Healthy Romantic Relationships - part 9, The Greatest Arena for Spiritual growth
Healthy Romantic Relationships - part 9, The Greatest Arena for Spiritual growth
“A romantic relationship is an adventure in growth, an joint expedition into intimacy. A relationship cannot “fix” us - is not the goal where happily ever after begins. A relationship will be work. It will be challenging and exciting, frustrating and painful. It will help us to access Joy and get us in touch with grief.” *** “Until we start learning how to be emotionally honest with ourselves, we do not have the capacity to be Truly honest with another. If we are reacting to old wounds and old tapes without learning how to process through those issues - then we will end up feeling like a victim. If we cannot see ourselves clearly then we will not be able to see the other person clearly.” *** “The other person is a teacher for us, as we are for them. Seeing a relationship as a joint adventure in growing and learning to Love is the key to creating healthy intimacy with another human being. It will not be easy, it will take some effort and energy, but it can be the most wonderful, incredible adventure of your life.”
On this page is the ninth in a series of articles by Spiritual teacher/codependency therapist focused on healthy romantic relationship behavior.
Codependence: The Dance of Wounded Souls by Robert Burney is copyright 1995. Material on Joy2MeU web site (except where otherwise noted) is copyright 1996 thru 2015 by Robert Burney PO Box 98 Fallbrook CA 92088.
This is an expanded version of a column that was originally published on March 14, 2000 on the Inner Child/Codependency Recovery page that I used to edit for Suite101.com Directory.
Originally published at https://joy2meu.com/Healthy_Relationships9.htm