Recovery And Spirituality

Musings on Life, Love, Consciousness, Toxic Masculinity, Toxic Religion, The Sacred and The Profane

Death

This is a book: Insight Into The Conspiracy Of Silence, or How I Lived Beyond My Expiration Date

Conspiracy of Silence —-(definition from Wikipedia) An agreement, either formal or tacit, between two or more parties not to discuss some matter nor to reveal any information concerning it, especially in order to avoid blame, embarrassment, or other discomfort. “Our Read more

By Bruce, 3 weeksApril 21, 2026 ago
Musings

Chapter 25 – Recovery And Healing, Part 11, Relapse

Relapse, Recovery, And The Portland Water Bureau My relapse from drug and alcohol abstinence is difficult for me to document, as this story represents a particularly disturbing period in my life, a period when I limped away from recovery and Read more

By Bruce, 3 weeksApril 21, 2026 ago
Death

Penetrating The Conspiracy Of Silence, or, How I Lived Beyond My Expiration Date–Part One

PART ONE:  INDIVIDUAL CONSCIOUSNESS Conspiracy of Silence —-(definition from Wikipedia) An agreement, either formal or tacit, between two or more parties not to discuss some matter nor to reveal any information concerning it, especially in order to avoid blame, embarrassment, Read more

By Bruce, 3 weeksApril 21, 2026 ago
Friends

Chapter 19 – The Miracle Experiment, Part 5: Anger, Love, and War

But you can’t get to any of these truths by sitting in a field smiling beatifically, avoiding your anger and damage and grief. Your anger and damage and grief are the way to the truth. We don’t have much truth Read more

By Bruce, 3 weeksApril 21, 2026 ago
Death

Penetrating The Conspiracy Of Silence, or, How I Lived Beyond My Expiration Date – Parts 1,2,3

PART ONE:  INDIVIDUAL CONSCIOUSNESS Conspiracy of Silence —-(definition from Wikipedia) An agreement, either formal or tacit, between two or more parties not to discuss some matter nor to reveal any information concerning it, especially in order to avoid blame, embarrassment, Read more

By Bruce, 3 weeksApril 21, 2026 ago
Insights Into Human Consciousness

Chapter 9-24: The Shadow of the Patriarch: An Exposition on Toxic Masculinity and the Awakening of the American Soul

Chapter 9-24: The Shadow of the Patriarch Toxic Masculinity and the Awakening of the American Soul “Being male is a matter of birth. Being a man is a matter of aging. Being a gentleman is a matter of choice.” —Vin Read more

By Bruce, 4 weeksApril 17, 2026 ago
Insights Into Human Consciousness

Chapter 27 (final?): Breaking the Silence — May 24, 1987 and the Restoration of the Human Heart

Chapter 27 (final?): Breaking the Silence — May 24, 1987 and the Restoration of the Human Heart There are dates that mark the calendar, and there are dates that divide a life into before and after. May 24, 1987, was Read more

By Bruce, 4 weeksApril 16, 2026 ago
Insights Into Human Consciousness

Chapter 9-26:  Healing the Fractured Soul: Integrating the Divine Feminine in a Patriarchal Paradigm

Chapter 9-26:  Healing the Fractured Soul: Integrating the Divine Feminine in a Patriarchal Paradigm Have we constructed a towering monument to our own spiritual starvation? For millennia, the architecture of human consciousness has been heavily dictated by a patriarchal paradigm. Read more

By Bruce, 1 monthApril 15, 2026 ago
Insights Into Human Consciousness

Chapter 29 (2): The Untamed Divine Feminine: An Archetypal Journey Through Sovereign Resistance-Version 1, 2

This got edited WAY TOO MUCH The Untamed Divine Feminine: An Archetypal Awakening True empowerment rarely emerges from the polished sanctuaries of modern comfort. It rises from the soil, rooted in the uncompromising, cyclical reality of the natural world. For Read more

By Bruce, 1 monthApril 15, 2026 ago
Insights Into Human Consciousness

Chapter 26 (3): Healing the Patriarch Within: A Personal Account of Spiritual Rebirth, the Divine Feminine, and Freedom from Toxic Masculinity

Chapter 26 (3): Healing the Patriarch Within: A Personal Account of Spiritual Rebirth, the Divine Feminine, and Freedom from Toxic Masculinity I sometimes say that I have lived two complete lives. The first life began long before I had words Read more

