Dear crawford:

You shared that you live with your father who is “Ego-identified.. is not spiritual at all”, and because you are quite, still, meditative and spiritual, not engaging with him in trivial discussions, he thinks that you are depressed or rude.

You wrote: “I would love to hear some perspective or advice”- depending on the trivial topics your father is interested in, maybe you can engage with him in such discussions, inserting your spiritual beliefs and attitudes into the discussion in simple to understand terms (?)

anita