by Bud Megargee | Feb 9, 2025 | Articles
Without a deep personal commitment to self-forgiveness, we are destined to be chained to our past actions. It is not about finding the direction to justify one’s actions or feelings. Nor is it a method of reconciliation. It is about ownership and complete...
by Bud Megargee | Jan 14, 2025 | Articles
The Sanskrit word, dukkha, has always brought both confusion and insight into the way I have viewed life. I have tried to imagine its intention as a method to reflect the suffering of the masses; the unsatisfactory accrual of everyday strife that we all face....
by Bud Megargee | Nov 24, 2024 | Articles
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...
by Bud Megargee | Sep 27, 2024 | Articles
I have been reviewing various readers’ comments recently. Many focus on their spiritual journeys, while others offer an honest examination of real-life transformational questions. The following questions from one reader include: Is the act of providing hope the...
by Bud Megargee | Aug 19, 2024 | Articles
I am remembering a period of life when I was invited to explore the fundamental doctrine of Buddhism involving the four noble truths of suffering. I had been asked to reflect on a life of pain, of loss. In doing so, it brought periods of upsetting anguish that I had...
by Bud Megargee | Jul 2, 2024 | Articles
Recently a reader forwarded these questions: “With all of your research regarding the World of Souls, is there one human quality or trait that aligns with the soul personality that you refer to as a Human Warrior?” “Do some answers rest in what we are unearthing about...
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.