“When the thought and the mind goes away, all you are left with is the real part of yourself…. In the quiet, there is a sense of eternality and unconditional love.”~ Bob Fergeson
Hello! It’s a pleasure and a privilege to pass on some of what I’ve found. I hope you find this site helpful. Much of the material here, and in my life, have come through the help of others, Richard Rose, members of the TAT Foundation, and friends along the way. Now that I’ve entered retirement and life has slowed down, I find myself more of a spectator than a participant but still enjoy seeing the efforts of those who strive in keeping the search for Truth alive. Thank you.
“The sense of eternality marks the work of photographer, mountaineer, and spiritual teacher Bob Fergeson. Set among the Rocky Mountains, Bob’s story weaves the passions of the creative life and a love for the outdoors into a compelling narrative of a spiritual search. From his childhood attempts to capture moments of ethereal, quiet beauty with a Brownie box camera, Bob’s life careened towards a crushing encounter with alcoholism, then flowered in a time of self-exploration through painting, drawing, and dreamwork, led to years of spiritual disciplines, and culminated in a final encounter with Truth that left him weeping on a Colorado mountainside.”
Whether you frame your quest as a search for God, truth, enlightenment, awakening, certainty, or an aching longing to fill a void inside, you will find this site, and book, a resource for inspiration and advice.
Spot of Humor
“One thing you must be able to do in the midst of any experience is laugh. And experience should show you that it isn’t real, that it’s a movie. Life doesn’t take you seriously, so why take it seriously.” ~ Richard Rose,
Nothing helps break a bad mood or a blank mind like a dose of laughter, especially about ourselves.
“Serious things can only be understood through laughable things.” – Plato
This site is dedicated to my father, Edgar, and to my teacher, Richard Rose. I did not have the ability to thank them in person for their gifts: creativity from my father, and from Richard Rose, the freedom to manifest it. This site would not exist without them. Thank you both.