Killing Relationship with Someone You Love
The morning was exceptionally still and but for the noise of a passing car or the odd call of a cricket, everything was clear and open. Even water on the pond and in the pool seemed quiet. The cat with her jewel of intensity was on the prowl . She seemed to be in relationship with everything and nothing seemed to escape her attention.
Why is it we human beings don’t see the poison of having images of ourselves or others? We don’t see that we create these images out of our own fears, and the personal pleasure we receive from others. We create these images with our husbands, wives, parents and even with your manager at the office. We hold people in these images for our own comfort and safety. We hold them out of our anger and jealously and all our pettiness and then miss true relationship. There is no such thing as a good or bad relationship. If you are related through the image, which is your own self-centered occupation, then there is no relationship. Where self centeredness is relationship is not. To be in relationship implies putting all judgment aside and being connected through action.
Rarely in the workplace are bosses or managers connected to their employees. It is only in that relationship there is the possibility of the highest productivity. This is where people are able to work at things together and remove their false sense of importance and then accomplish whatever is needed.
As the golden sunlight lit the pond the green algae in the pool was visible. This algae forms quicker in the water when the water is still. Images lock us into another type of stillness that corrupts everything we touch. A mind that is in relationship is a mind that is attentive and quick. It is sensitive, kind and without provocation. Relationship is connectedness and to be connected demands freedom from all images, spiritual or otherwise. Then one can love and care for a mother, a wife or a friend.
Coach bri