Afghan Kid

Behind -- I graduated high school but felt behind compared to other students.  I had no plans and one question in mind.  What do I do next?Support the show (https://www.paypal.com/myaccount/summary)

My Only Friend -- During my high school years, my biology teacher was my only friend, a mentor someone I looked up to, and I appreciated him explaining the new culture.  Support the show (https://www.paypal.com/myaccount/summary)

My Only Friend -- During my high school years, my biology teacher was my only friend, a mentor someone I looked up to, and I appreciated him explaining the new culture.  Support the show (https://www.paypal.com/myaccount/summary)

First Job in America -- The young immigrant boy finds a job to do, and I was excited to work in America, which was a step in the right direction. Support the show (https://www.paypal.com/myaccount/summary)

Invisible Boy -- I was invisible to other high school kids, and as an outsider, I saw them, but they didn't see me. Support the show (https://www.paypal.com/myaccount/summary)

A New Culture -- A new way of life was upon us in this new land called America. As an immigrant boy, I had to learn what I needed to do, so I wasn't behind.Support the show (https://www.paypal.com/myaccount/summary)

A New Land -- America was the far fantasy land that we were dreaming of while we lived in Pakistan, and finally, that dream was to become a reality. We were one of the lucky families.Support the show (https://www.paypal.com/myaccount/summary)

Waheed -- My father figure an Afghan man that noticed my head was down most of the times as if he knew the traumas that I was carrying as a child. Hope. Support the show (https://www.paypal.com/myaccount/summary)

Refugee Life -- In the 1980s, half of the world's refugee population were from Afghanistan, and our family was no different. We were lucky to have escaped the war and the suffering. Support the show (https://www.paypal.com/myaccount/summary)

Life in Pakistan -- After escaping through the mountains from the Communists and the war, Pakistan became our new home. We became war refugees once we crossed the border and faced a new life. Support the show (https://www.paypal.com/myaccount/summary)

The Journey -- We traveled on foot through the mountains for freedom. Like millions of families, we had to escape the crimes of the Russian Red Army.Support the show (https://www.paypal.com/myaccount/summary)

The Day Came -- We were just like the 5-10 million Afghans who fled the country during the Communist invasion—only a single story of a family that wanted to escape the traumas of war. Support the show (https://www.paypal.com/myaccount/summary)

The Guide -- The older man that took my father out of Kabul city during the Communist invasion. Support the show (https://www.paypal.com/myaccount/summary)

War Facts -- The war wounds that Afghans have suffered for decades began with the Russians' invasion in 1979. The communist are gone, but we still see the impacts of war. Support the show (https://www.paypal.com/myaccount/summary)

Hold Your Fear -- My fears followed me for decades, and knowing and dissolving them was simple, but I had to do the inner work. "Just see it."Support the show (https://www.paypal.com/myaccount/summary)

Wish Granted -- My wish for my father to vanish happened quickly, something I wished for but never saw it coming.Support the show (https://www.paypal.com/myaccount/summary)

Red -- The red color of Communism painted our city streets, towns, and schools a new way of life. I was not too fond of the color red as a young child because I was frightened by it.Support the show (https://www.paypal.com/myaccount/summary)

House Invaded -- The Russian Red Army attacked Kabul city, Afghanistan, in 1979, and this is how I found out a superpower stormed into our country. Afghanistan was one of the poorest nations before the war. Support the show (https://www.paypal.com/myaccount/summary)

Why -- Stand up to the cycle, and why not. It's time. What is my intention, and why am I talking about all of this stuff. Support the show (https://www.paypal.com/myaccount/summary)

Meditation Part 4 -- I have more work to do a lifetime of work that will automatically blossom meditation in every aspect of my life.Support the show (https://www.paypal.com/myaccount/summary)

Meditation Part 3 -- Oh no, it is not what I have been thinking.Support the show (https://www.paypal.com/myaccount/summary)

Meditation 2 -- Let me look if this will work for me.Support the show (https://www.paypal.com/myaccount/summary)

Meditation Part 1 -- What is meditation, and how do I get there. Support the show (https://www.paypal.com/myaccount/summary)

Mental Health -- A global issue, mental illness is present in Afghans who suffer the past traumas of war, physical violence, and abuse. It is in you and me. Support the show (https://www.paypal.com/myaccount/summary)

Is It Mine? -- What I witnessed infused in me but was it mine. Support the show (https://www.paypal.com/myaccount/summary)

911 -- Imagine if this number was available forty-five years ago. When a culture keeps one accountable for a crime one commits, that action alone is healing. Support the show (https://www.paypal.com/myaccount/summary)

