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STEPS ON THE JOURNEY:
Awakening and Relationships
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. . It means that to follow our true personalities, we must learn
to obey the laws being spoken within us. It means, in other words,
we must have what I called earlier a religious attitude toward our
inner lives. It’s by following this process that we become people
of substance, unique and utterly individual people, our own people,
whose presence will serve to give meaning to the lives of others.” |
11.
Awakening to life: “Moving through individuation as a quest
for self-knowledge becomes a process of revealing to ourselves who we
really are. This revelation follows a gradual process, punctuated by startling
recognitions that move us toward a deeper sense of our true identities
and the possibilities inherent in them.” (pg. 298)
What is the
calling coming to you today?
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What gets
in the way of accepting the call coming from deep within you?
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How has the
work you have done reflecting, writing in your journal, listening
to your dreams, dialoguing with parts of yourself and using this manual
helped you hear and accept the call to become a person of substance?
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What have
you learned about the cost of being on the journey of self-knowledge?
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12. Relationships of substance: “For our relationships
to grow we must learn that the wholeness we’re seeking is ultimately
within ourselves and that our partners are mirroring the potentials within
us. If we fail to realize this truth we’ll remain dissatisfied in
the long run. Disillusionment comes as we begin to realize our partners
don’t offer the completion we’ve longed for and that we’re
locked in conflict with the very characteristics that first attracted
us.”
(pg. 320)
To explore
how your partner or other relationships mirror the potentials within
yourself, make a list of the characteristics you admire or are attracted
to, and a
list of the ones you judge negative or resist.
Name of Partner/Relationship
Positive/Attractive Characteristics
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Name of Partner/Relationship
Less Attractive/Negative Characteristics
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Do you recognize
these characteristics within yourself? What are the characteristics
you like seeing in yourself? Which ones do you have resistance to knowing?
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How might
your journey of self-knowledge enhance, enrich, strengthen and
deepen your relationships?
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