Relationships.

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Two of the best quotes I have read on

relationships are from Tolle and

Hawkins. The quote by Tolle emphasizes

how to use a dysfunctional relationship

to become More Conscious; the quote by

Hawkins tries to explore what sorts of

relationships remain 'functional' and

which ones go 'dysfunctional'!

 

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Humanity is under great pressure to

evolve because it is our only chance of

survival as a race. This will affect

every aspect of your life and close

relationships in particular. Never before

have relationships been as

problematic and conflict ridden as they

are now.

 

As you may continue to pursue

the goal of salvation through a

relationship, you will be disillusioned

again and again. But if you accept that

the relationship is here to make you

conscious instead of happy, then the

relationship will offer you salvation,

and you will be aligning yourself with

the higher consciousness that wants to

be born into this world. For those who

hold to the old patterns, there will be

increasing pain, violence, confusion,

and madness.

 

~ Eckhart Tolle

 

 

http://peacefulrivers.homestead.com/EckhartTolle.html

 

 

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In a successful business or institution or family or relationship,

you're all in alignment with intention.

 

 

~ David R. Hawkins

 

 

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People interact and are involved with each other, but they're not

aligned with each other. There are two kinds of alignment, which I

call horizontal and vertical. In relationships, you're horizontal;

they're involved with each other's solar plexus, each looking to be

right.

 

In vertical alignment, you're both aligned with the goal of

the relationship, not with each other's solar plexus. If the goal is

to make each other happy, they're both aligned with that goal. In

horizontal, they're using emotional force, moral blackmail. They're

interacting, not aligned. If you're both trying to make a better

garden, you're both working on the garden. If you're trying to have

a better garden than hers, then you're over there pulling up her

plants. People would rather die than give up being right. The ego is

quite addictive.

 

~ David R. Hawkins

 

 

 

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