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It would be amazing if I could find a way to become brave, curious, and gentle, like a child’s adventurous wisdom. But I am not like that. I am entangled with a series of life stories that make it hard to recognize that type of innocent awareness. Whenever I attempt...

When I was in my early to mid-twenties, and a struggling psychology intern, my clinical mentor asked me a series of questions, with the objective of removing any unwanted medical rubble I had assembled during my graduate school years. His professional intention? To...

We tend to think more about what we are doing than who we are becoming. In all our lives there are moments when the ground starts to shake beneath our feet. These are the times when our world becomes destabilized, and everything changes around us. This can be an...

1. "Soul Afterlife" shares your personal journey and the discoveries you have made along the way. What were some key ideas that you wanted to explore in this book? That is an excellent question. Over a ten-year period, I noted more than a few explanations regarding...

The world that I inhabit has jagged edges. Every day I am asked to navigate multiple shattered lives and complex decisions. Unfortunately, my personal universe is built on the back of uncertainty; the type that results in awkward endings. These are the moments when I...

I learned a new phrase today – six words sewn together in a hypnotic exchange of emotion, storytelling and magical thinking. They are: “the time between dog and wolf.” Ironically, this is not a new phrase. Variations can be traced throughout history. As an example,...

In troubled times, I have an urgency to try and understand both the world that surrounds me and myself. Privately, I have so many questions and I am consistently challenged by them - they quietly tug at me during the night. They are relentless. At the top of my list...

Writing towards The Montaigne Medal...   It is the early days of March of 2021 and I have just been notified that The Eric Hoffer Literary Awards Group has nominated my latest memoir, “Soul Afterlife – Beyond the Near-Death Experience,” for their prestigious...

Q & A with author, Bud Megargee 1.) TELL ME A LITTLE BIT ABOUT WHO YOU ARE AND WHERE YOU LIVE? I was one of four siblings from a blue collar family who grew up in a deteriorating steel town in Southeastern Pennsylvania.  After High School I attended Midwestern...

Q & A with author, Bud Megargee   1. Soul Afterlife delivers a thought-provoking examination of life, death, and the afterlife. Why was this an important book for you to write? Several years ago, I was studying at Wat Yaranna Rangsee, a suburban Thai Buddhist...