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WRITING AS AN ARCHIVIST
There are seasons in life when the inner terrain shifts in ways that are almost imperceptible from the outside. We grow, we deepen, we shed old assumptions, and we quietly reassemble ourselves into someone slightly – or profoundly – different. Yet, the people around...
CONFRONTING FEAR
There is a quiet epidemic among us. It is not one of illness, but of emotional retreat. Many of us live behind walls...
LIFE’S CRUCIBLES
Predictably, we all experience moments in life where everything we thought we knew begins to unravel. Some appear as...
FINDING COMPASSION IN CLOSURE
I am predictably typical. The proof rests in the fact that most of my life experiences have found a haven of...
ACKNOWLEDGING LIFE’S PAPERCLIPS
This uninterrupted thought followed today's conversation: I have learned from a long line of teachers, students, and...
LEVELS of COMFORT
For the past few days, I have been huddled in my writing space compiling mental notes targeting the comforts of life –...
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
Without a deep personal commitment to self-forgiveness, we are destined to be chained to our past actions. It is not...
EVERBODY HURTS SOMETIMES
The Sanskrit word, dukkha, has always brought both confusion and insight into the way I have viewed life. I have...
ILLUMINATION FROM KHENCHEN
Have you ever experienced moments when your ears perked up, after someone really understood who you were or what you...
ESCAPE SUFFERING
I am remembering a period of life when I was invited to explore the fundamental doctrine of Buddhism involving the...
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.