I am Persian. 43 yrs ago I was sent to Vienna to study music., after winning an award among schools in Teheran-by chance. I never wanted to study music, I never-not even 5 min.- did I want to stay in Austria. I had vowed with 10/11 yrs-after reading holocaust stories in magazines-I would never in my life go to fascist German-speaking countries. After 3 years I stopped studying music and chose randomly Theatre Sciences, German Literature (in order to be able to teach something at the Teheran Univ.!?) and Philosophy.

My preference would have been Persian Lit and Sanskrit. Every moment was painful. Upon returning home, I met my future ex-husband and married quite quickly as the upcoming Mullah-regime didn’t allow friendships between unmarried people. Due to the situation and Gulf-war we were lucky to be able to leave Iran due to my connections in Austria. I tried to escape “Austria/ns” by leaving to England, Canada and a short time in the US with my beautiful, very talented son for almost 7 years. But I had to return in 1992 and live here. I started meditating 20 yrs ago, following your teachings, practicing many self help materials (Seth, Abraham, etc..) which were quite helpful. BUT I don’t seem to be able to successfully eradicate the hate and my dismay and dislike of these people. German is the language I have best command of, but I hate to listen or read even one word!
I so much desired to take the vow of ahimsa on your homepage. I’ve always suffered because of these negative feelings, especially because I’m spiritual and caring and peace-loving. And believe me, I’ve tried anything I can think of!

My question: How can I get rid of these negative feelings in order to be able to live a loving, peaceful, creative and active life in service of others?

I can’t thank you enough for everything you’ve done. Being able to contact you online is just heavenly!
With my deepest respect, gratitude and love,

I’ve been asked by skeptics over the years why is our population continually growing if souls are being reborn through reincarnation? I’ve never been able to answer that. I’d like to add this: If there is a Spirit, or as you call it: God, and that entity is still watching over all creation, why IS our population growing out of hand?
Forgive me if I’ve just not read enough to have found these answers. I’ve only just begun to learn from you. I’ve already learned so much! I can’t wait till August and I can go to Arizona for a seminar. I wish there was one sooner! But I’ll be patient and take the time to read everything I can and take it slowly enough to absorb it and understand it. Thanks so much and for answering these questions. Peace.

This may be a strange question. As I’m learning, and hopefully engaging, more and more of my authentic self in my day-to-day, will there be times of “missing” the old way of habits and feelings? There are days I feel “left out” of things, even though I feel balanced and know all is well. I’m wondering if I’m not paying attention to something, in denial, and those kinds of things.
Thank you.