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ILLUMINATION FROM KHENCHEN
Have you ever experienced moments when your ears perked up, after someone really understood who you were or what you were trying to say? When that person “sees” the true you? Although I have lost contact with Khenchen, my gentle, elderly monk friend, the strength of...
SEARCHING for WISDOM
We live in unsettled times. I am not just talking about the confusing partisan issues that incessantly fill our living...
The Big Mistake
There are moments in our lives that we both fear to relive and/or long to repeat. Unfortunately, time prevents a...
BRILLIANT SANITY
It has been more than two years since I have visited a monastery and gained an insightful experience. Regrettably, my...
FAKE or FACT
Where is the line between what is real and what is imagined or unconventional? One might think that should be a simple...
Overcoming Writer’s Block
Have I forgotten how to write? Has my imagination shut down? Have I stopped thinking about how writing about the world...
INTERBEING ~ We Exist Because of Everything Else
I have recently finished publishing my latest manuscript – The Afterlife Experience. When I arrive at this stage,...
My Challenge in Writing About the World of Souls
As I began writing about the world of souls, I wanted readers to know what they were getting themselves into. I...
The Afterlife Experience – How Our Association with Nature’s Elements Shapes the Outcome
Throughout human history, the desire to explore an afterlife requires that we critically bend the way we think. It is...
THE OCTOPUS ANALOGY
During the peak period of the pandemic, I took it upon myself to watch a documentary that focused exclusively on a...
IN WRITING ABOUT INTERACTIVE CHAOTIC ENERGY
It would be amazing if I could find a way to become brave, curious, and gentle, like a child’s adventurous wisdom. But...
IN MEMORY OF TONY CRANE, PhD
When I was in my early to mid-twenties, and a struggling psychology intern, my clinical mentor asked me a series 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.