Special special thanks to Kalindi for being my inspiration! Thanks also to my wife, Monique; my parents, Louis and Carole; my editor, Lisa Campbell; my agent, Jeffrey Herman; my mentor, John Mapleback; and editor John Pine and publicist Debbie Matsumoto. Also to Damien, Lara, Scotti, Ginny, Blaze, Marcus, Siegmar, Kris, G’Angela, Hans, Deb, Christoph, Alison, Savanna, Faith, Robert, David, Dave K., Gina, and all my family and friends around the globe. I couldn’t have done it without you!
To truly live and become aware takes great courage.
—Gourasana
We do not see things as they are. We see things as we are.
—Talmud
