Preserving Lived Wisdom & Practices for Future Generations
Curating & Sustaining
WAKING WORDS:
A Museum of Wisdom
tools and practices for reconnecting with yourself and others.
“All those moments will be lost in time… like tears in rain.”
~ Roy Batty (Rutger Hauer), Blade Runner (1982)
“We pay things forward so wisdom can endure.”
~ Rob Killmer, Founder
Preserving Lived Wisdom & Practices for Future Generations
Curating & Sustaining
WAKING WORDS:
A Museum of Wisdom
tools and practices for reconnecting with yourself and others.
“All those moments will be lost in time… like tears in rain.”
~ Roy Batty (Rutger Hauer), Blade Runner (1982)
“We pay things forward so wisdom can endure.”
~ Rob Killmer, Founder of The Waking Words Project & WAKING WORDS: A Museum of Wisdom
Reawakening Individual Genius & Purpose
Explore creativity and wisdom through curated exhibits and shared practice.
Preserving hard-won lessons from one man’s transformational awakening. The Waking Words Project stewards and funds the Museum and curates enclosed exhibits so this archive of lived experience, insights and practices endure.
WAKING WORDS:
A Museum of Wisdom
How these projects relate to one another and form the “museum”…
These exhibits intertwine to form a circle that reflects the founder’s lived journey. To the left: breakings and awakenings. To the right: reintegration and renaissance.
All are preserved with care inside the Museum. At center, The Waking Words Project serves as custodian of the legacy—not about a man, but about wisdom worthy of outliving him.
The spark that lit the fire and reignited a life.
My Waking Words Experience
“I was blown away! All my chains just melted away. I ‘remembered’… Me!
The state I entered can best be described as ‘Nirvana.’” ~ Rob Killmer
The purest insights and inspiration that emerged as one man awakened from a prolonged sleep of inauthentic living. A transparent account of lived experience that reignited his life—one that may create a spark for the lives of others.
Raw and real offered plainly, with transparency, vulnerability and a commitment to “pay-it-forward.”
Improving mindfulness—on & off the road.
We Live How We Drive
What’s really “driving us” to react the way we do? What can it teach us?
What does the way we move through traffic reveal about how we navigate day-to-day challenges in life?
WLHWD challenges us to see the road as a mirror—and our driving habits as a path to greater self-awareness.
The Museum’s Chat-Lab exhibit invites us to question how carefully we think and communicate, We Live How We Drive dares us to examine how we deal with everday interactions on & off the road.
Explore what our driving habits reveal about our inner world and interpersonal relationships.
Sparking Curiosity & Wonder in Children
PYGMO Productions
“I teased my kids, ‘Everybody’s playing PYGMO.’ The truth is—maybe everybody can.”
PYGMO PRODUCTIONS is the Kids’ Zone (kids of all ages) within the Museum, offering stories, books, games and projects designed to spark imagination, stretch understanding, and celebrate the joy of learning.
A variety of entertainment & learning resources are currently in development and scheduled for distribution as the Museum’s funding efforts permit. Our first offering is the “Have You Ever Wondered?” series—illustrated books that ask big questions in small, delightful ways.
Building Better Conversations. Creating Better Outcomes.
Chat-Lab
“What if the real problem isn’t what we’re debating—but how we’re debating?”
Chat-Lab invites you to step out of the noise and into a different kind of Conversation. Not one driven by outrage, algorithms, or culture war theatrics—but by the courage to pause, think, and ask better questions.
Chat-Lab doesn’t offer hot takes. It offers a discipline of inquiry that’s capable of creating the common ground we’ve been missing.
Exploring “Gender Curiosity” with Compassion & Depth.
The Candi Addams Experiment
“Gender wasn’t a debate for me; it was a wound asking for gentleness. I needed permission (and the courage) to wonder.” ~ Rob Killmer
A safe space to explore gender—without dogma or reconceptions. An open-ended invitation to question and listen without forced conclusions. Curiosity, not labels, leads the way as we practice respectful inquiry, and hold honest conversation about identity, self-perception, social constructs.
Benevolences embraced, extremes examined— Reckoning with Evangelical Christianity.
Kingdom of Heaven
“By their fruit you will recognize them.” (Matthew 7:15-20)
A candid, ongoing dialogue about Evangelical Christianity as lived by the Museum’s founder. The formation of conscience, community, and hope in contrast with fractured trust and identity. This is the author’s testimony—honoring beauty & truth—without sugarcoating abuse or hypocrisy.
Sober reflections on dogma, hypocrisy, and healing—balancing faith and skepticism;
the sacred and the profane—the physical and metaphysical.
From Hell to Harmony: Recovery & Reintegration
The BIG Mystery
“Wisdom must be experienced, not merely examined.” ~ Rob Killmer
An arduous journey of hard-won recovery from deep fracture—a life remembering itself. From the founder’s long seach back to Truth, Identity and Voice. An unfiltered journal that promises insights about moving from fracture to integration—finding harmony after the shattering.
Recounts the grinding, often brutal stages that made progress possible…a metamorphosis over decades that culminated in the transformation unlocked in “My WAKING WORDS Experience.”
THE MUSEUM EXPERIENCE
What People Are Saying
Visitors, parents, educators, and fellow-seekers weigh in.
David L., student
Marcus T., educator
Nina K., clinician
Mateo S., teacher
Andre P., organizer
Seth L., evangelical christian
Jill D., mom of two
Seth B., entrepreneur
Gwen S., student
Angel R.
David H., in-recovery
Dustin A., consultant
David L.
Marcus T.
Nina K.
Mateo S.
Andre P.
Seth L.
Jill D.
Dustin A.
The Waking Words Project is a 501(c)(3) public charity stewarding WAKING WORDS: A Museum of Wisdom. Gifts may be tax-deductible as allowed by law. EIN: 99-5114786
WHY THIS MATTERS
Wisdom Worth Preserving. A Spark Worth Passing On.
What your gift preserves
- Lived wisdom with power to heal and help.
- Maintenance & expansion of exhibits and projects kept truthful, accessible, and hype‑free.
- A living archive: artifacts, journals, and context that would otherwise disappear.
What your gift makes possible
- Critical staffing and 3rd‑party services to support content creation, project management, legal, finance, and compliance.
- The founder focused on oversight, creation & curation (critical staffing covers ops and compliance).
How we steward every gift
- Museum development, curation and visitor access.
- Clear mission (IRS‑approved) and transparent use of funds.
- We preserve what matters; we don’t chase followers or canonize a life. The founder appears only as a verifier of the lived wisdom—the work is the point.
WAKING WORDS: A Museum of Wisdom
We Live How We Drive
PYGMO Productions
Chat-Lab
The Candi Addams Experiment
Kingdom of Heaven
The BIG Mystery
The WAKING WORDS Project
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