First photo is from 1973-1974 University of Portland student body card. The USAF ROTC was unimpressed with my hair, even with my near record score on their academic AFOQT scholarship and entrance exam (I walked away from it all later in freshman year, though I spent six total years at Read more
Bill Wilson of AA renown, 20 years after his own recovery from alcoholism in 1935, engaged in psychedelic therapy for his chronic depression, beginning in 1955. He believed that this therapy would be of great benefit to those recovering people who could not find, or experience, God (or Cosmic Energy, Read more
It is heartbreaking work to be the primary caregiver for a family member or friend suffering from dementia. I cared for 6 years for my father, who suffered mightily, especially the final 18 months of his life. I had no family, or friends, rushing in to try to help us, Read more
Jim and Sharon,, I think we did much better for our lives, and for our Spirit, by not becoming yet another profit centered ego passing as the latest minstrel of Truth, whether Western, or Eastern based in understanding. True guru’s know that no Teacher, no matter how popular, has any Read more
FOOTBALL is everywhere, yet again. It is the season to rally around our favorite teams, be they high school, college, or professional. We tend to support the “home” teams (go Ducks, Beavers!)I never had a home professional team, being from Portland, Oregon, and growing up in the pre-Seattle Seahawks era. Read more
I completed this phase of my week of tears and mourning, and smiles, joy, and celebration, around my upbringing and my entire school experience, The 50-year class reunion brought many hours of contemplation, meditation, and healing intentions and actions, and supported my lifelong journey towards letting go of all that Read more
50-year Rex Putnam 1973 class reunion Saturday night and Sunday! Kudos to Steven Riddell for organizing the event! I really did not want to come to the reunion, yet I knew that it was required for some measure of healing for my wounded past. I had some great conversations with Read more
Table Of Contents introductory/prologue/first chapter type of material. Part One Author’s Note Prologue Revisiting a Troubled Past, Finding A Way To Live In The Present Introduction (2) or Chapter One Danny B. And The Potential Cost Of Telling The Truth Prologue: Mythology, Religion, Liars, The Conspiracy Of Silence, And The Read more
Set your course by the light of the stars, not by the lights of every passing ship–Omar Bradley The number 42 is a significance number in the book The Hitchhiker’s Guide To The Galaxy, by Douglas Adams. The number 42 is the answer to the ultimate question of Read more
No More Turning Away—Breaking The Conspiracy Of Silence How can we see the big picture, when we put just our face, the face of our past, our family history, and the history of humankind, in the picture frame? Research for this book nearly cost me my life several times. My Read more
No More Turning Away—Breaking The Conspiracy Of Silence How can we see the big picture, when we put just our face, the face of our past, our family history, and the history of humankind, in the picture frame? Research for this book nearly cost me my life several times. My Read more
I find myself sad, and a little tearful this morning. I grieve for all the spinoffs, or exiles of self that I created, and sent off into the deep wilderness of my unexplored interior domain due to traumatic wounding. And I grieve for the multitudes of family Read more
This is a posthumous happy father’s day message about our father, Beryl Donald Paullin, who passed on Sept 16, 2017. Sharon and I read some of Dad’s 100’s of famous expressions today. What insight, and wit that he possessed! And, oh what a critic he could be! He was quite Read more
I sent the introduction/prologue to nearly four dozen of my friends, and important acquaintances. I received three replies, and one had no clue what I was talking about. Well, I am not deterred. I am guessing that this book will become a cult classic in about 50 years, but I Read more
Prologue-Book #8 . No More Turning Away—Breaking the Conspiracy of Silence, by Bruce Paullin . If you want to become whole, let yourself be broken. If you want to become straight, let yourself be crooked. If you want to become full, let yourself be empty. If you want to be Read more
(Final Edit According To My Editor, but I will be making a final adjustment of about 10 additional pages prior to submittal for publishing) No More Turning Away; How to Break the Conspiracy of Silence and Embrace Life By Bruce Paullin Introduction; Mythology, Religion, Liars, The Conspiracy Of Silence, The Read more
Enlightenment If we can awaken from the dream of separation from our true and noble nature, we can be healed, and the beauty, awe, and the mystery and magesty of life can predominate. With our awakenings, the one true God witnesses life through our eyes, otherwise, our life remains Read more
Photo taken by famous raconteur, African historian, conservationist, photographer, and tour guide, Russell Gammon. He caught me in a rare moment of serious observation of wildlife—-of fellow Road Scholars ‘at our amazing barbecue and picnic in the middle of the African bush. I had no idea that I looked like Read more
While on a 107 day vacation, interest in the blog site has plummeted to never before seen levels. I am in the process of writing two new books, one a fictional book, tentavivrly named Escape From The Labyrinth, and one a non-fiction book, called The Electrician’s Guide To The Universe.. Read more
Day #77 on world tour. Just got this over our satellite network, while in the middle of the Indian Ocean. On to Mauritius! This started with over 1000 complete pages, Melinda pared it down to 209 pages. It should be renamed “The Highlights Of No More Turning Away”. Introduction “We Read more