How do you open someone else's mind?

The short answer: You can't. The long one: You can't make someone do something against his will, and if you can, is wrong. I know it sounds wird, but belive me it is. You need to let her be like that. Someday she will change, and will see that you were right. There are people like that, and I don't like it and it's hard to watch, but i don't have another choice. Hope she will change soon.

well, I have the same problem with my mom, I realize that the only way that they could change is to let them realize the mistake that they have by their own. A priest told me that before you change somebody else, try to change yourself first, maybe they'll see it to you first then maybe they'll realize it

One of the things that I often can't believe in this world is the number of people who just refuse to open their minds about everything that we talk about. I think that a lot of people are scared about change, and they are worried that changing their own minds about something might be seen as a form of weakness because once they have shown that they are willing to change their minds about one thing, it might start to happen with other things as well. The only thing that you can do is to explain the reasons for your views that you hold, and simply hope that they would come around to your way of thinking after a careful debate about the subject.

The problem with trying to open the eyes of a close minded person is that they are usually so unwilling and unaccepting of new ideas and thoughts that are different than their own that they don't even seem to have the capability of envisioning the world in a different way. There are many people that may never change the way they think no matter what kind of evidence you present to them just because some people really don't like or want change. Many people think that what is happening in the world is all okay, and they can't seem to really think about whether things are morally wrong or try to think about how we could be doing things differently. The way I deal with these kind of people is I'll just state my opinion and if they say something back that is clearly unaccepting, I'll just not push the issue. Sometimes it's better to just let people continue in their ways because they just want to be that way. We can't get upset over the beliefs of someone else.

In time, there minds will either be opened when they finally see something that even they cannot really ignore. Or they will just ignore it really anywhere. It is really unfortunate how the most narrow minded people are also going to be the most stubborn people out there. The most rather frustrating to really get something, any point through their head. It is to the point where I really do just say my piece and rather move on with the rest of my life. If something sunk in, then maybe there is some hope that their minds will be pried open just a little bit. It is really just something that is going to be frustrating, where many people just will not open their mind in any way whatsoever.

My boss is like that too..well I just let her do what she likes because I know she will just discover it herself that what she's doing is not right..sometimes personal challenges make our minds open..

Why would you want to change SOMEONE ELSE'S mind? All people have the right to live as they choose. I know this doesn't always happen but it is true. Who in this human world has the right to judge what is right and what is wrong? Maybe in YOUR eyes what your aunt is doing is wrong. Maybe even in the eyes and minds of many other people what she is doing is wrong. However if she believes that what she is doing is right who are we to tell her any different? She was born with a free will as we all are. If God has given us the gift of free will who are we to try to take that from someone? There are all kinds of people in this world including ones that are considered open-minded and ones that are closed-minded. We all know how difficult it is to change OURSELVES let alone take on the monumental task of changing someone else. Accept your aunt as she is. Yes she has been given the gift of free will but along with the freedom to choose comes having to deal with the consequences of the choices we make. Let her make her own choices and she will have to deal with the consequences that arise.