Dealing with family

BurningBush · #1 23-09-2015, 12:50 AM

I'm sure many of you have had similar experiences, but I'm at a point where I largely can't relate to anyone in my family anymore and I think they probably feel the same way. It's been that way for several years. We can have conversations just fine but there's never much depth to it, at least from my point of view. I've gone places within myself and I see the world in a way that I couldn't describe to them (and I've tried). Sadly, I'm not sure that I can say I love any of them at this point. They're like relics of my former self.

Shrek · #2 23-09-2015, 02:05 AM

Good relationship is what rare, whether with family member or not.
People need someone they can talk and trust. Usually we can trust family member easily.
Outside family, not easy to trust people but I guess there still many good people. If we are like stranger in our own family, we can find love not only from them, we can find it anywhere.

Maguru · #3 23-09-2015, 03:38 AM

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Originally Posted by BurningBush

I'm sure many of you have had similar experiences, but I'm at a point where I largely can't relate to anyone in my family anymore and I think they probably feel the same way. It's been that way for several years. We can have conversations just fine but there's never much depth to it, at least from my point of view. I've gone places within myself and I see the world in a way that I couldn't describe to them (and I've tried). Sadly, I'm not sure that I can say I love any of them at this point. They're like relics of my former self.

I feel the same about my family including my own kids. They are all adults of course but I feel we don't know each other at all. However, I think it comes down to knowing yourself first. It's then difficult to accept others for who they are without trying to fix them.

Golden Eagle · #4 23-09-2015, 04:59 AM

The Silence Of The Heart by Paul Ferrini will answer your questions ..... it will take far more than just a few words here!

Been through that as well ......

naturesflow · #5 23-09-2015, 05:05 AM

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Originally Posted by BurningBush

I'm sure many of you have had similar experiences, but I'm at a point where I largely can't relate to anyone in my family anymore and I think they probably feel the same way. It's been that way for several years. We can have conversations just fine but there's never much depth to it, at least from my point of view. I've gone places within myself and I see the world in a way that I couldn't describe to them (and I've tried). Sadly, I'm not sure that I can say I love any of them at this point. They're like relics of my former self.

This is what I have learned through family..."loving" others, is often a representation of self and how one feels in the moment of feeling and the extension of you. When old ends new awakens and potential falls in many new ways unknown. When you awaken to your most, true nature, naturally people around you are either drawn closer or you move away or they do. It is the nature of synchronicity and interconnectedness of all life in you where you are at within... Family are no exception... Old transforms into love in you in letting go, disconnection, not relating...reflecting you. As you grow and deepen within, you lead naturally as love, rather than "needing" to love. The expression outward is really related to how you feel in changing moments and shifting deeper. So what is now, is only temporary. where it goes, who knows? You know somewhere within you...