I am a retired American Research Physicist and a formally recognized Buddhist Mystic by the Supreme Patriarch of Thailand. 
    The mystical part is that I passed the Mindfulness-Insight Test given by the Supreme Patriarch in Bangkok in 1980. I was the first Westerner to pass this test in approximately 500 years since Europeans began traveling to Southeast Asia. Fortunately, I was born a mystic, but didn’t know it for quite some time.
The Tibetan Lama Gyaltrul Rinpoche was a friend and advisor. I asked him if I was a Terton or a Bodhisattva because of the meditational practices I had completed, and he said, “I was, but I would not want to be recognized as one.” I was something else, supposedly more interesting.
     I am a Siddha Yogi because I was the first Western student of DodrupChen Rinpoche, the fourth, in 1973. I helped establish the Maha Siddha Nyingmapa Institute in Massachusetts. I am a lineage holder of the hidden lines of the peaceful-wrathful mandala, which form the foundation of many secret teachings within the Tibetan Nyingma Dzogchen practices.
    Lama Jigtse recognized me as a Bardo Master in 1975. A Bardo Master can open the numerous doorways to the other side. Some doors are more fun than others!
     I have made many controversial decisions, mainly because they were fun and haven’t killed me yet. One thing I do enjoy is writing. Words, like many things, can be friendly if you treat them well.

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