by Bud Megargee | Apr 11, 2026 | Articles
When people ask me about heaven, often before we have settled into the conversation, I tell them that my understanding is not built on geography. It is built on attention. Over the years, through the books I have written and questions that I have followed, I have...
by Bud Megargee | Mar 26, 2026 | Articles
There are moments in a human life when the boundaries between the physical and the unseen thins, and something unexpected steps forward. Explorers have written about this for more than a century – the presence of a calm, guiding companion who appears when survival...
by Bud Megargee | Mar 11, 2026 | Articles
When I think of the people closest to me – the ones I care the most about – I find myself wanting to gather them all into a small circle, as you do before speaking about something that matters. I would begin by telling them that I have come to understand that life...
by Bud Megargee | Mar 3, 2026 | Articles
The anxiety in my life has a way of filling every corner of my existence with noise. Individual thoughts race, my worries pile up, and, even my smallest decisions are overwhelming. In those moments, finding periods of “silence” and quiet can feel almost impossible,...
by Bud Megargee | Feb 23, 2026 | Articles
There are times when we lay in bed, staring at the ceiling, thinking about how we failed to learn from parts of ourselves in time. Here is an example – one instance shows a relationship that did not break all at once. It thinned. It was quiet. It slipped back...
by Bud Megargee | Feb 9, 2026 | Articles
“Skepticism” has followed me throughout most of my writing career. It has not been an enemy, but a shadow that insists on walking beside me. My awareness of that shadow becomes more pronounced, since I write about metaphysical things. As a result, I consistently feel...
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.