Prologue-Book #8. No More Turning Away—Breaking the Conspiracy of Silence If you want to become whole, let yourself be broken. If you want to become straight, let yourself be crooked. If you want to become full, let yourself be empty. Read more
Chapter 12 (Epilogue) I Will See You On The Other Side You will know the truth, and the truth will set you free–Jesus of Nazareth “You develop an instant global consciousness, a people orientation, an intense dissatisfaction with the state Read more
Chapter Eleven: Reimagining Our Journey Through Consciousnesss “It is what it is, but it is not what it seems.” —Paul Hewson, etal We all love a great story. Storytellers are revered throughout society. And as humans, we all create stories around Read more
Book #9: An Electrician’s Guide to Our Galaxy – Living Life On The Widest Frequency (I’m turning this chapter into a full book, after publishing book #8) The number 42 is significant in the book The Hitchhiker’s Guide To The Read more
Chapter Nine: The Seven Pillars of Intelligence: Knowledge, Information, Intuition, Insight, The Whim, Truth, and Wisdom What is knowledge? What is a fact, or information? What is an intuition? What is truth? What is a lie? What is a whim? Read more
Chapter Eight: Empathy, and The Mystery of the Path Between You And Me Life’s journey is forever like a dotted line pathway. It is the quality of our connections with each other that fills in the space between the dots. Read more
Chapter 3: Just Say No: Approaching Trauma Consciously It is no measure of good health to be well adapted to a sick society.”-—Jiddhu Krishnamurti Our civilized world has been built upon the backs of an unconscious, overachieving, Read more
Chapter 8: Empathy, and The Mystery of the Path Between You And Me (non-edited version ) The commentary on the common knowledge game, and the lemming effect, should have given the reader a huge window to look through to humanity’s Read more
Chapter 7: The Uncommon Knowledge Theory—To Be Born In A Forgotten Past, To Be Reborn In The Now “The past is not real, it is only a collection of related assumptions”—-Elisha Scott We are about to take a creative, whirlwind Read more
(12,,000 word version) CHAPTER 6: INSIGHT, MINDFULNESS, AND BLACK HOLES Many of the insights of the saint stem from their experience as sinners—Eric Hoffer .Know thyself, and thou will know the Universe, and the Gods-—Attributed to Plato, and also to Read more
Chapter Five: Troubleshooting And Repairing A Broken System We are lost if we continue to ask the therapists, gurus, ministers, or best friends for emotional and spiritual assistance for the rest of our lives. It initially may appear disorienting and Read more
Chapter Four: My Search For Truth and an Answer I Found . “We don’t see the world as it is, we see it as we are.”—Anais Nin . I divorced my mentally ill first wife Donelle early in 1984. In Read more
Chapter Three: Approaching Trauma More Consciously “Until you make the unconscious conscious, it will direct your life and you will call it fate.” ― C.G. Jung Traumatic wounding is more than just physical injury; it encompasses the deep psychological scars Read more
Chapter Two: Finding Ourselves in the Collective Consciousness “There are times shells, or walls, are necessary, but more often we can reveal ourselves by being who we are. Neither hiding nor revealing ourselves will prevent our share of pain, but Read more
Chapter Two: Culturally Normalized and Institutionalized Trauma “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 Read more
Chapter Two (formerly Introduction-edited by Melinda) “If you tell a lie big enough and keep repeating it, people will eventually come to believe it. The lie can be maintained only for such time as the State can shield the people Read more
(Excerpt from book #8: No More Turning Away—-Breaking The Conspiracy Of Silence) In a therapeutic relationship, the therapist attempts to create a bridge image to the patient’s innate healing possibilities. This bridge image is nothing more than an internalized representation Read more
It is sometimes a dangerous, though potentially enlightening, question to ponder. “What’s on your mind?” That is the Facebook question that opens every news feed post. Yes I have been blessed with yet another birthday, and, of course, I have Read more
NOTE: The following is another classic overshare from me.Curious minds need to know, though.I refuse to be a part of the conspiracy of silence! Are you hoping to see photos of colorful fall leaves or some cute grand babies? HAH, Read more