Personal Development for Smart People: The Conscious Pursuit of Personal Growth
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Personal Development for Smart People
Communion
C o m m u n i o n is the deep sense of bonding that gives rise to the emotional side of love. It's the delicious feeling of completeness that comes from sharing our true selves. Consider your relationship with another person. W h e r e does it actually exist? It doesn't exist a n y w h e r e in the external world. You can't simply point to it and say, "That's our relationship right there." t lives purely within your thoughts. Consequently, your connection •vith another person is whatever y o u think it is. Your belief makes the relationship real. If y o u cease to believe in it, then for all practical pur- poses, it no longer exists. The physical residue may remain, such as a particular living arrangement, but the true h u m a n connection will - a v e been lost. W h e n y o u understand that there's no such thing as an external -elationship and that all such connections exist solely in your mind, • ou'll b e c o m e aware that the true purpose of relationships is self- exploration. W h e n e v e r y o u c o m m u n i c a t e in any fashion, y o u are in truth exploring different aspects of yourself. W h e n y o u feel a deep sense of c o m m u n i o n with another person, y o u ' r e actually connecting deeply with an important part of yourself. By c o m m u n i n g with others, you learn to love yourself more fully. Every day I receive a large v o l u m e of e-mail feedback through my Wlebsite. Most of it comes from people w h o ' v e never met me in per- son, nor have they ever had a single conversation with m e . However, due to the large volume of personal information I've shared online, -nany consider me a close friend because they know so m u c h about ~ i e , so they write to me from the perspective that we already share a 31 PERSONAL DEVELOPMENT FOR SMART PEOPLE b o n d of love. In their very first message to m e , m a n y people will tell me things about themselves they w o n ' t even share with their spouses. In their minds, t h e y ' v e already experienced such a strong c o m m u n i o n with me over a period of months or years that they feel comfortable discussing their most private matters. Of course I do my best to honor such connections in the loving spirit in w h i c h they're offered. From my o w n internal perspective, however, an even more pow- erful shift has occurred. I observe that as I've deepened my o w n c o m - munion with myself by exploring my thoughts in writing, my external world has shifted to reflect that internal g r o w t h . Instead of opening with shallow small talk, people begin conversations with me by i m m e - diately diving into issues of great importance to t h e m . Even teenagers talk to me like this. The more I c o m m u n e with myself on the inside, the deeper my relationships with others b e c o m e . Today, my life over- flows with opportunities for profound h u m a n connection. O v e r the years, I've seen abundant evidence that our relationships with other people always reflect our internal relationships with various parts of ourselves. If y o u have trouble connecting with people on the outside, it m a y be because y o u aren't c o m m u n i n g with yourself on the inside. W h e n y o u learn h o w to feel lovingly connected on the inside, you'll find it m u c h easier to forge a bond with others. T h e g o o d news is that w h e n y o u understand that all relationships are internal, y o u can consciously change h o w y o u represent t h e m to yourself and thereby c h a n g e their outward manifestation as well. If y o u feel disconnected with your true self, y o u can expect your inter- personal relationships to suffer from disconnection as well. If y o u w a n t your human relationships to be more loving and accepting, y o u must learn to love and accept more aspects of yourself. Loving yourself unconditionally is the result of a conscious choice. You're free to make this choice in every m o m e n t of every day. You d o n ' t need to fulfill any conditions or satisfy any rules. But in order to make this choice consciously, y o u must get to know yourself. No mat- ter w h a t hidden qualities y o u discover, y o u ' r e still w o r t h y of love. 32 |
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