Bruce Paullin

Much of Life is buried under life’s scabs,  much like an iceberg is almost completely buried under the ocean;where only 10 percent of its presence can be viewed above the ocean’s surface. .it is what is below the surface that sinks our ship of life. You, and you alone are Read more

Introduction “I don’t blame the circumstances, I do not blame the place and time. When I had the choice between right and wrong, I could not quite make up my mind “—Peter Yarrow, from lyrics to Arkansas Mythology, Religion, Liars, The Conspiracy Of Silence, And The Cloak Of Invisibility “If Read more

We must grieve the loss of our innocence from our childhood.  We are all born with the potential for a more expansive love of self and other.  Emotional/psychic wounding in our childhood, intentional or derived from ignorance, become the tricksters who fool us into believing that we have no value, Read more

Tricksters serve as an interior form of self protection for the fragile ego which has been wounded, sometimes so severely that all conscious memory of the event has been erased.  There are also wounds which may occur during gestation and/or during the period shortly after birth until the being becomes Read more

“I don’t blame the circumstances, I do not blame the place and time. When I had the choice between right and wrong, I could not quite make up my mind “—Peter Yarrow, from lyrics to Arkansas Introduction:  Mythology, Religion, Liars, The Conspiracy Of Silence, And The Cloak Of Invisibility “If Read more

Touch this one with the deepest of thoughts

  Before I enter the portion discussing the Common Knowledge Game in detail, it is beneficial to provide some information about the physiological similarities and differences in the brain between men and women, and how we process information and express ourselves, as a result of those differences and similarities.  I Read more

Events from childhood, our first experiences, have the power to shape our lives. Some do so immediately, offering us challenges to overcome and encouragement to make use of our talents and interests. In the process character is built, and we make the first steps upon our personal paths. Other events Read more

Sharon, if I should unexpectedly pass away, please end my book with an embellishment of this dream.  And, start the book with my 1963 Dream about the shaman and his village. Thanks!  I love you forever, Me. Driving on back country road, into deep wilderness,  road ends suddenly at precipice,  Read more

I have had the privilege and challenge of going through and sorting a lifetime worth of writings and papers from my parents, and from myself. After reading some of my mother’s personal writings, I was struck by the pain that she experienced remaining married to my father. He was not Read more

Introduction:  Mythology, Religion, Liars, The Conspiracy Of Silence, And The Cloak Of Invisibility Chapter  : Trauma Chapter  :  Anosognosia Chapter  :  Notes To Myself Chapter  :  Knowledge, The Whim Chapter  :  The Pearl Chapter   :  To Reimagine Our Journey Through Consciousness Chapter :  Defender Dan And 1960’s America Chapter :  Read more

The Common Knowledge Game (CKG) is a newer name for a form of consensus social understanding used in collective consciousness since humans became social animals.  The CKG informs our understanding of our own lives, how we see others, and how to use it’s often times twisted knowledge of poor self-esteem Read more

How many of you remember your first fight?   I sure do! My sister Pam was a fourth grader at Cedar Oak Park Grade School, and I was one grade behind her. I was small compared to some of the bigger boys for grade three, having been admitted to 1st Read more

I never chose this uneven life path of recovery from trauma, life chose it for me. I choose how to deal with the sights along the way, however. The amygdala in our brains under duress from trauma creates new paths, leading in unhealthy directions, when these issues that arise through Read more

THE FOOLS You know who we are, there is no need for our names We may be outwardly different, but inside we are the same We vacation on ego trips, and with the world play strange mind games While striving for material success, and its dubious fame We remain graceless Read more

Chapter 1 It is what it is, but it is not what it seems —Paul Hewson . To “follow new paths of consciousness”, while knowing that “you can’t be real” sets up quite a transformational dynamic within consciousness. If “you” can’t be real, then everything that I associate with “I” Read more

Johnny Cash Hurt rendition, and my commentary