I have always known that there is something fundamentally wrong with the way that we, as humans, live our lives, and communicate with each other. I have not always known what the source of my own disease was, however. My disease of misunderstanding drove me to the brink of death, Read more
I am trying to stay positive, but I feel like I need to return the hateful salute back to the national leaders who have betrayed us. Speak truth to power, in whatever form that it appears. This national/international darkness originated and promoted by Donald Trump and his regime of oppression Read more
The slowly shifting desert sands of time, Created ever taller dunes for this lost soul to climb. Yet, tired of dying in my selfish, hateful world of so little reason and rhyme, I finally sought the way to Truth, and a new Love Sublime. Thirty three years ago June 22nd Read more
“I had been pushed around all my life and felt at this moment that I couldn’t take it anymore.”— Rosa Parks, on refusing to give up her seat on a bus in 1955 I am primarily a member of the Caucasian group of humanity, characterized by a “white” complexion. I Read more
I don’t think reading another book written by yet another spiritual master steeped in “white privilege” is going to get the job done. Looking to white Evangelical Christianity for solutions towards racism is identical to looking to active arsonists for help in fighting forest fires. And looking to teachers who Read more
This blog is written in honor of our beloved Ginger, who died on June 6, 2016. I am going to try to write this one from Ginger’s perspective. Ginger’s relationship with us coincided with the most difficult period in my life, and her story is still not yet quite fully Read more
Make America Great Again? With a criminal mob and their self-serving conspiracy theories directing our government? “Oh, and one more thing, you are not going to like what come’s after America . . . “—-Leonard Cohen The latest developments in the city streets across America shows that racism has expanded Read more
A small part of my personal story is written in this blog about my unique 1980 adventure of being accepted into a black American cultural experience for three weeks. It is a short read. The book that the small blog has been taken from, as well as five other books Read more
This opsimath blogger strikes again! Somehow, the words just keep popping up in my mind like popcorn in a hot pan. Feel free to add your own corn kernels of wisdom to this one, and together we can cook up a big barrel of insight! Add your own butter and Read more
This opsimath blogger strikes again! Somehow, the words just keep popping up in my mind like popcorn in a hot pan. Feel free to add your own corn kernels of wisdom to this one, and together we can cook up a big barrel of insight! Add your own butter and Read more
There are still lots of opinions out there about how we should feel, about what we should believe, and about how to correctly perceive. Emotions, such as anger and fear, and all of the people in our lives, may be right for this moment, yet, may not be right to Read more
Each and every one of us has the capacity to be an oppressor. I want to encourage each and every one of us to interrogate how we might be an oppressor and how we might be able to become liberators for ourselves and for each other. — Laverne Cox The Read more
Revelation 12:9: “This great dragon — the ancient serpent called the devil, or Satan, the one deceiving the whole world — was thrown down to the earth with all his angels.” John 8:44—”When he lies, he speaks his native language, for he is a liar and the father of lies.” Read more
This is my commentary on truth, and the falsehoods springing up around covid-19. There is a continuation of corrosive divisiveness and contrariness of many citizens within our population. There is a bizarre perception that if the facts are disputed enough, then they are no longer real, and we can then Read more
The thirteenth disciple rides again! Happy Easter to those who believe in the Easter Bunny, the risen Jesus, or whatever that keeps your spiritual row boat floating merrily and peacefully down the stream! I believe in all of us! When a spiritually inspired being no longer plays by the rules Read more
Are you above 60 years of age, do you have any pre-existing medical conditions, or are you a member of a lower economic group? The whole world faces an incredible challenge with the COVID-19 pandemic. Yet these three groups of people seem to be in the virus’s crosshairs, at least Read more
The Trump administration is pushing to reopen much of the country in May, raising concerns among health experts and economists of a possible covid-19 resurgence if Americans return to their normal lives before the virus is truly stamped out. The body count could rise considerably higher if Trump and his Read more
On Tuesday, Oregon’s cannabis regulators reported that the state sold a record-breaking $84.5 million worth of weed in March as residents stocked up to prepare for government-ordered self-quarantines. In March 2019, Oregon sold $61.2 million worth of weed. The Oregon Liquor Control Commission has seen a 17 percent increase in Read more
Some men have internal narratives that overrun the forces of reason and collective intelligence. Welcome to the skewed narratives and apocalyptic visions of our ignorant, self-destructive men in the White House. SOME MEN JUST WANT TO WATCH THE WORLD BURN TREASON-Trump Related Extreme Anxiety Strikes Our Nation As the first Read more
Part Three: The Master Teacher Speaks Going my way? “Our lives begin to end, the moment that we become silent about things that matter” Martin Luther King, Jr. All human beings should consider joining a recovery program, as we are all challenged and threatened by our human condition. And because Read more