Chapter 15: All That Is Gold Does Not Glitter

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 Read more

Prologue: Mythology, Religion, Liars, The Conspiracy Of Silence, And The Cloak Of Invisibility

Mythology, Religion, Liars, The Conspiracy Of Silence, And The Cloak Of Invisibility “I don’t blame the circumstances; I do not blame the place and time. When I had the choice between right and wrong, I could not quite make up Read more

Vanquishing The Conspiracy Of Silence (Book #8-95% complete)

“Introduction “I don’t blame the circumstances, I do not blame the place and time. When I had the choice between right and wrong, I could not quite make up my mind “—Peter Yarrow, from lyrics to Arkansas Mythology, Religion, Liars, Read more

Chapter 14 The Conspiracy Of Silence, Voices Lost and Found

Part One: Marty, Me, and The Lost Voice Marty (left) and Me, on a Columbia River Gorge hike in 1998 Over the years, I have become deeply disturbed by the developments within our shared world, within my individual consciousness, and Read more

There Is Something Fundamental Here (excerpt-childhood trauma revisited)

  Does love come to, from, or through us, if it ever comes at all? Why does the racing, turbulent, “monkey mind” develop, causing deprivation of peace of mind and the absence of sacred silence? Why do many decent, caring Read more

Uncle Worth and The Rocking Chair (revisited)

. The intersection of family history and  my birth in November of 1955 has created some interesting, and, at times, amazing stories for me. My Uncle Worth died in February of 1955, 9 months in advance of my own birth. Read more

Tigers and Vaccines

Religions that forbid vaccines are steeped in superstition, misanthropy, and are practicing forms of atheism. Who, or what, do these unfortunate, misguided souls believe created the conditions within the consciousness of mankind to evolve enough to create vaccines to control Read more

Chapter 9: Insight and Mindfulness

Many of the insights of the saint stem from their experience as sinners. —Eric Hoffer What if a real miracle was trying to happen in our lives, and too few people cared or were not even aware enough to attempt Read more

Chapter 9: Recovery, Mastery, and the Mystery (needs edit, of course!)

“Our lives begin to end, the moment that we become silent about things that matter” Martin Luther King, Jr. All human beings should consider joining a recovery program, as we are all challenged and threatened by our human condition. And Read more

Chapter 1(alternate), Book #8: Defender Dan, and Growing Up In 1960’s America

Defender Dan  With our final insight into the true nature of Consciousness and God, and our identity embedded within this creative principle of the Universe, we see that we can become either agents of a loving, regenerative force, or, in Read more

Viruses And The Pandemic Of Humanity

Yes, I know, few like the reminder. The greatest, most dangerous virus to ever hit our Sacred Planet Earth is the toxic male human being running in large groups, the ” men whose breath is in their nostrils”. Men, without Read more

Book #8-Needs Extreme Edit, No Working Title

One evening, a Cherokee elder was teaching his grandson about life. “A fight is going on inside me,” he said to the boy. “It is a terrible fight, and it is between two wolves. This battle that goes on between Read more

Three Stages Of Evolution?

This is what I do while on my “creative cloud”. I am a writer, after all. Someday, I may even find interested readers (my take on insight, self awareness, “mindfulness and meditation”, and spiritual evolution are not riveting subjects for Read more

Knowledge, Comb-Overs and a Search For Truth?

Many types of “knowledge” actually breed division and separation between human beings. It is easy to tell the difference between the teachers just by feeling within our own inner chambers of consciousness how their message impacts our hearts. Eventually the Read more

Book #8: Revisiting January 28, 1986 and the Search For Truth

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ojf18wT_Xtk There are two versions to this story.  The first one was written in 2016, when I first began writing.  The second version (Chapter 11, was written late last year, 2025, and is included below this old version) On the Read more

Titanic Change

“I will keep my freedom, my guns, my money, and my religion, and you can keep the change“—-Hank Williams Jr. . This T shirt represents the state of mind where a sense of spiritual failure has taken over, and to Read more

Chapter 2/43: Living Life On A Wider Frequency Of Being

“There are only two ways to live your life. One is as though nothing is a miracle. The other is as though everything is a miracle.” —attributed to Albert Einstein As a human race, all that we will ever see, Read more

Blackout and White Light

From the “blog site that would not die”, though hospice visits are now being made daily.   Creating and publishing a blog post is often like making a group call to all of my friends and acquaintances, and usually having Read more