Awaken To One Alliance

Cosmic Particles - Kathelena

The following excerpt on having harmonious relationships is taken from Loving in the Moment: Moving from Ego to Essence in Relationships by Gina Lake at Radical Happiness.

There are two ways to keep out of trouble in our relationships. The first is to ignore our own conditioning—our desires and ideas about how things should be. The second is to ignore or accommodate our partner’s conditioning. Trouble starts when we are attached to having our own conditioning met, when we try to change our partner’s conditioning, or when we let it trigger ours. So much of the conditioning that causes difficulties in relationships is very minor and wouldn’t be a problem if we would let our partner do things the way he or she does them, without trying to change it just because it’s different from how we do things. Does it really matter if your partner doesn’t wring out the dishrag after using it? Or leaves hair or toothpaste in the sink? Or has bad table manners? Or drives too cautiously? Or insists on reading the newspaper in the morning before doing anything else? These and so many other little things that annoy us in relationship are just not important. They are not more important than love. Can you just let them go? Can you just let your partner be the way he or she is?..(more)