Relationships Articles

In my life I’ve been “fortunate” to have experienced 2 major relationship break-ups.  I say “fortunate” because these experiences afforded me the deepest and most experiential learning I could ever ask for (despite the pain I may have had to endure.)  I’ve come to learn that each relationship, whether lifelong or temporary is a God assignment, sent to me for my greatest learning. 

How much time do you spend feeding your child’s soul? Get ready to pass on your spiritual legacy by learning three key ingredients to nurture their spiritual well-being.

As I wrote in my introductory article: The Path to the Self-Realization, I began my spiritual quest for several reasons. I wish to be able to summarize these reasons into a small text but im a afraid its impossible. Why? Too many experiences, too many words of wisdom and too many insights, big and small but all fulfilling in their own ways.

Everyone has both a masculine and a feminine side. This basic polarity is part of you whether you like it or not, whether you are a man or woman, boy or girl. Essentially, the masculine side comes from a place of strength. Strength is at the top end of the scale, whereas weakness is at the bottom end. In contrast, the feminine side comes from a place of goodness. Here, goodness is at the top end of the scale, whereas badness or evil is at the bottom end.

Sorting out life’s mysteries has always been my underlying purpose. When i was very young, i wondered about life and what it’s all about … What is God? … Where is God? … Who am i? … The only relationship that counts is our conscious oneness with the Source, Spirit, Energy, the one Creative Principle of Life ... Some of the poet’s were a huge help … Most poetry was like Greek to me, but some of their messages, like the following examples, so struck me…

What are the lies we bought as love that are causing us to suffer? What are the lies we bought as love that are causing us not to be happy? What are the lies we bought as love that are causing us not to love ourselves? What are the lies we bought as love that are causing us to put up with situations that are not good for us? What are the lies we bought as love that are causing us to stay stuck in manipulative or abusive relationships or to be treated badly? What are the lies we bought as love that cause us to be abusive?

Standing your ground is trivial and has very little to do with your inner strength. The truly enlightened and wise find their power in unconditional love. Who is right and who is wrong is spiritually insignificant. Truly powerful people seldom have any need for excessive self-defense or forcing their views upon others. It simply does not matter. Do you want to be right… or do you want to make a difference in the world?

Patience is the antidote to the restless poison of the ego. Without it we all become ego-maniacal bulls in china shops, destroying our future happiness, as we blindly rush in where angels fear to tread. In these out-of-control moments, we bulldoze through the best possible outcomes for our lives, within a matter of minutes, only to return to the scene of the crime later… to cry over spilt milk.

Why is the response to beauty built into human consciousness? Why are we drawn so naturally and often so powerfully to whom and what we consider beautiful? Is this the Universe's way of inviting us to The Dance? Beauty may be a gateway unlike any other -- available to everyone and leading, in its deepest reaches, to something like divine union.

Problems that exist in a couple’s relationship are manifested in their environment. As a Feng Shui practitioner, some of the things I would like to know about the couple are: how they feel together in their home, which rooms do they have more issues and problems, do they enjoy entering their home or do they especially enjoy leaving it? In addition, which elements in their home support each person; wood, fire, earth, metal or water. Are these elements available in their home to offer individual growth?