As a teenager, Benito Reyes, was selected by the Theosophical Society as an important world leader similar to how they "discovered" and groomed Jiddu Krishnamurti.
Shortly after, Reyes was spiritually adopted by a childless Theosophist couple from Ojai, California, who financed his higher education studies in philosophy and psychology.
Continuing on what he learned from his mother, Benito dedicated his career to the understanding of cross-cultural studies of spiritual beliefs and practices related to conscious dying.
His scholar in residence Fulbright appointment was granted after he published his break-through book, Scientific Evidence of the Existence of the Soul, a finalist in a literary contest funded by James Kidd, a wealthy prospector who was willing to bequeath his entire estate to anyone who could prove there was a visual spirit; a spirit which we could see.
[2] He published a number of works on philosophy, psychology, and the quest for meaning and purpose of life in his poetry of 1000 Sonnets for God.