I am 34 yrs old. My mother passed away about 5 yr ago and that changed everything in my life. I changed my job, i moved from the US and especially in the last couple of years, I have been strongly drawn to spiritual materials and readings. After my mom died, i used to always ask what is the purpose of life, if everyone is going to die and all we do is left behind.
Washington Post On Faith: Reinventing the Body, Resurrecting the Soul
Dear Readers and Friends,
In our quest to grow and evolve, we all run into obstacles. We meet resistance. Change proves stubborn and at times impossible. Anything that I can do to overcome these obstacles is a contribution I never wish to pass up.
How the Brain Got Liberated
They mystery of the human brain recently took a step closer to being solved. This didn’t happen through a single breakthrough or because of an Einstein moment. Instead, an old belief was overturned by many separate researches. The old belief held that the brain couldn’t heal itself. Unlike almost every other organ, healing supposedly didn’t exist in the brain, so that once wounded or impaired, the damage was permanent. Now we know that’s not true.
Overcoming a deep-seated resentment
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,
Growing spiritually apart in relationship
Do you think that becoming spiritually can make you devoid of human emotion and somewhat impact your interpersonal relationships? I ask because my husband has always been very spiritual and meditates often. I am now reading The Third Jesus which made me think of this because it somewhat reminds me of Eckhart Tolle’s book, The Power of Now, which my husband read and gave to me. (more…)