Hello Sir, I live in Australia for three years and i have seen many things  change very fast and myself as well. Like, before i was just doesn’t care about anything and i was not greedy about anything in my life but now i observe that, i am pretty changed and i know it’s pretty hard to say but I am very rude to the people who are around me. i want to do everything  quickly and fast and i am also get frustrated as well and i always thought i should change myself but than i keep myself cool for few hours but after that i got more worse than that but suddenly realize that i have done something wrong …… i think it’s become my nature.. please tell me what should i do to change myself and frankly said i want to become a good family person and healthy relationship in my life with everyone like at home and at work as well. So please help me with this.. please…

If a person thinks that they have insight into meaning and connectedness of the world – or just essentially how to become happier and more actualised – do they have a duty to share that information? Or should this be something which each individual finds out for themselves, since it cannot really be taught until a person is ready to listen anyway?

I have , I think, a good understanding of “wellness”, in theory and practice, having been interested in this sort of thing all my life, but even beginning to think that I might know more than the next person about finding meaning in life seems terribly arrogant. On the other hand, I feel if I know something, I do also feel I should share it.
And then, there’s also the troubling fact that if you start talking about spirituality and connectedness to many people, you sound slightly crazy, which I think has probably contributed to my habit of denying or playing down my (by now pretty firmly held) beliefs.
How do you handle the responsibility of telling people – this is the way the world works? Or do you have to simply say – this is the way the world works for me?

I am a vegetarian for 30 odd years now , living in Zimbabwe. I am struggling within – materially there are goals that I want to achieve and I want a peaceful life. Since yesterday I have gone back to your 7 spiritual laws and I will be following them on daily basis. I am struggling with the fact that as a family our business is poultry farming – which is what came up this year for our family after many years of looking for a business. I accepted it as I constantly asked the universe for some business to achieve my goals. For years now I have sat back and then this came up. I love the challenge of business but I need to ask you for your guidance. How can I come to some peace with all this? I have 2 children whom I have to put through university next year. Please guide me or teach me to guide myself.

I really enjoy your teachings and books. I understand the things you speak of in your many books because I have experienced them myself. Life is a beautiful journey. I have just read “Peace is the Way”. It is a wonderful book. One thing that concerns me is something I read on page 151 of “Peace is the Way”. It concerns me because you are a great spiritual leader and you are showing many the way, speaking to their souls so that they may realize that what they are seeking is within themselves. The statement you made regarding the religious relationship some have to God, saying that “Basically, this is the relationship of a child to a parent. In the family setting reward and punishment work, since children need to be taught the lessons of right and wrong.” Deepak, I know you are not immersed in raising your children now so maybe you have forgotten a fundamental and vital detail. Honoring children is so important because it shows them how to honor themselves, others and their environment. Children should not be coerced, as this teaches coercion. The root cause of every act of violence among humans in the history of humanity is one person or a group of people believing he/she or they had the right to impose his/her or their will upon another. If we impose our will upon our children by the use of punishment or rewards of any kind, we are teaching them that they have the right to impose their will upon others. Children should be talked to, cared for and shown to listen to their inner-guidance. That is the discerning factor for determining right and wrong. It is so important for humanity to abandon any kind of power-over relationships with anyone, including children. In doing this, we can help not only ourselves get over our many personal issues, but we can help future generations be even more capable of the wonderful changes that
we envision. As Gandhi said, “There is no way to peace, peace is the way”. This does not exclude the relationships we have with our children. There must be so much to writing books, there is no way to get all the pertinent concepts across. I just want to raise this to your attention and I am hoping that this will be food for thought for you in future dialog you write or engage in, regarding one of the most important interactions we have that pertains directly to peace- the interactions we have with children. I have heard you say that when your children were young, you told them to do what makes them happy. I think you understand what I am saying and probably practiced it when you were raising your children. So much begins with our children, they are a vital part that can change the world for the better. They understand so much and unlike us, children can provide a fresh look at things, ideas of ways of doing thing that we adults are not capable of imagining. We can learn so much from them by treating them as the equals that they are. By partnering with our children, walking through life step-by-step with them, discussing matters fully, adults and children can make better decisions. This helps us all learn ways of understanding all sides of conflicts. The wonderful child-advocate, John Holt, said that children are our greatest assets. They truly are. Thank you so much for your time and thank you for the great work that you do.

I’ve gone through up and down periods in my life.  I’ve delved into new age programs and there is nothing that I haven’t tried: I’ve been very adventurous throughout my lifetime. Now I’m in my late 50’s, alone, running out of money because my job doesn’t pay me enough, and my mom just died after being hospitalized for a month — I never left her side.

When I read your comments about synchronicity, etc., — it all seems like one big lie.  Life is just hard and then we die.  And lately, I wish it would come sooner rather than later for me!