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Better relating  —  6 Ideas

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Bet­ter relat­ing  —  Of all the ways to Deep­en Rela­tion­ships, here are 6 of my favourites I sus­pect that most folk do not exam­ine their rela­tion­ship — except when things are off the rails. There’s a ten­den­cy to think  Noth­ing could be fur­ther from the truth. To quote David Schnarch, in “Pas­sion­ate Mar­riage,” a pri­ma­ry rela­tion­ship is a cru­cible. In oth­er words, the heat of the relationship

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The Relationship Tango

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The rela­tion­ship tan­go  —  the pur­pose of a rela­tion­ship is the per­son­al growth of both of the peo­ple in the rela­tion­ship. This flies in the face of the roman­tic notion that rela­tion­ships are there to get my needs met. Often, peo­ple think that what they see in movies or on the soaps is “real.” Let’s

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10 Quick Examples of Zen Living

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Exam­ples of Zen Liv­ing  —  here’s how to sim­pli­fy your life and way of being 1. One thing at a time Mul­ti­task­ing is impos­si­ble. Watch your­self when you attempt it. What you are actu­al­ly doing is turn­ing your atten­tion from one thing to anoth­er, to anoth­er, rapid­ly. And, because chang­ing your focus takes ener­gy, noth­ing gets your full atten­tion. Exper­i­ment: watch your

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Dropping Arrogance

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Today, we’re using a famil­iar Zen sto­ry to help us to see ways for drop­ping arro­gance  This top­ic is described in my book, Half Asleep in the Bud­dha Hall. You can read more about it here A Few Ways to Get Over Your­self This is a Zen sto­ry about Today, we’re using a famil­iar Zen

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