loren, Jackie Kennedy Onassis and other rich and famous people stayed, and lived. The roads are amazing and extremely difficult to drive along the mountains, featured in Read more

Italy Day #7

Morning edition: 2.5 hr morning Italy education. We learned about the recent history of Italy, from 200 years ago to the present. The evolution of the area as a country, as a divided country ruled by a monarch and the top rich 2%, and then its progression to a citizen Read more

Italy Day #4

(early riser edition – later edition covers trip to Mt Vesuvius) Mitch had a four hour afternoon/early evening nap yesterday, and was able to paint the town red until 3:30am. this morning. NOT US! Sharon and I are still recovering from jet lag/poor sleep, and were in bed early. Sorrento Read more

Italy Day #2

The stressful lead up to this trip was amazing.  We needed to have a 48 hour precedent COVID negative test, plus a European Union passenger locator form,  in addition to our vaccine records, to be able to even fly on United Airlines.  Once we received approval to fly, oh my, Read more

Introduction ( part one), Book #8: The Personal Cost and Benefit Of Speaking Truth ( add to another chapter)

There are times shells, or walls, are necessary..  Neither hiding nor revealing ourselves will prevent our share of pain, but in being who we are, we get to be part of the Universal stream, not just a nut in a shell waiting to fall.–Mark Nepo Danny B…….s and I were Read more

Chapter 10 Book #8: There Is Something Fundamental Here

In the complete seeing of a problem, insights are derived pointing to solutions  for its resolution and to ultimate liberation from their damaging imprisoning effects—-Elisha Scott. A person who reports that they have had the experience of insecurity, isolation, grief, loneliness, and/or poor self esteem knows well the ravages of Read more

Conspiracy Of Silence, Conspiracy Of Inaction

What is your choice? . I have been criticized, especially by my own self-talk, yet I still find a way to thrive, in spite of the ill informed opinions and ignorance of others, and my conditioned reluctance to speak my truth.. . Speak our truth, and hold our self, and Read more

Introduction to Book#8: Revisiting A Troubled Past, Finding A Way To Live In The Present

The process of writing a book has been a great challenge for me.  First, I am new to writing, having written very little in my life until the fall of 2016.  So I am learning a bit about writing, while also learning a lot about myself and my world through Read more

Chapter 7 Book #8: Knowledge, Wisdom, Intuition, and The Whim

Are you wise as an owl? What is knowledge? What is a fact? What is an illusion? What is truth? What is a lie? What is a whim? What is insight? What is intuition?   I have been pointing to potential answers to these questions throughout the book, with this Read more

Chapter 6: Pain, Revisiting The Labyrinth, Meeting The Minotaur

Be mindful, oh Mankind, of all of the painful secrets that we must keep, For, by our suffering silence, we will not awaken, but just die alone, powerless, and asleep–Elisha Scott HURT, Sung by Johnny Cash, written by Nine Inch Nails https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8AHCfZTRGiI After the  death of my father, on September Read more

(use in Book 8–needs edit) The Dream Of Isolation and Loneliness

Dream:  I am in the midst of thousands of people.  Everywhere I walk, there are thronging crowds of human beings.  I wander over the entire city of Portland, meeting the multitudes, yet nobody recognizes me.  I feel an oppressive loneliness, wondering why nobody sees me.  At the end of the Read more

Chapter 10: A Dialogue On Anger, Mastery, and Speaking Our Truth

But you can’t get to any of these truths by sitting in a field smiling beatifically, avoiding your anger and damage and grief. Your anger and damage and grief are the way to the truth. We don’t have much truth to express unless we have gone into those rooms and Read more