By Bruce, 1 monthApril 14, 2026 ago
Insights Into Human Consciousness

Chapter 18:  Toxic Masculinity and Rebecca Solnit-The Algorithm of Authority

Chapter 18:  Toxic Masculinity and Rebecca Solnit-The Algorithm of Authority It began, as these things often do, with a man explaining a woman’s own book to her. He was oblivious, cocooned in the unassailable certainty that his knowledge was not Read more

By Bruce, 1 monthApril 13, 2026 ago
Insights Into Human Consciousness

Chapter 26 (version 1): Healing the Patriarch Within: A Personal Account of Spiritual Rebirth, the Divine Feminine, and Freedom from Toxic Masculinity

Don’t forget:  Part VII: The Toxic and the Divine Masculine and Feminine (with Transitions) Chapter 26 (version 1):  Healing the Patriarch Within A Personal Account of Spiritual Rebirth, the Divine Feminine, and Freedom from Toxic Masculinity I sometimes say I’ve Read more

By Bruce, 1 monthApril 13, 2026 ago
Insights Into Human Consciousness

Chapter 9-30: Toxic Femininity, Patriarchy’s Marionettes, and the Wounded Spirit

Chapter 9-30: Toxic Femininity, Patriarchy’s Marionettes, and the Wounded Spirit Just as ancient wisdom speaks of a collective shadow, a Maya that veils reality, so too does a subtler, yet equally pervasive, illusion operate within the feminine psyche. It is Read more

By Bruce, 1 monthApril 13, 2026 ago
Insights Into Human Consciousness

Must Use! Chapter 9-30:  The Untamed Divine Feminine: An Archetypal Journey Through Sovereign Resistance

Chapter 9-30:  The Untamed Divine Feminine: An Archetypal Journey Through Sovereign Resistance True empowerment rarely emerges from polished environments, manicured retreats, or institutions built upon the foundations of patriarchal control. It rises from the dirt, rooted in the uncompromising, visceral Read more

By Bruce, 1 monthApril 13, 2026 ago
Insights Into Human Consciousness

Chapter 40:  Embarking on a Journey of Insight, Mindfulness, and Cosmic Connection

Chapter 40: How to Embark on a Journey of Insight, Mindfulness, and Cosmic Connection As we stand upon the sacred terrain of neuroplasticity, we must recognize that the biological rewiring of our minds represents only the threshold of a much Read more

By Bruce, 1 monthApril 11, 2026 ago
Insights Into Human Consciousness

Chapter 39: Discovering New Paths of Consciousness (latest)

  Chapter 39: Discovering New Paths of Consciousness Oh marionette’s dancing image on the screen of the world’s mind, With its conditioning in control, what possible freedom can you find? When the mind is finally released from those binding, choking Read more

By Bruce, 1 monthApril 10, 2026 ago
Insights Into Human Consciousness

Chapter 39, 40: Discovering New Paths of Consciousness

39 and 40 overlap, too much repetitiveness Chapter 39: Discovering New Paths Of Consciousness (latest) The paths of consciousness often lead us on an odyssey where the quest for truth is as formidable as it is fulfilling. Have you ever Read more

By Bruce, 1 monthApril 10, 2026 ago
Insights Into Human Consciousness

Chapter 27: The Three Minds: Understanding Your Cosmic, Collective, and Individual Self

Chapter 27:  The Three Minds: Understanding Your Cosmic, Collective, and Individual Self Have you ever felt torn between who you are, who society expects you to be, and something far greater calling from within? This tension isn’t accidental. Humanity operates Read more

By Bruce, 1 monthApril 10, 2026 ago
Insights Into Human Consciousness

The Silent Prison of the Male Ego: Waking Up from the Patriarchal Illusion

Version 1: The Silent Prison of the Male Ego: Waking Up from the Patriarchal Illusion What keeps so many men—and, by extension, so many societies—bound to a system that diminishes women while also deforming the inner lives of men themselves? Read more

By Bruce, 1 monthApril 4, 2026 ago
Insights Into Human Consciousness

Poem-Awakening

As the slowly shifting desert sands of time Create ever taller dunes for all lost souls to climb, It is within this arid, barren world of little reason or rhyme A search for Truth must begin, to find the water Read more

By Bruce, 1 monthApril 4, 2026 ago

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