The Great White Hopeless, Donald Trump. The great white hopeless, the American male, now crippled by despair, anger, hatred, and poor judgement. “oh, and one more thingyou’re not going to likewhat comes after America…”–Leonard Cohen And yet, the heartless, thoughtless, soulless and/or hypnotized humans who blindly follow the Great White Read more
“It is No Measure of Health to Be Well Adjusted to a Profoundly Sick Society”—Jiddu Krishnamurti Be mindful oh Mankind, of all the painful secrets that we must keep,By sharing with others we may awaken, or by our suffering silence just die asleep—–Bruce Paullin Our nation’s mental health status is Read more
Iris came into our lives in January of 2001. My sister and a US Forest Service ranger had found her, and her mother, abandoned and wandering through the Clackamas Wilderness area. It is unknown how long they had been lost, though the puppy was near ten months old. Her mother Read more
Hi Mitch, Happy Birthday, and hello from your third string grandpa. I hope that you are continuing to enjoy life and love at the highest, healthiest levels possible, for a man of your age and inclinations! We won’t be seeing you anytime soon, apparently, so just know that we Read more
Brian, I am nearly sixty four years old. I have been writing since 2016, with no intention of ever publishing. In 2017, my best friend, who had been in remission from terminal malignant melanoma, was finally able to convince me to join him at the Oregon Health Sciences University Read more
Our lives begin to end, the moment we become silent about things that matter—-Martin Luther King Or: There are two secrets to a successful life. 1. Don’t tell everyone everything that you know. 2. I deactivated my Facebook accounts on September 30. I have been using Facebook for over eight Read more
What are our origins? From what location in space, time, and spirit were our lives launched? We all came from somewhere not of our present sense of self. For better or for worse, we all have our family and our ancestors. We have a shared culture and its history, which Read more
A New Easter Sunrise Over the years, I have become deeply disturbed by the developments within our shared world, within my individual consciousness, and the points of connection between self and other, through language, religion, and philosophy, that have created oppression, repression, and the resultant physical, emotional, and social disease. Read more
Chapter 14: Toxic Masculinity And Defender Dan “Until you make the unconscious conscious, it will direct your life and you will call it fate.” ― C.G. Jung Guns, gold, greed, gonads, and girls. . . . how much is enough, American male? In the 1950’s and 1960’s, America’s economy was Read more
Engaging Our Launch Sequence In Life “We set sail on this new sea because there is new knowledge to be gained, and new rights to be won, and they must be won and used for the progress of all people. For space science, like nuclear science and all technology, has Read more
As the slowly shifting sands of time create ever taller hills for lost souls to climb, It is in this selfish, hateful world of little reason and rhyme, that I must seek the way to truth, to find Love sublime. What if a real miracle was trying to happen in Read more
“Our lives begin to end, the moment that we become silent about things that matter” Martin Luther King, Jr. 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. —–Bruce Read more
I dedicate this chapter to my wife, Sharon White. The lessons of love learned while with my wife Sharon could encompass an entire book of its own.. On July 4, 1989 I met Sharon, and her daughter Hayley while attending a Course In Miracles discussion group in the basement of 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
We live in a world in which we need to share responsibility. It’s easy to say ‘It’s not my child, not my community, not my world, not my problem.’ Then there are those who see the need and respond. I consider those people my heroes. — Fred Rogers In this Read more
Now that we have thoroughly investigated human collective consciousness, we have found through the common knowledge game (conscious and/or unconscious) that there are many unconscious or unwritten rules for engagement between all members of society, in addition to the conscious and/or written ones.. The unconscious rules have been with us Read more
A human being may have had a perfect upbringing, yet that fact does not have ultimate significance in the evolution towards good mental health and well-being as an adult. Avoiding a childhood characterized by physical, emotional, and/or sexual abuse is certainly a desirable and necessary foundation for strong, healthy children, Read more
It is this belief in a power larger than myself and other than myself which allows me to venture into the unknown and even the unknowable. — Maya Angelou Beginning on May 24th, and extending through July 21st, 1987, I had a series of three spiritual “events” which, to this Read more
If it’s painful for you to hear my story, it’s OK. That’s part of the process because my story includes pain, so don’t stop listening because you are uncomfortable. If you would just move past your discomfort you might learn something about empathy and compassion and mercy and justice. —-Pastor Read more