Bruce Paullin

At the centre of it all is the notion our feelings are adaptive: anger, sadness and pessimism aren’t divine cruelty or sheer random bad luck – they evolved to serve useful functions and help us thrive. Take anger. From Newton’s obsessive grudges to Beethoven’s tantrums – which sometimes came to Read more

“The world will heal, when religions, governments,  and men become willing to listen to the cries, and the anger, from women, children, and Mother Earth, and embrace the need to reduce all suffering”. I recently read a fascinating book.  The Archbishop Desmond Tutu and the Dalai Lama had an extended Read more

Would you like to elevate your consciousness to the point where you can “see as God sees”? What is “God”, and who, or what, is the “you” trying to “see as God sees”? This morning, I opened up our French Doors which overlook a deck, and a creek side landscape Read more

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

Mark 1:43-44 Jesus Heals a Man With Leprosy 40 A man with leprosy came to him and begged him on his knees, “If you are willing, you can make me clean.” 41 Jesus was indignant. He reached out his hand and touched the man. “I am willing,” he said. “Be clean!” 42 Immediately 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

This is definitely connected to the Defender Dan post. As a five year old boy, I was given a set of Lincoln Logs as a toy for Christmas of 1960.  Many of the pieces were created to be interlocking, so that any number of possible combinations could be assembled to 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

In August of 2018, I rented a home in the Black Butte residential area for three nights.  I found the unit online, and I chose this unit because of its proximity to the golf course, as well as its ability to accommodate two couples.   Jo and Jim Hussey, and Sharon 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

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“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

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

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

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

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