He had extensive training with, and was initiated by, Filipino healers. He is a son of the Casa with John of God in Brazil. For more than thirty years a busy schedule of extensive healings and lectures has taken him throughout the United States. Cosme was ordained after two years of study at the Anchor College of Truth in San Bernardino, California. He is the co-founder and director of Universal Cosara Temples. The purpose of this church is to promote the education, well being and spiritual development of the individual in relationship to the family, community and the earth.

A certified massage therapist, Cosme was trained by, and is a member of, the Institute of Integral Health. At the present time Cosme lives in Nevada City, California where he teaches basic, intermediate and advanced healing classes, does spiritual body attunements, and works as a professional photographer.