Does anyone else here have to keep their spiritual side secret? And how do you cope?

[sea-dove]

Originally Posted by Pastthemirror

We can’t always be as open as we’d like to be. Some people may not even like being open. For me, the thought of having to keep everything secret from those around me is a constant background noise in my head. I’m always trying to keep even my interest in spiritual studies from being discovered, for fear it’ll lead to more questions being asked. Needless to say, it takes a heavy toll on me.

Does anyone else, for any reason, have to keep it all to themselves? How do you cope with that?

I tell my family only the things they need to know as their belief system is quite different to my own eg I do healing (well used too) and this used to make my family angry when he heard I was working on a stall doing this (we were giving demos) as he doesn't believe in it he believes it's a fraud. (we were doing it for a gold coin donation. My father thinks healing is a con thing even if not done for any money at all. If you do anything outside of his beliefs.. you are a con to him).

There should not be a need to tell your family everything if they have a different belief system than you. I find this no real issue at all (and just ignore how my dad thinks about it, he has his belief and I have mine and I'm fine with that)

[Still_Waters]

Originally Posted by sea-dove

I tell my family only the things they need to know as their belief system is quite different to my own eg I do healing (well used too) and this used to make my family angry when he heard I was working on a stall doing this (we were giving demos) as he doesn't believe in it he believes it's a fraud. (we were doing it for a gold coin donation. My father thinks healing is a con thing even if not done for any money at all. If you do anything outside of his beliefs.. you are a con to him).

There should not be a need to tell your family everything if they have a different belief system than you. I find this no real issue at all (and just ignore how my dad thinks about it, he has his belief and I have mine and I'm fine with that)

I too do not share things when I suspect that the other may not be receptive. One tests the waters of receptivity little by little.