Spirituality, Family and Friends

[dharm4]

Hey guys, I am still new to the forum but have a question:

How do you guys deal with people closest to you? Like your partner or your best friend? Do you talk about your insights or do you keep them for yourself?

When I first started out on my spiritual journey I used to talk a lot about  it to my partner and best friend(s). Now I don't do it anymore, because it seems like people have a hard time relating to it. What's your opinion on this?

Would love to hear some insights on this :-) 

[student]

It depends on the other person, if he/she wants to listen or not, if, first of all, is interested in this kind of subject. If not, I can talk with any person about anything, it doesn't matter, it just matters that we have a sincerely good time and our relationship gets consolidated and don't just waste time, keeping each other company.

I know when people start walking on this path they want to do the same thing that they always did, talk about everything with everyone, but things change, everything changes. It is really tiring for another person to listen to something that they don't want to, don't have an interest. It is nothing wrong with that. There are plenty of people who are interested in "something different", progress, evolution etc. and you can easily talk with them and really expand their horizon, be a turning point for them, but others don't want that, and it is fine. You must concentrate on yourself and, of course, help those, if you sincerely want, that want help, "new" informations, different informations, because there are plenty of them and they can be really great friends. If you want to talk about this you only need those people that want something from life and are capable of seeing beneath the surface. The others are not a hindrance, but they can represent a challenge because they are only mantaining and living in the circle of distractions.

[PhilGR]

I think my friend that we are at the same page . I have talked a lot to my partner but she is so rationalist and 0% spiritual or actuallized , I couldn't continue the conversation ,also my best friends maybe would laugh at me because I am  young and many teen groups can't relate to deep topics. I usually speak to my mother who is an open minded and she seems to understand. But I mostly enjoy ask other people with the same belief like in this forum.