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 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 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 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 Read more…
“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, 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. 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. 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 Read more…
Again, the kingdom of heaven is like unto a merchant man, seeking goodly pearls: Who, when he had found one pearl of great price, went and sold all that he had, and bought it. —-Jesus of Nazareth One of the 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 Read more…
“Our lives begin to end, the moment that we become silent about things that matter” Martin Luther King, Jr. All human beings need to be in a recovery program, while creating a new story for our self. Recovery from what, Read more…
It is what it is, but it is not what it seems —Paul Hewson We all love a great story Those who have developed real insight into the story, and who can both translate the essence of an experience and Read more…
Introduction “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 Read more…
Our human knowledge based intelligence has been defined in many ways. Our capacity for embracing logic, understanding, self-awareness, learning from both personal experience and through the transfer of shared knowledge, emotional knowledge, reasoning, planning, creativity, insight, critical thinking, and problem Read more…