We lived there because my father was a photographer who recognized a great setting for his work, and life in general. My father's lifelong pursuit of knowledge, and my own interests, induced me to earn a bachelors degree in physics from Northern Arizona University. I started my professional career as a scientific assistant at Wilford Hall, United States Air Force Medical Center, crowning that four year enlistment with a patent application and a masters degree in physics from Trinity University.

Next I became a teacher at Texas Military Institute. My last year there I was selected as Teacher of the Year by the senior class. Then I had short stints as a computer programmer for Honeywell and Arizona Public Service. Next came my longest employment opportunity; as a research scientist at the United States Air Force Armstrong Laboratory. In this capacity I was the primary author, or a co-author, on ten research papers in the display field, many of which I was able to present to international audiences at conferences in the United States and other countries. I left that experience with two patents and numerous other awards and recognitions.

I often spent transition times and weekends in the construction industry, which eventually enabled me to act as the architect and prime contractor in the building of my own house. Currently I am a software engineer supporting information technology in the legal and aviation departments of one of the largest corporations in the world. Complementing my professional career has been more than a decade of intensive research in metaphysics, and more recently, learning about learning. I have also, along the way, been certified as an Enzyme Therapist.

My college education molded me as a scientist with things as my subjects. Working at medical and human research laboratories, and as a teacher, shifted my focus to people. Eventually I became a metascientist and life became my focus, with reality my laboratory. That path led to this book. Along the way I changed jobs and even careers when what I was doing was no longer of interest. I grasped it, then moved on: stepping-stones in the process of education; the process never ends.