The resistance close ones often show towards a family member's spiritual journey comes from fear of losing them, thinking they'll turn ascetic. True goodness is never exclusive; it can't be good for one and bad for another. You have to very subtly and tactfully, demonstrate that what you’re doing or reading is for general good, not just personal.
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Questioner: So, my wife has a perception about the Gurus, and she thinks that all the Gurus are basically into money-making stuff, influencing people, people’s minds and she has a point of view of her own about all these things. So, I somehow, sometimes made her watch a few of your videos and she was not very convinced about the things and whenever we have a discussion when I’m giving my point of view, she always tells me that this point of view is coming from one of your Babas you listen to, and this is not your point of view. And this is all impractical stuff they feed into your mind.
So much so that it is becoming almost impossible for me to converse on any topic with her. And, the situation, means for last fifteen days, has been like this that I’m not totally conversing with her and I’m at very peace with it. I’m able to devote more time to studying Upanishads and listening to lectures and other things.
And, somehow, I feel, whenever I observe other people’s behavior, now, it is especially, I’m getting kind of irritated by people why people devote more time to watching movies, listening to filmy songs and all those things, but yeah, probably I don’t talk to them regarding this.
