Spiritual Partnership

~ Affirmation ~
I am excited to be alive - I am on the very leading edge of conscious evolution - I take my place as powerful co-creator - I am awake to Oneness and united with Life

Nature is amazingly beautiful ~ I took this in an English garden summer 2012

"A new type of relationship is emerging in the human experience.  It is replacing all other forms of relationship, and this is good news.  Previous types of relationships were designed for a human species that is dying.  A new human species is being born, and we are part of it.  It has its own requirements for relationships, its own values, and its own goals.  Its potential is greater than the potential of the species that is disappearing, and its ability to contribute constructively to the human experience is far greater."  Gary Zukav ~ Spiritual Partnership, the journey to authentic power

Ali ~ I have been on a conscious spiritual path since I was in my middle twenties - that is half my life!  And I feel that we are at a crucial point in humanities evolution, a tipping point so to speak.  We are changing as a species and because of this our perceptions, values, and life's purpose will be or are different.  Our reasons for being together may change too.  The old way we used to do relationship, may not serve spiritual growth and the evolution of our species.  I believe Michael and I have been experiencing some growing pains over the last few years and life has pushed us to the edge of our comfort zone with one another.  So, we have decided to look into what spiritual partnership really means, especially for us.

Gary Zukav says, "We seek partners with whom we can grow spiritually rather than with whom we can accomplish common goals.  Survival is not our only objective, or sufficient for us.  We long for more, and as we strive for fulfillment we are redefining spirituality, relationship, and evolution."

Michael and I met in 1995, he was 24 and I was 33 - I had spent 5 years on my spiritual path, reading, meditating, and attending groups and he was just being introduced to metaphysics at the time.  We actually met at a Science of Mind study group - which for me was a sign that he warranted further exploration.  After getting to know him, I felt that he was, spiritually, the right one for me - I couldn't say why, but intuitively I felt he was the one.  I don't know that Michael felt the same way that I did; he has told me that he felt that he could help make my life easier.  So from the start we were not really on the same path, our goals were different.  I was looking through the eyes of our relationship being a spiritual partnership and he was looking through the eyes of our relationship being a more traditional marriage with a spiritual flavor.  It took us 17 years to realize this!  I spent most of our marriage trying to make him understand this - exhausting and distracting me from my own spiritual deepening!  Meanwhile, Michael was trying to earn a living and make things easier for our family.  This dynamic led to my path further down the road of co-dependency, as my focus was more on Michael and less on my own growth and development.

"Spirituality has to do with the soul and requires alignment with the most noble impulses of the human experience - harmony, cooperation, sharing, and reverence for life.  This goal cannot be brought into being for one person by another, or ever by a collective of others." GZ

This last year, since Michael has been gone most of the time, has allowed me the time and space to dive deeply into me and regain my spiritual momentum.  I have known that each individual is responsible for his or her own spiritual growth, this is what I teach others, but had stunted my own growth by thinking that Michael and I had to do it together.  This has been a humbling realization to have.  As my consciousness is moving into alignment with Truth, I am now experiencing more harmony and cooperation in my relationships; a deeper openness and vulnerability with Michael; and an overall sense of reverence for life.  I am stepping into my vocation as a speaker and teacher with more authenticity and conviction ~ and that feels great!

"The old type of relationship helped the old humanity survive by focusing the attention of participants outward onto circumstances and people in order to change them."  GZ

The new spiritual partnership relationship is about turning inward, onto the interior causes of our painful experiences and destructive actions in order to change them, a self realization which leads one to explore the interior causes of our blissful experiences and constructive action in order to cultivate them and share them with the world.  It makes so much sense, I love this!

"We are becoming increasingly interested in self-exploration, self-awareness, and self-mastery.  Fulfillment, contentment, meaning, purpose, love, and joy of contributing to Life are taking precedence over issues such as career, lifestyle, and money."  GZ

I am so excited to be alive at this particular moment in human history - to be on the very leading edge of conscious evolution and taking our place as powerful co-creators and realizing the importance of our collective role in not only the survival of our species but of our awakening to Oneness and uniting as One Life - Wow!  And I am so blessed to have a spiritual partner - there is nothing in between US Michael!

Namaste'