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

Craig Salter was my next door neighbor in our new Milwaukie neighborhood.  He was of slight build, and he was a slow talker.   He may well have been a creative genius, but his “dreamy” state of existence was indicative of Read more

I will now return to 1971, and I will try to develop my relationship with Donelle more fully.  Randy Olson found his first long-term girlfriend, a young woman by the name of Terri-Lynn Barr, a person that he met at Read more

J. Krishnamurti’s Critique of Religion by Theodore L. Kneupper | September 2011 Theodore L. Kneupper is a Prof. Emeritus at the Slippery Rock University of Pennsylvania I. Introduction. Jiddu Krishnamurti was one of the most remarkable and interesting thinkers of Read more

I have even been on jobs where co-workers were threatening to throw “blanket parties” where there is a group beating of a boss, to drive home their twisted point of view.  Some people who I worked  with, and for, actually Read more

Beginning in 1997, Sharon and I joined a couple’s group with two other couples.  One of the couples was Eddy and Marty Crouch (Sharon had known Eddy since 1987 through the Living Enrichment Center, and Eddy also officiated at our Read more

I discontinued participation in my men’s group experience of over four years after internal bickering and a lack of mutual commitment to our long term relationships ebbed.  The ongoing conflict between Patrick Pinson (my former AA sponsor, and owner of Read more

I have a few perceptions about Marty’s wife, Eddy, which I need to share to finish this story.  Eddy considered herself a minister, and a teacher, and a leader, for those on “the spiritual path”, and had this understanding of Read more

All That Is Gold Does Not Glitter All that is gold does not glitter,Not all those who wander are lost;The old that is strong does not wither,Deep roots are not reached by the frost. From the ashes a fire shall Read more

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 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

I would now like to speak about my maternal grandparents, who were my second set of parents.   My first memory is of being at my grandparents’ home, and probably dates around the summer of 1957.  And, it was my Uncle Read more

“It is no measure of health to be well adjusted to a profoundly sick society”—Jiddu Krishnamurti Powerlessness and silence go together. We … should use our privileged positions not as a shelter from the world’s reality, but as a platform Read more

Individual human beings with good brain health have access to three independently functioning brain centers. For the sake of simplicity, these three brain-based dimensions fundamental to modern day human experience will be called “left brain”, “right brain”, and the “reptilian Read more

Mountain dream of 1963 Bob Fero dream after his death Randy Olson/Boston dream Di Di dream after her death Dream of seven small jewels, one missing large jewel Grandfather Great Spirit Dream June Thomas bathroom dream Matthew Fox dream Marty Read more

I start to float up into the air, as if flying.  I rise above the ground, to around 20-30 feet, and I become somewhat fearful.  Another man, already floating at my elevation, asks me what I am afraid of? I Read more

1). Blanketed baby in garage 2). mother/father/sister image formation 3). defender dan 4). care unit 5). underworld 6). care for dad/life story/eulogy 7) Beryl cabin at Black Buttle 8).  Dad’s love of people, and party’s.  Dad loved to be the Read more