Personal Development for Smart People: The Conscious Pursuit of Personal Growth
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Personal Development for Smart People
The Prophet: " L e t there be spaces in your togetherness."
If y o u w a n t to attract high-caliber partners, the best thing y o u can do is to improve your o w n alignment with truth, love, and power. If y o u find yourself constantly attracting the w r o n g kinds of people—or if y o u have trouble attracting anyone at all—it's because you're out of alignment with these fundamental principles. If y o u think the solution is to apply phony techniques to charm the right person, then you're succumbing to falsehood and deception, w h i c h will only backfire on y o u . If y o u w a n t to attract someone honest, work on your o w n hon- esty. If y o u w a n t someone loving and caring, seek to deepen those qualities in yourself. If y o u w a n t someone bold and adventurous, work on your courage. W h i l e there's a wide variety of personality traits people find attrac- tive, the principles of truth, love, and power are universal attractors. No sane person wants a relationship filled with lies and deception. No one wants an apathetic or uncaring partner. A n d no one intentionally enters an abusive relationship. Despite our differences, w e ' r e all attracted to the same fundamental qualities in each other. We all desire relationships centered in truth, love, and power. The more y o u develop these within yourself, the more universally attractive you'll become. 225 PERSONAL DEVELOPMENT FOR SMART PEOPLE Relationships and Oneness W h e n w e w a n t t o reach out and develop new relationships, w e need to remember that everyone else is already connected to us. W e ' r e all individual cells in the same body, and the notion that w e ' r e all separate and distinct beings is nothing but an illusion. Technically we don't have to build relationships with other people from scratch. We need only tune in to the fundamental connection that's already there. Erin and I have both found that w h e n we adopt the mind-set of oneness, we attract compatible new people into our lives with relative ease. We often form new relationships through synchronistic e n c o u n - ters. An unusual or unlikely series of events leads us to the right people at the right times, and we get the eerie feeling we w e r e s o m e h o w destined to meet. In fact, this is precisely h o w Erin and I met. We both attended the same college at the same time, but we didn't meet until a chance encounter after graduation. We had so many interests in c o m m o n that it seemed like we w e r e meant to be together. M o r e recently, Erin and I spent several days in Sedona, Arizona. We walked into a touristy-looking shop, picked up a strong vibe from a w o m a n w e ' d never met, and started up a conversation. Thirty min- utes later w e ' d become friends and said good-bye with hugs. A week later, this w o m a n sent us a gift in the mail to thank us for some guid- ance we gave her. For Erin and m e , this has b e c o m e an increasingly c o m m o n occurrence. Before I experienced the mind-set of oneness, I could never walk into some random store and expect to be hugging someone I'd never met before. Be prepared for fascinating social ex- periences as your alignment with oneness increases. I think the reason this mind-set is so effective is that w h e n y o u as- sume a preexisting connection, people tend to pick up on your o p e n - ness and respond in kind. Apparently, the best w a y to break the ice with someone is to assume there never was any ice to begin w i t h . This is especially true of those w h o are very conscious and self-aware. Such people naturally respond to friendly overtures from like-minded individuals, and hurtful rejections are rare. If y o u approach someone from a mind-set of oneness and are rejected harshly, it's a safe bet 226 Relationships > the other person isn't aligned with this principle and w o u l d therefore be incompatible with y o u anyway. The nice thing about oneness is that it naturally attracts others w h o feel the same and filters out those w h o don't. T h e more y o u resonate with oneness, the more oneness- oriented relationships you'll attract, thereby further reinforcing your experience. Social conditioning teaches y o u to focus on the risk of rejection w h e n approaching someone y o u ' v e never met. Oneness teaches y o u to focus on the opportunities for connection. A rejection is a sign of incompatibility, so it can't really be considered a bad o u t c o m e . On the other h a n d , once a positive connection is m a d e , there's the pos- sibility that both people will be utterly transformed for the better. This can hardly be considered a risk; rather, it's the kind of bet that's worth making repeatedly. In addition to initiating n e w connections, be open to receiving advances from others. W h e n someone makes an overture, respond with empathy and kindness. Be inviting and friendly. If y o u realize the connection isn't right for y o u , let the other person d o w n easily. W h e n y o u find it necessary to turn people d o w n , be careful not to disem- power t h e m . Be honest but gentle. On the other h a n d , if y o u sense a compatible connection off the bat, lower your shields, allow your feelings to guide y o u , and let the relationship develop as it may. M a n y committed relationships succumb to cheating or divorce because one or both partners end up feeling disconnected for too long. They allow themselves to connect with their primary relation- ship partner but not with anyone else. Such misguided loyalty be- comes a controlling trap that knocks people out of alignment with oneness. This creates strong cravings for more genuine connections, forcing people either to settle for isolation or to seek n e w intimacy outside the primary relationship. A belief that such connections are w r o n g makes the problem worse, causing people to lie about their affairs, thus creating even more distance from oneness. W h e n y o u ' r e in a close relationship, respect the fact that your Download 1.6 Mb. Do'stlaringiz bilan baham: |
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