Q: Dear Todd, as a kid or a teen, we don’t have these “toxic” thoughts and ideas, then how are we projecting these kinds of people in our life – bad people, liars, jealous people? Is it karma then? How come teachings say to live in the present moment, but still, we have to deal with karma and ancestors’ karma.

TODD ANSWERS: That’s a great question. It is truly senseless whenever there is cruelty against children. But while it is senseless, it is not causeless. Unfortunately, we live in a world where cruelty is tolerated because we (and our ancestors) didn’t collectively do everything we could to nourish kindness and compassion in our fellow humans