Profile:

I am a Buddhist and writer living in the heartland of America. I grew up on a farm and spent a large amount of time outside and in the woods, a childhood I would not trade for anything. I've been writing since I was 14 years old after a teacher encouraged me to never stop. I am inspired by the works of Thich Nhat Hanh, Walt Whitman, Robert Frost, Ralph Emerson, Henry Thoreau, Marcus Aurelius, Viktor Frankl, Carl Sagan, Jane Goodall, Kahlil Gibran, Richard Dawkins, Sam Harris, and the list goes on. I read and write about various topics including Buddhism, religion, nature, astronomy, behavioral health and psychology, politics, as well as some fictional writing.

Posts by Kephen:

• In the Twilight of Memory
• Out of the Darkness
• U.S. Behavioral Health and the Workplace
• Prajñāpāramitā Part II: The Heart of Insight
• Moments in Time
• To Be Acknowledged As Existing
• Choose To Live
• The Power of Belief
• Lords of the Wild
• The Inexplicable
• How To Research Your Family Ancestry
• Ben Tre: Keep the Loneliness Warm
• Genetics: The Basics of How You’ve Come To Be
• What the Story of Hiro-Kala Teaches Us
• When A Parent Dies
• Prajñāpāramitā Part I: The Diamond that Cuts Through Illusion
• The Passenger
• His Light Carries On
• From Samanera to Bhikkhu: The Life of a Traditional Theravada Monk
• How To Start Eating Better
• The Macrocosm Perspective
• Human Sexuality Defined
• Alone In The Dark
• Nationalism and Police Brutality: The Deafening Sound of Ignorance
• The Middle Way and the Turning of the Wheel