• Milky Way and me

    The Elk, the Pilot, the Lakota Guide and the Vision Quest

    Published On: June 27, 20258.5 min read

    This is the story of how a former bomber pilot, […]

  • Beware of the doug suffering

    Becoming Doug: Turbulent Beginnings

    Published On: July 21, 20243.6 min read

    A great deal of my early life was characterized by […]

  • Psychedelics category

    No, Psychedelics Will Not End Your Suffering

    Published On: June 5, 20242.5 min read

    Everywhere you turn, it seems, psychological sufferers – including a […]

  • Suicide for the Living

    Published On: December 30, 20234.2 min read

    The journey inward, if earnestly pursued, begins to reveal a […]

  • The Silver Bullet

    Published On: January 19, 20172.6 min read

    If you’re suffering. If you’re unhappy about the presidential election. […]

  • It’s ‘Me’ Again

    Published On: February 9, 20163.4 min read

    I believe now that consciousness reveals itself in stages not unlike a […]

  • A Life Sentence of Solitary Confinement

    Published On: November 24, 20142.7 min read

    It is said the worst punishment that can be meted […]

  • Suffering as an Offering

    Published On: October 28, 20144.3 min read

    An avid reader as a child, at some point I […]

  • A Wave to God

    Published On: September 9, 20142.4 min read

    Sitting on the beach last week, watching the waves rise […]

  • Truth: The Keys to Our Cell Doors

    Published On: January 29, 20144.1 min read

    One of movie history’s great lines comes from Jack Nicholson’s […]

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    Emptying the Prison of the Mind

    Published On: February 1, 20134 min read

    What a peculiar prison sentence is this thing we call […]

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    Forget Life’s Experiences and Instead Experience Life

    Published On: January 25, 20133.3 min read

    At dinner the other night came a conversation about the […]