Being Your Vision – Prosperity as Relationship

"Remember that the best relationship is one in which your love for each other exceeds your need for each other." – Dalai Lama

All human life is relationship with God as all other life and manifestation. Vacuum isn’t. Inter and intra- connection is. From before birth to pick your destination, we relate to family, friends, community, those we serve, and those who serve us. Even the ancient hermit monks related with their desert or mountain refuges.

Isolation is impossible because we are all one of God, expressed in unique splendor. Whether we experience harmony or dissonance in our relationships, the fact is that they are ours and we are theirs. Ultimately, the way we relate is a matter of choice. Through spiritual practice we may choose the qualities of our relationships, reject the relationships that do not serve but we may never demand a relationship with any particular person for that would enslave both parties, the one we demand and our own individual self.

Our first relationship is with our ego self, which is really our divine self or Spirit personified as our identity. We examine this relationship daily in order to create the foundation of all of our other relationships. The greatest relationships are the ones we attract to us because of our self-understanding and our desire to know people of like mind. We can create within ourselves a mental or spiritual prototype for successful fulfilling relationships through a simple process of:

·                     Stating what we desire to experience from others by describing their desirable qualities, characteristics, and attributes

·                     Knowing clearly what creative expression is our purpose in life – what makes us tick or what really winds our watch

·                     Deciding what we want others to expect of us but with the emphasis on how their expectations fit with the lifestyle we desire to lead.

·                     Finally, by deciding who we need to be in order to enjoy another in a particular relationship, such as friend, lover, teacher, student, service provider, client, etc.

This process is a relaxed easy going approach without attachment or addiction to any particular person or group so everyone remains at choice.

There is another way to create perfect relationships. Love everyone you meet. Know that we are all beneficial, innocent, and divine expressions of Spirit. Delight in both the samenesses and differences in all personalities. When we discover that we are attracted to or repelled by another, we have the perfect opportunity to find another piece of our own puzzle.

The real prosperity of relationships is in finding the Presence within us all.

I see Spirit in every face and discover the Divine in every act. I listen from my own oneness within Spirit and hear my deepest self taught to me by every voice. We are all one Being as our many incarnations and everyone is relative to our Absolute but then, so are we because that is how it is.

John

Rev. John Lusk

Staff Minister at:

Center for Spiritual Living, Westlake Village

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“First you ask definitely for direction, then it will enter your consciousness as a definite thought; then in your turn you give it back the thought and it will give you back the thing. It answers every question, solves every problem; it is the solution to every difficulty.” Ernest Holmes