Approaching those on the dogmatic path...

[APeacefulWarrior]

That's the thing though. I am not trying to change them at all, as I feel that all paths are correct. If I am coming across as trying to actively change their minds, then that is a matter of perception.

Well, here's the thing: ALL communication is ultimately an attempt to change -even if only slightly- someone's mind. And, taking it a step further, I believe it's philosophically justified to say all communication must necessarily bring change. Even if it's only a very slight change. The act of seeing or hearing another's words creates an imprint of those words on the receiver's mind, and forces a reaction to them in one way or another.

This, as I see it, is a fundamentally unavoidable result of energetic interactions. A and B cannot come into contact in any way without both being changed by the experience. And the exact nature of that change can never be precisely predicted beforehand. Especially not in 3D incarnation.

Now, where this becomes an issue in terms of proselytization of any sort, is that if someone doesn't agree with or share your worldview, the mere act of reading your words and being "forced" to reject them is a negative act. And broadly speaking, the less their views have in common with yours, the more negative their reaction will likely be. (Since, in this case, opposites repel.)

Yet on the other hand, as Jade said, there's always the chance that someone will resonate strongly with your words as well.

It's really just going to be up to your own judgement and wisdom to decide when\if that tradeoff is worth making. Put bluntly, if you go around preaching, you are going to piss some people off. Is it worth doing so if it means helping a few people also 'see the light', so to speak, and open their eyes? You're the only one who can answer that.

But I don't think it's worthwhile getting too deep into the "free will" side of things. The only end game there is to attempt to cease all communications -as I've heard some Zen Masters do- but that's hardly practical in our day-to-day life. Otherwise, I advise simply seeking to understand this energetic interplay within communication and seek to utilize it wisely.