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Written by Mark Bertrand

Mark Bertrand is the Best-Selling author of The Dot and has published many other books including Starzel, Love Reincarnate, and A Conscious Thing. A writer by day and a stock market trader by night. A former naval aviator, and his career path includes aerospace and neuroscience. He received a bachelor of science in aeronautical engineering and his master of mathematics from Boston University. To balance his left brain with his right, his MBA is from the University of California at San Diego. Finally, to quench his desire for knowledge, his Ph.D. in mathematics was completed at the University of Southern California. Mark has been a practitioner of Buddhism for more than forty years. He is considered Mahayana and he has studied Alan Watts' and Tich Naht Hahn's writings on Zen. He managed a small abbey in San Diego, California for ten years. Currently, he is a member of the Sangha at the Enlightenment Stupa of Benalmádena, Spain. Mark is a Colorado native and currently lives in southern Spain. When he’s not writing, he loves to travel or relax on the terrace of his apartment with a cigar and a glass of Ardbeg whiskey, watching sailboats on the Mediterranean Sea.  Mark challenges conventional thinking in his writing and personal life, as sampled in two of his favorite sayings. “Liberation has no end; therefore, it could never begin.” and, “There are just two types of people: those who believe there are just two types of people, and those who know better.” You can visit Mark online at his website, www.markbertrand.com, and on Twitter @markbertrand.