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I'm passionate about

the human experience, travel, music, exceptional people, trees, romance, and inspiring stories

An idea worth spreading

To succeed in life you must have a long term inner vision of your existence as spiritual being embodied in a finite body. Once you have achieved this task you see yourself as an integral part of one infinite spiritual body, no more, no less. Now you will begin to get a better understanding of the incredible journey you are on.

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life after death, photography, music, alien life-forms and conspiracy theories

People don't know that I'm good at

Playing the piano

My TED Story

My wife and I met 26 years ago in the Banff Springs Hotel and fell in love at first sight. A passionate 6 week romance followed until I had to head south to California. During my trip I was "born again" in the desert and changed my name. 2 years later she had written me (c/o my parents) in which I replied, "Enjoy your life and forget the young man you once knew, for he is now gone ". She would not forget. A couple times a year for 24 years she would glance at the letter and then put it back in her drawer. 2 years ago she finally asked herself, "How can I get in touch with him?". A friend suggested - Facebook. She tried in vain. Then, she realized that she had my letter. I had signed it with my new name. She now tried using my first name "Raphael". There was only one response. It was me. So she wrote me and asked if I remembered her. Of course I did. Within 2 weeks she was on a plane to BC from Europe. 2 days later I asked her to marry me. A year later we were married

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