Bernard H. Ross
Author of Sipping Sunlight
author bio
About Bernard
Bernard Ross is an author and has worked in feature film accounting and computer technology. Retired at 76, he splits his time between his homes in Delray Beach, Florida, and Brewster, New York. Ross attended City College of New York and the University of British Columbia in Vancouver, became a CPA, founded three companies, and co-founded another. He has worked with computers since 1972, and was an early innovator of personal computer software. His last venture provided vital tools for the construction industry.
Ross was born in Poland to parents who were survivors of the Holocaust. When he was five years old, his family immigrated to America. They had to work hard and be frugal to make ends meet, and these values stayed with Ross thoughout his life. He started working at the age of twelve, and his strong work ethic helped him succeed in his career.
In 1969, Ross was initiated into the spiritual path by the great Master Sant Kirpal Singh Ji Maharaj. Since then, he has been practicing meditation and credtis his success in life and business to the benefits he has gained through meditation and by following the ethical principals of his spiritual path.
His hobbies include tennis, pickleball, travel, photography, gardening, nature walks, and writing. He is happily married, and is blessed to have a wonderful, close-knit family of four children and four grandchildren.
Soon, Ross will release his latest novel, Busting Leary, which is based on a true story.
Sipping Sunlight
This manuscript began as a small creative project to pass the time as my corporate career wound down. I thought it would be fun to write about my crazy youth as a hippie in the early ’60s when I was a pioneer adventuring in the land of LSD.
It was fun recapturing those crazy times, early in the youth movement, when drugs opened our minds to worlds and universes beyond our limited consciousness, free love was all the rage, peace and love became more important than war and conquest, and our social consciousness expanded, colliding with the rigid morality of previous generations.
What began as a trip down memory lane morphed into the realization that my story was a search for my life’s meaning.
As I wrote and reflected, I realized that my life was a spiritual quest leading to a higher purpose and that my life’s events were all interconnected as I trudged on this curved, convoluted path leading to the possibility of self-realization.
What began as a creative writing exercise for my amusement became a memoir I want to share. I hope my story will entertain and inspire others to see that life can be a spiritual journey if only we expand our vision.