How do we best connect with people who aren’t Awakened?

From Djwhal Khul

When people are fully Awakened their awareness changes and they see things in a different way. This is gradual of course, as when people Meditate they automatically sense that they have been looking in the wrong direction as they search for a meaning in life.

So by analogy the fish swims upstream instead of downstream. It’s harder to swim upstream so these fish have to learn certain new skills in order to continue their journey. They have to put up with the jibes of the other fish still going down the easier path downstream and they lose friendships.
They reach the beautiful clear water at the top and can see a magnificent vista all around. Magically they can see that although there are many other types of fish they all actually have the same Consciousness and everything becomes One.

So the Spiritual Seeker often feels different as a child – they have difficulties because they are swimming against the tide, but they become much stronger as a result.