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ACKNOWLEDGING LIFE’S PAPERCLIPS

ACKNOWLEDGING LIFE’S PAPERCLIPS

This uninterrupted thought followed today's conversation: I have learned from a long line of teachers, students, and debates. As a result, all that I have accomplished, acquired, or imparted, has never been exclusively mine. This blog compares abstract comments to the...

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LEVELS of COMFORT

LEVELS of COMFORT

For the past few days, I have been huddled in my writing space compiling mental notes targeting the comforts of life –...

AGING

AGING

I have come to believe that there are four groupings in life: birth, aging, illness, and death. Everyone must face...

INTERNAL EMPATHY

INTERNAL EMPATHY

When examining the resentment and ill will that surround my world, I have one safe strategy. I try to select a time...

FORGIVENESS

FORGIVENESS

Without a deep personal commitment to self-forgiveness, we are destined to be chained to our past actions. It is not...

EVERBODY HURTS SOMETIMES

EVERBODY HURTS SOMETIMES

  The Sanskrit word, dukkha, has always brought both confusion and insight into the way I have viewed life. I have...

HOPE

HOPE

I have been reviewing various readers’ comments recently. Many focus on their spiritual journeys, while others offer...

ESCAPE SUFFERING

ESCAPE SUFFERING

  I am remembering a period of life when I was invited to explore the fundamental doctrine of Buddhism involving the...

IS A WORD JUST A WORD?

IS A WORD JUST A WORD?

As an author, I live in a dreamlike world of words. It is a brilliantly creative mental state that surveys most of...

About Bud Megargee

Bud Megargee is a former senior behavioral healthcare executive; a Washington, DC., healthcare lobbyist; and an independently published, best-selling and award-winning author. He began writing after exploring Eastern philosophy and alternative medicine techniques in the professional treatment of emotional challenges at a Taiwanese Buddhist monastery.