[joe-salton]

i can tell you what i typically do, but it's far from perfect. i don't really have any "advice" for you, but you may be able to learn/teach further based on my experiences.

having received a degree ostensibly in science, yet being of the conviction that the modern, main-stream, sciences are significantly more flawed than most would admit, i've had plenty of opportunity to deal with dogmatic science types. my typical and preferred approach to begin to unlock their minds -- i'll put the key in the door but to turn the key is their choice -- is to mention that i've heard about some neat things that are really strange and i'm not totally sure what to make of them.. and i stress again that they're interesting. typically this piques another's skeptical interest. i tell the whole thing like it's some neat story that someone came up with and only delve further than to say "i don't know if i believe it, but it makes some sense" if they seem open. if they don't seem open, i generally avoid the issue since this very passive approach will over time have the potential to sink into their deeper mind and, if they choose it, can catalyze great transformations.

for those who seem to be on the verge of opening up, if they seem willing to read books about things, i really like (i hope the mods will let this book title pass!) [the holographic universe] because it presents a non-overtly-spiritual slant to understanding things and gives a very broad overview of the whole of alternative sciences. it's also sufficiently scientific in its subject matter that to someone who sees things from that perspective it's very palatable.

-charles