Book #8, Initial Proposal From Melinda Copp, Final Edit Due In April

  AUTHOR’S NOTE: “He who makes a beast of himself gets rid of the pain of being a man”-—Samuel Johnson “We speak about losing our minds, as if it is a bad thing.  I say, lose your mind.  Do it Read more

Book #2, Never Published- For Melinda C.

Engaging Our Launch Sequence In Life We have arrived at the 50th anniversary of this amazing Apollo 11 mission! “We set sail on this new sea because there is new knowledge to be gained, and new rights to be won, Read more

Insight, Mindfulness, Black Holes, and White Light

(Melinda Copp will be reorganizing this chapter, and also reduce it by about 50 percent) 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 Read more

Insight, Black Holes and White Light

.Know thyself, and thou will know the Universe, and the Gods-—Attributed to Plato, and also to the Oracle at Delphi All that we now see, and will ever see, unto eternity, is our Self. And, how does one eliminate the Read more

Trauma—-Moving From Darkness Into Light

The adventure continues. Far too many people just don’t realize what is going on under the “hood” of their consciousness. Does the motor run a little rough? Even if it does not, it may be time to take a look.  Read more

Donelle Mae Flick Paullin ( 2/18/1955—-11/20/2022)

          My first love, and first wife, died on the day of my birthday, November 20, 2022.. I just confirmed it this evening after our return from the beach, We knew each other since 1972. Married Read more

The Search For Truth, Spiritual Evolution, Healing, and Purpose–A Multi-Media Experiment

The Search For Truth, Spiritual Evolution, Healing, and Purpose–A Multi-Media Experiment “He Was Just Waiting For A Better Day”—-Owner of the Punjab Tavern, 1986 Be mindful, oh Mankind, of all those painful secrets that you must keep From a suffering Read more

Book #8: Chapters 4, 5 Collaboration With Melinda Copp

Note:  Chapter 5 will be added to considerably as work progresses by Melinda Chapter 4 : Approaching Trauma More Consciously “Until you make the unconscious conscious, it will direct your life and you will call it fate.” ― C.G. Jung Read more

Book #8: Author’s Note, Introduction, and Chapters 1 through 5-Melinda Copp Collaboration

AUTHOR’S NOTE: “He who makes a beast of himself gets rid of the pain of being a man”-—Samuel Johnson “We speak about losing our minds, as if it is a bad thing.  I say, lose your mind.  Do it purposefully.  Read more

Notes On Book #8 (parts to be included in Introduction): On The Turning Away

“We speak about losing our minds, as if it is a bad thing. I say, lose your mind. Do it purposefully. Find out who you really are beyond your thoughts and beliefs. Lose your mind, find your soul“—–Vironika Tugaleva . Read more

Chapter 3: Finding Yourself In The Collective Consciousness (Collaboration with Melinda Copp)

Chapter 3:  Finding Yourself in The Collective Consciousness When I look at our culture, I see the rising waters of anguish and despair flooding through it. There are so many broken promises and  dreams, so many shattered expectations, so many Read more

Epilogue, Book #8: Capturing Lightning In A Bottle

THE DREAM: At 9 years of age I had a most amazing, realistic dream.  This was during a period of time when I slept very little, as I usually got to sleep no earlier than midnight, no matter how early Read more

Book #8: Chapters 1 and 2: Melinda Copp Ghostwriting Bruce Paullin

Mystics (or Spiritual Empath, which I am) true Saints (the Catholic Church, and the LDS movement have destroyed the credibility of the name), and Prophets (prepare for crucifixion!) have a difficult time reaching the general public.  I was unreachable as Read more

Introduction (Book #8: in collaboration with Melinda Copp)

Introduction (below) completed It will change substantially when the book is completed in April. Melinda Copp is attempting to make my writings more readable by the general public. She took nearly 180,000 words previously written, and condensed them down to Read more

Class Reunions

I forgot my phone ( conveniently) for this Sunday’s all 1970’s class reunion for Rex Putnam High School. This was the final day of three days of celebrating my sister Pam’s and Kathy Stephens-Leech’s 50 year class reunion. I have Read more

Ayahuasca, Mushrooms, LSD: Businessman’s Spirituality?

https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/the-pleasure-is-all-yours/202208/could-the-biggest-game-changer-in-mental-health-be-plant?fbclid=IwAR3g0Mph5x93D1PDXaoXytSKra57TQhJ2tB1McDKLlt_zewTanXen87iFkA In the early 1970’s, I used LSD (lysergic acid diethylamide) close to twenty times. The trip would last up to 12 hours. I was also introduced to DMT, which was called “the businessman’s LSD” because it only lasted about Read more

Melinda Copp (editor and ghost writer) and Me

The process has begun. It may take nine months to bring this project to fruition. Melinda Copp will be using 1,000,000 (of the total 2,000,000 words that I have written down) to choose from for the first book. There is Read more

Professional Editor Now Helping Me

My blog site has garnered  very little interest in the last four years (123 treasured subscribers). while continuing to be the forum for most writings from me. I now have an editor who is going to take some of the Read more

Book 8: Our Trauma, The Conspiracy Of Silence, And Our Healing Potential

This has not yet been edited, but here it is, for only the adventurous, and the truly curious among us. 666,311 word total, well over 700 pages.  Photographs did not make it to semi-final version, but I will see what Read more