Hello!

I know we are not supposed to speak about religion here so I will keep it in very generic terms. I met someone online about a month ago that was speaking about her "faith" and it really sounded like something I would be interested in. This "faith" is not a religion just a broad range of spiritual attributes and belief in God. Me and this friend had several spiritual discussions and it made a wonderful bond.

However, as life kept me away from my time online she became very angry and suspicious of me. What she was preaching did not make add up to the way she was behaving. Anyway, she wrote me a very angry email saying bad things such as "I deserve whatever happened to me" and other things that I will not discuss because they were horrible. I politely responded by telling her that I valued her as a sister, and I loved her, but I think we should end our friendship because she is too explosive for me. I also said I would still look into the "faith" we discussed, because I am really interested in it.

Her response to that email made me cry. She called me a sociopath, and some really terrible horrible vile things. Things that NO ONE has ever said to me before. I have never come across such hateful words in my life and they really made me cry, and broke my heart.

The problem is, I went to the "faith" center on Friday and met with some really wonderful people who gave me books and information for me to learn the new "faith". But as I was reading I was having flashbacks of her vile words. In fact she said "I could care less if you want to be a Baha'i, they don't need sociopathic "wh*res" like you in their community" Those words echo in my head as I am trying to connect with this faith.

Does anyone have any suggestions how I can remove these thoughts from my head and continue with this wonderful faith, that promotes nothing but unity, spirituality, and love?

Thanks and blessings to you all!