Suicide -- When the trauma spills into our present life and becomes life, it is difficult to escape such pain. The disorder that is caused knowing you have no voice. Support the show (https://www.paypal.com/myaccount/summary)

Mommy Dearest -- Support the show (https://www.paypal.com/myaccount/summary)

Falling Into Poop -- I fell into a lake of poop. I did.Support the show (https://www.paypal.com/myaccount/summary)

My First Fear - - The formation of my first fear in life when I was almost four years old in Afghanistan and how I was afraid of it day and night. Support the show (https://www.paypal.com/myaccount/summary)

My Father's Shadow -- He was like a shadow for the early part of my childhood even though I remember other events vividly; somehow, he was separated from my consciousness. Support the show (https://www.paypal.com/myaccount/summary)

A Fight -- A fight tells the many traumatic stories of my childhood witnessing domestic violence. Dark moments in my life that had formed shadowy impressions on me for the rest of my life. Support the show (https://www.paypal.com/myaccount/summary)

Black Widow -- Black widow's part in the story of the domestic violence I witnessed. Support the show (https://www.paypal.com/myaccount/summary)

My Father's Hand -- Only two instances in my life that I remember him. He was there, but I didn't want to see him.Support the show (https://www.paypal.com/myaccount/summary)

Trauma -- If we are human, then we have experienced some trauma. My childhood trauma growing up in Afghanistan is not a singular story but shared with millions of young children. Support the show (https://www.paypal.com/myaccount/summary)

Report? -- The thought of reporting does not exist in the Afghan culture today and never existed before. We are in an abusive cycle that is repeating itself in different generations. Support the show (https://www.paypal.com/myaccount/summary)

5 Million -- Five million is too many eyes to see the impressions of domestic violence, something we carry as trauma for the rest of our lives. Support the show (https://www.paypal.com/myaccount/summary)

Some Facts -- Facts confirm my story of domestic violence and a global issue that we are facing. A generational trauma that is hovering over you and me.Support the show (https://www.paypal.com/myaccount/summary)

Violence -- Our life was what the universe offered us at that moment. The violence was just a way of life to survive and strive for hope.Support the show (https://www.paypal.com/myaccount/summary)

Our Life -- Generational traumas have become our traditions, our culture, and a way of life. This vicious cycle is centuries old, and it has stood there before you and me. Can one stand to a way of life?Support the show (https://www.paypal.com/myaccount/summary)

Little Mok -- Little Mok had his ideas and thoughts on his imaginative ways of dealing with his childhood trauma.Support the show (https://www.paypal.com/myaccount/summary)

First Glance - - A love story formed by only a look. The story of how my parents met 60 plus years ago in Afghanistan. Support the show (https://www.paypal.com/myaccount/summary)

We Are Born Perfect -- How perfection experiences trauma and makes it his/her consciousness.Support the show (https://www.paypal.com/myaccount/summary)

Presence - - There is the light of Presence in you and me, and it will light the way to feel your trauma. Breathe it and let it transform and ordinary moment into an extraordinary one-Support the show (https://www.paypal.com/myaccount/summary)

Jelly-Fish -- My Jellyfish needed to be free in the ocean of my mind-I was not only carrying my trauma, but I was also taking the people.Find ways to release your trauma-release your trauma internally and externally.Support the show (https://www.paypal.com/myaccount/summary)

Pain-Body -- The unconscious pain that was within me-I was not aware of it-Pain- body is simply seeking healing- something I tried to ignore.Support the show (https://www.paypal.com/myaccount/summary)

Self Realization -- Self Realization is Self Awareness. We need awareness to see our patterns; my patterns had become my life. Support the show (https://www.paypal.com/myaccount/summary)

Not Mine -- "Not mine" is powerful- it helped me realize that I was not a participant in the trauma that I carried in my life for many years. I call it the "not mine" recovery that was initial steps toward healing.Support the show (https://www.paypal.com/myaccount/summary)

Mokhtar's Murmur -- Let the murmurs sing the song of healing. The murmurs have always been there for me-a soft and gentle guidance. You have your murmurs.Use your murmurs and inner voice to chose what is best for you.Support the show (https://www.paypal.com/myaccount/summary)

Where is My Mentor -- We need physical and non-physical mentors in our journey of healing. Chose the bits and parts of what makes sense only to you. After all, you know yourself the best, so use the worldly expressions that come your way to be apart of your healing journey.Support the show (https://www.paypal.com/myaccount/summary)

Trauma - - If you are human, you have suffered some trauma-trauma needs the prescription of healing. Trauma awareness is self-awareness. Support the show (https://www.paypal.com/myaccount/summary)