What We are Not
WAKING WORDS:
A Museum of Wisdom
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What This “Museum” Is
WAKING WORDS: A Museum of Wisdom is not a museum of objects behind glass.
It is a human being’s attempt to leave behind what pain, wonder, failure, faith, doubt, love, and long attention have taught him—before those lessons disappear into silence.
The “exhibits” gather story, testimony, practical disciplines, and creative work into trails that others can follow, question, resist, use, or carry forward.
The “museum” architecture provides the structure, but each “exhibit” is intended to engage you personally because wisdom is personal. The mission here is not to make much of one life, but to preserve the things from one life that, told honestly enough, can become useful to others.
“All those moments will be lost in time, like tears in rain.”
~ BLADE RUNNER, 1982
“We pay things forward so wisdom can endure.”
~ ROB KILLMER, FOUNDER
VISION AND MISSION STATEMENTS
MISSION
The WAKING WORDS Project exists to empower individuals and families by providing a rich, integrated platform of wisdom, inspiration, and practical resources. We promote personal development and family enrichment through a curated collection of transformative insights and practices. We exist to inspire and aid personal evolution.
VISION
Our vision is for WAKING WORDS: A Museum of Wisdom to become a living, engaging repository of insight, testimony, imagination, and practical wisdom—one that helps people around the world think more deeply, live more authentically, and rediscover what is most vital within themselves. By preserving and sharing what one life has learned, endured, questioned, and created, we hope to encourage greater personal clarity, human connection, and harmony in the wider world.
To learn more visit the nonprofit foundation's website at thewakingwordsproject.org.
ABOUT THE EXHIBITS
These exhibits are the Museum’s main points of engagement. Each one opens a different door into work that tests experience, behavior, belief, imagination, and responsibility from a different angle: what happened, what was learned, what can be questioned, what can be practiced, and what might be worth building upon. Start with the one that raises the questions you are most ready to ask—or least able to ignore.
HOW TO EXPLORE THE MUSEUM
Visitors can begin with Exhibit Pages, which route to Featured Collections, or use the Content Hub to find books, videos, audio, social platforms, membership options, and development projects. The Exhibit Pages provide orientation, similar to an information desk. The Content Hub routes visitors to the media and platforms where the Museum continues beyond the site.
You can use the MUSEUM SHORTCUTS provided below to access these areas directly.
MUSEUM SHORTCUTS
Use these shortcuts to jump directly to the Featured Collections for each exhibit, or to bounce directly to your preferred media option.
Featured Collections for:
PYGMO
Productions
We Live
How we Drive
Chat-Lab
My
WAKING WORDS
Experience
The Candi Addams
Experiment
Kingdom of Heaven
The BIG Mystery
Content Hub Media Shortcuts
IMAGINE
PLAY
USE
JOIN
FOLLOW
LISTEN
WATCH
READ
Exhibit Orientation Pages for:
PYGMO
Productions
We Live
How we Drive
Chat-Lab
My
WAKING WORDS
Experience
The Candi Addams
Experiment
Kingdom of Heaven
The BIG Mystery
WHAT'S BEING DEVELOPED
Several parts of the Museum are active works in development, including books, interactive tools, games, app concepts, programs, member-access releases, and exhibit-based resources. Some materials are already in production. Others are being prepared for future release as support, funding, and development capacity allow.
Understanding the Relationship between the Museum and the Nonprofit Foundation
The Waking Words Project is the nonprofit foundation created to support, preserve, and expand the work housed in WAKING WORDS: A Museum of Wisdom. The Museum is the public-facing exhibit and media experience. The foundation provides the charitable structure for development, stewardship, scholarships, and long-term sustainability.
How Support Helps
Support helps preserve the existing Museum, expand new releases, develop future programs, and provide Museum scholarships for deserving individuals. Contributions through The Waking Words Project help make the work more accessible while supporting the long-term growth of the exhibits and media being built here.
MEET THE FOUNDER
Meet ROB KILLMER, the founder of WAKING WORDS: A Museum of Wisdom. More than seven decades marked by profound suffering, growth, and transformation have resulted in a deep sense of purpose and a relentless pursuit of wisdom.
The Museum emerged from a conviction that hard-won lessons, meaningful questions, and lived experience need not disappear when a life passes from the scene—and that authentic human connection can continue through what one life leaves behind.
The Museum exists to preserve that connection, carry forward what the journey uncovered, and place it within reach of those prepared to make use of it.
To learn more about the man behind the Museum—and, more importantly, the passion and vision that compelled him to share the journey—click below.
