You need to seek validation from no-one. You still have very far to go. Once you completely stop caring what others think (and i mean still care about your family etc) then you can really get into yourself, and figure out truth.
Honestly, we're running out of time to discover truth. I'd suggest people take it a lot more seriously.
It is defintely true that I still have a ways to go in putting it into practice, and believing that I don't care instead of just saying the words and not feeling them. But, I am on the road and the farther I get, the more free I feel! The truth is so distant to many, and time is running out. Hopefully it can be reached before it's too late!