The reason it is hard to communicate with family and friends after an awakening process or a conscious change, is not because you have changed, it is because their perception of you has not changed. They have an image of who they think you are, and so when you are in the middle of a great change, they can’t see that. They think it’s just a phase, and that you will sooner or later resume your old habits and continue to be the person in that mental image.
So every attempt you make at change, is always met with negativity from family, which makes it very hard to authentically be yourself, the new you, around them. This negativity, can, if you are not aware of it, cause you to become that image for them, just so harmony remains in the relationship. However, it is only an illusion of harmony, because while it appears to be harmonic on the surface level, there is a part of you, that doesn’t want to have to put on an act just to avoid conflict. Which is not harmonic at all.
So the only way to really bring about peace is to be unapologetically you, even if conflict comes with that. If you can remain unapologetically you, eventually, family and friends will begin to let the old image of you fall away, and see that you have truly changed. Or sometimes, by being unapologetically you, you discover who is really meant to be in your life and who isn’t. Either way, leads to peace, because when you live true to yourself, there is no conflict about your integrity. You love who you are.
