01-05-2010, 09:16 PM
This is only my opinion, but maybe you should just give her information until you see some kind of response that indicates that the information is no longer being received or is causing further problems in your friend. You are presuming she won’t be able to handle the specifics of your path, but people can be surprising. I thought my dad was a hellfire Christian for twenty odd years…I at least didn’t expect him to believe in the stuff I believe in. Then he happened to see one of my posts on this site and he told me he believes what I say and is amazed by what he’s seen. All those years I let myself just stew over the thought of how close-minded he was, when in reality his mind was probably more open than mine was. It never hurts to ask, to test, to attempt to be of service. I would take it a little at a time and just see how far you get. If you feel like you run into a wall you can always back off and try a different approach. Maybe start off by asking this friend general questions about her interests and beliefs…get a general idea of what direction she’s coming from and go from there. If it turns out she absolutely will not accept anything you resonate with, you can still be of service simply by respecting and loving her. No one is saying you have to convert her, but you never know, you might be the message she’s just been waiting to hear.