His real name is Traveler because, for many incarnations, he was traveling in search of the Only Truth. Recently, though, people are calling him – Andrew, so possibly he is Andrew. Some call him Rascal, so he must be one, at least for now. He is also known as Woodpecker because this was his last profession.

 

One fogy night he had a dream. He was living in a cave with his wife and fifteen naughty children. His body was hairy and very muscular. He was hunting at day and at night tried to procreate more children as survival until adulthood was narrow having as a neighbor a fierce dragon – man eater. Following morning, when he woke up a thought crossed his mind. ‘In a dream I was a cave-men, in present life I was once called a child, than a student, than an officer than a husband, an employee, a refugee, a tradesman. What is this unchangeable ‘I am’ to which are attach all those ‘labels’ and names. Now I am not a child, not a student, not an officer but actually I, myself, now and then always was and are the same.’ So he decided, following advice of Sage of Arunachala Sri Ramana Maharshi, and to discover who he really is.

 

Andrew Mirosław Bukraba a.k.a. Traveler a.k.a. Raskal a.k.a. Woodpecker – was born in 1944 in a town known as ‘Rome of the North’ – Wilno  - in a family from the Gasztold clan, bearing the crest Szeliga Odmienny. One of his ancestors came to Poland from Asia: a general who defeated Genghis Khan. After being knighted by the King, he was appointed for life as Podskarbi Koronny (Minister of Finance of Polish Kingdom). He was the first big landlord in Europe who granted freedom to his feudal subjects and divided his land equally among each of them, agitating by this other landlords who wanted to hoard to their properties and exploit subjects

Andrew graduated in Poland with a Masters Degree in Soil Science.  After his studies he worked at the University, Polish Academy of Science, and later for the government both Provincial and Central. He worked and lived in eight countries – hot and cold, and visited, on his search for the Truth, many more. He is an experienced rock climber and mountaineer,  He is also a high mountains skier and martial arts fan; a life-long hobby that has served him very well, when needed, in a few difficult situations.

 

He emigrated to Sweden escaping the clutches of Communism, then moved to England and later got permission to settle in Australia. He has been and is a free and uncompromising seeker of the Truth throughout his entire life. He is a writer of short stories and poems. He spent a few years in a Indian Hindu ashram, and now lives in South India. He is still thinking where to go next.

 

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