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Old 12-20-2007, 07:09 PM
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Maybe she (and you!) would be more comfortable if you explain that this site is not about a belief system and it's not a club or organization, but rather, it's a bunch of people experimenting with ideas, sharing the results we get, and supporting each other's efforts to create lives we love.

There's nothing to "join" or commit to here, except for some basic rules of civility. Agreement and submission are not required in order for your participation. There is nothing here that would inhibit freedom in any way -- except your own emotional and mental constraints, of course! And this is a great place to loosen up those constraints and become more free in your "real" life.

I would recommend something for you, though: I would practice letting go of "I wish she would be more open-minded. I (want) her to live more consciously." Practice accepting her exactly as she is and exactly as she is not. I suspect she subconsciously feels your desire for her to be other, more, or better than what she is, even "for her own good" (the bane of humanity), and that may be the reason she's uncomfortable.

Practice being, yourself, what you wish to see in her: being open and accepting of her. Her choices are her choices, and love includes generating a space of freedom for her to feel safe about that. Of course, that doesn't mean you can't be inspirational to her!
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