tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3719024566754743654.post609116819192780160..comments2009-05-09T09:56:32.614-04:00mikehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10978313265796058909noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3719024566754743654.post-72656242327241591452009-05-09T09:56:00.000-04:002009-05-09T09:56:00.000-04:00Barbara,<br /><br />"We are not friends, lovers, mother/daughter, or any other configuration, but sometimes all of them."<br /><br />And you might be surprised how many therapist would report the same. <br /><br />Of course, the 'form' of the relationship is unimportant, but, as you point out, 'content' is crucial. Too bad we're all so fixated on relationship 'forms,' rather than the content that is available no matter what form has been chosen through which content (love) can be extended. The world seems very weary of so many forms and is crying out for ever more content.<br /><br />Peace Angel,<br />mikeSMikeShttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10978313265796058909noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3719024566754743654.post-82840051617716056122009-05-08T13:59:00.000-04:002009-05-08T13:59:00.000-04:00Hi Mike,<br /><br />Having tried for years to realize this relational awakening, to create it, has been a longing I never could quite reach, until now. I can't recall the exact quote right at the moment, but in essence finding love in unexpected places.<br /><br />In fact, this relationship I'm in that has begun to satisfy my longing for not only the reflections of self, but the surrendering of the egoic nonsense, is a literal therapeutic relationship. No, I've not fallen in love with my therapist. But the ability to allow her to hold what I've held for so long, tried trustingly most often, and desperately at other times to have this engagement with others, that had a safe result for me dictated by the nature of my personal experiences, has been nothing short of eye opening. I guess I could then call it a road to awakening.<br /><br />Certainly in this collaberation with this woman I bump into the student/teacher dynamics, 'financing' this relationship, and hosts of other challenges. We are not friends, lovers, mother/daughter, or any other configuration, but sometimes all of them. Yet by necessity there is a one up, one down dynamic. It is in the efforts to see beyond all those other scenarios playing out that creates what I've wanted to create. So I can then create it again in manners that are stuff of dreams.<br /><br />Thanks for a good read.<br /><br />BarbaraAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com