Do you shrink yourself

[wstein]

Originally Posted by Dar

Only two responders to the poll so far , from very different parts of the spectrum . I'd venture top say the average is roughly in the middle but I don't see us getting many more data points

Poll?? What poll?

[Swami Chihuahuananda]

Originally Posted by wstein

Poll?? What poll?

Excuse me , the 'poll' . The question(s) you and I just answered.

Originally Posted by Lucyan28

Now I wonder how all of you interact with "normal" people? (I mean people who don't believe or care about spiritual/magic/weird things)

Do you like regular basis conversations? Are you the party person? The cheer leader? The football quarterback?

Do you share your real thoughts with them, do you talk of your interests and discoveries with them?

[Lucyan28]

The other day I was talking with my coworkers about the astral projection, most of them remained silent, one of them said a quick joke about how drugs makes you believe in those things, so I stopped talking about the astral projection theme.

The same thing happened in highschool and college, they've always been reluctant to the spiritual topics, I don't know if it's because they're too young and only care about sex, money, fashion.

So I figured out the best way for me to interact with them is LISTENING, only listening, sometimes I reply with a different perspective of their situations, in that way they find something else.

Definitely I have always been the weird crazy alien for them.
I'm ok with that now.

[Lucyan28]

Originally Posted by Dar

The kind-of-weird neighbor who walks his Chihuahuas and stays up all night working and playing music (but no partying now) . Nobody out here in 'Hooterville' walks their Chihuahuas . They keep the big dogs in the yard and the little ones inside , but not us ; we're different

It would be marvelous if there were more neighbors like you out there

[Lucyan28]

Originally Posted by wstein

In ambiguous situations where only some are "normal", I toss in statements that can be interpreted at many levels as a test. Only if most respond in a way making it clear they are not "normal" would I venture to share "real" thoughts with them.

I will try to apply this thing about tossing a statements and see the reaction

As to "regular basis" conversations, they are of no interest to me. On good says they bore me senseless on bad days they make me ill. I'm pretty sure they feel the same about my conversations.

I can relate with the ill part.