Answering the sincere invitation of a heart-felt letter, our merciful Supreme Master Ching Hai decided to put an end to the war going on in Europe in 1999 by launching a tightly scheduled European lecture tour. Remembering this trip which stretched her to the extreme in emotional, mental and psychological aspects, Master lamented that she lacked a good helper by her side who could stay alert, focused, and clear-headed at all times, and who had telepathic communication with her. Master said that telepathic ability can be acquired through training. “If you concentrate, you naturally have that. Everybody has telepathic ability within themselves. If you concentrate, you train yourself for a little while, you will know it. All the higher worlds, they just use telepathy. They don't use language. They don't explain, they don't talk. You understand it automatically. And there's no need to use language.”