How do you balance your desire for liberation with your wordly desires?
One of my friends asked me if I talk to her just out of compassion instead of out of real feelings of friendship. That question really freaked me out, especially because it seems to be pointing to some truth


Indeed. Insightful or intuitive question by the lady 


  One part of me wants to keep going along this Path, because all of the peace it has brought to me. The other part is not so sure if is
  ready to lose its bonds, relationships and wordly goals and ties,
  feelings which can be ascribed to still being in love with Samsara,
  and still having ignorant tendencies.


Worldly friends generally will not abandon you when you live a more isolated life. They like to reassure themselves you are not crazy when you occasionally turn up to one of their social events &amp; act reasonably normally. This said, yes, a genuine Dhamma life in ordinary society is very isolated. It can be more isolated than living in a monastery (because in the monastery there may be some like-minded persons).