The Sphere of Relations

The field of human interaction: with sensations, emotions, thoughts, other beings, and the environment

With the advent of whole-systems thinking and perceiving, our attention has shifted beyond thinking of relationship as simply meaning between human and human, or the mere elements of any given system – economic, natural, etc. – to acknowledge the relationships between all these elements.

In this sphere, seen through that lens, everything relates to everything else. The “individual as hero” is revealed as severely limiting and incomplete. At the same time, our understanding of communication itself and communication skills, such as listening with the intent to understand, and the elements of conflict, have expanded tremendously, opening the door to a new era of relational intimacy across all scales – individual to global.

To enhance our relationships and the relationship between all spheres, we are encouraged to...

WE ARE ENCOURAGED TO Use our relationships for ongoing mutual growth, learning, healing, and awakening towards our capacity to love unconditionally

Continually develop, balance and harmonize our healthy feminine and masculine polarities within ourselves, as well as with one another, and to meet others as both equals and opposites, and to create synergy
Use our relationships for ongoing mutual growth, learning, healing, and awakening towards our capacity to love unconditionally
Share in a purpose for our relationships which is larger than any individual, and to offer it in service for the greatest good of our fellow human beings and of nature
See the depth of our heart and soul connections, as well as the level of humility and devotion to our relationships as an indicator of our psychological health and spiritual realization to set and respect healthy boundaries
To share material resources and pursue an environmentally and socially responsible lifestyle
To love by choice, not seeing love as something that we attract or that merely happens to us
To base our relationships in “being” values, as opposed to material or emotional neediness
To hold an evolutionary perspective and to continue to strive toward a higher level of consciousness
To seek practices that will enhance the health of our body, mind, spirit/soul, and shadow, as well as work, ethics, sexuality, emotions, and relationships.

This sphere is infused with Oneness when we realize that healthy relations are dependent on the relationship with self and the acceptance of those parts of our self and others that we regard as being “not good.” Wholeness and togetherness can only be experienced through the recognition of the uniqueness, beauty and purpose of all aspects of life, and that this recognition starts with the self.

We are part of the emerging Consciousness of Oneness that promotes a spirit of openness, inquiry, connection and relationship with our self and the entire Universe, and that continues to recognize the wonder, beauty and mystery of it all.

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