MEMOIR • 2025 OUR TIME BOOKS
From Camden to Kathmandu
You Don't Have to Know Where You're Going to Get Where You Want to Be
AUTHOR • SOCIAL ACTIVIST
Bruce Berlin
Retired public sector ethics attorney, former U.S. Institute of Peace Fellow, and author of two books — a memoir of the road and a citizen's case for reclaiming democracy.
WELCOME
Over the years, I've tried to follow my inner voice — which I believe is in tune, at least sometimes, with the universal energy field that we are all part of.
Connecting with that energy is what put me on the open road of self-discovery — from the streets of Camden, NJ, to a meditation pillow at Kopan, a Buddhist monastery outside Kathmandu; from a poverty law practice in western Massachusetts to peace and justice activism in northern New Mexico; from lobbying for campaign finance reform in the halls of Congress to marching against the Vietnam War; and finally, to journaling at home in Mineral Hill, NM.
Now in my eighties, I write about how my inner life provides a strong foundation for how I see the world as well as for the work I do in it. Most of all, I'm grateful for how much my life has been enriched by allowing that universal energy, which connects all of us, to lead the way.
THE BOOKS
MEMOIR • 2025
FROM CAMDEN TO KATHMANDU
A year-long journey of self-discovery in the early 1970s through Europe, Iran, Afghanistan, India, and Nepal — and the revelation that changed everything.
POLITICS • 2015
BREAKING BIG MONEY'S GRIP ON AMERICA
How concentrated wealth corrupts our democracy — and what we can do about it.
NEW WRITING EVERY WEEK
Open Road, Open Heart
Reflections on a life of purpose and curiosity — published on Substack.