When because of our bhakti principles we can’t eat the food offered by our relatives how can we avoid alienating them from bhakti?

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So When we can’t eat with others With our relatives or colleagues Because of our restrictions And they can’t prepare within our restrictions Then they feel As if we are just rejecting them So how can we give them a positive Perception of bhakti There are Different ways in which We can express Our concern for them Everybody One advantage of Contemporary world is that It’s quite individualistic So Individualistic means that You do your thing And I’ll do my thing And You don’t impose your thing on me And I won’t impose my thing on you So in that sense There are so many people who are vegans now And They are quite strict about it And other people respect it So in that sense The Ayurveda society becomes A little bit more Individualistic Indian society to some extent is more You could say More Community centered rather than individual centered So in that sense If the community itself is spiritual that’s wonderful But if it is not Then it becomes a little more difficult But still As long as There are certain principles Which we follow But it’s not that we reject everything See especially We can be there when we need help Many times When somebody is sick When somebody is in their Final moments Some relative, some family member Or they need in some other situation We can be there at that time So See principles Can also be followed In a way that Doesn’t make people Feel uncomfortable If I am following Certain regulations And I make others feel lowly For not following those regulations That is when they become Very uncomfortable But if we say These are my spiritual principles And just leave it at that We don’t say you know you have to do this So then sometimes If we practically adjust And say okay I’ll come there But then I’ll take this diet or this diet Or then if it’s difficult for you to get I’ll arrange something for myself It’s not that we are not going to come there So it’s just that In this world People Are Often uncomfortable with the unfamiliar So If we just Make them Recognize that okay there is some aspect Of me which is unfamiliar But others are the same So Then it becomes Less difficult There are certain principles which we have to be firm about Because otherwise if you keep bending Then they’ll just bend us in everything So certain things We have to be firm about But that doesn’t mean It’s also how I am firm About things It is I can I can be pure Without making Others feel impure If I do that Then overall people Accept It’s just a little bit of Sensitive To understand within that situation How can I express affection How can I reciprocate with them Without compromising My principles Beyond that I would say that People’s main concern Is Especially if people are close to us or they are Loved ones What are we doing with our life If they see overall That by our bhakti practices we have become a better person If we become More responsible, more mature Then over a period of time They’ll accept it. It takes time But over a period of time This is just one aspect of this person I don’t agree with it but I accept it See there is There are three levels There is something which people Just can’t Accept There is something which people No, first is they just can’t understand it Second is They understand but they don’t accept Third is They understand and they accept So at the very least We should not be at this level Why are you doing like this Just can’t understand So we try to rationally explain, we try to be courteous We try to be kind So if we can come to second or third level That is good enough, then our relationships can move on Functionally But if we are self-righteous about what we are doing Then what happens is People just feel totally alienated Totally alienated So it’s better that We avoid that Perception that I am higher than you It’s one thing I am different than you Another is I am higher than you So I am different, that’s okay But if I am higher Then it alienates people Any other question? How much time do we have? Five more minutes So you mentioned about The