This book is a prelude to our philosophy and the scientific research we carried out in previous years after we left Ecole Navale. It is a response to the mind-body problem the French philosopher René Descartes set out in the seventeenth century: “How mental states are related to the physical states, the immaterial to the material, the invisible to the visible.” It is also a glimpse into personal development and the doctrine of positive thinking. This is the story of Ben, a first-generation immigrant who is experiencing the American dream “from rags to riches.”