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| − | "Here you must be willing to journey alone and face loneliness because it is better to be alone than it is to be engaged in relationships that cannot journey with you in The Way of Knowledge." <ref>[[Great Waves of Change]] Relationships and the Great Waves</ref> | + | "Here you must be willing to journey alone and face loneliness because it is better to be alone than it is to be engaged in [[relationships]] that cannot journey with you in [[The Way of Knowledge]]." <ref>[[Great Waves of Change]] Relationships and the Great Waves</ref> |
"The wise person must exercise [[discretion]] at all times. Here there will be feelings of | "The wise person must exercise [[discretion]] at all times. Here there will be feelings of | ||
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"Two people who enter into a true [[marriage]] must either provide for their offspring or provide for | "Two people who enter into a true [[marriage]] must either provide for their offspring or provide for | ||
| − | something else in the world because all true marriage provides for something beyond itself. This is | + | something else in [[the world]] because all true [[marriage]] provides for something beyond itself. This is |
what distinguishes true marriage from a temporary alignment between two people who are attempting | what distinguishes true marriage from a temporary alignment between two people who are attempting | ||
| − | to escape their loneliness and to use one another for personal fulfillment." <ref>[[Relationships & Higher Purpose]] Ch. 10</ref> | + | to escape their loneliness and to use one another for personal [[fulfillment]]." <ref>[[Relationships & Higher Purpose]] Ch. 10</ref> |
| − | "Sexual union is meaningful between people who can experience real union. It should never be | + | "[[Sexuality|Sexual union]] is meaningful between people who can experience real union. It should never be |
used for recreation. It should never be used to prove one’s worth or one’s attractiveness. It | used for recreation. It should never be used to prove one’s worth or one’s attractiveness. It | ||
should never be used to offset loneliness. It is too serious an engagement, for there is no real | should never be used to offset loneliness. It is too serious an engagement, for there is no real | ||
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| − | "People unite because they want pleasure or security or they are enamored with another person’s appearance or personality. They want to escape with someone. They want to escape loneliness. They want to escape facing their own life. They want to escape the greater calling within themselves. They want to escape. But there is nothing there if that is your purpose. You are running from yourself. You do not realize you have a core relationship with Knowledge, the deeper intelligence that God has created within you and for you."<ref>Love and Relationships (April 21, 2011)</ref> | + | "People unite because they want pleasure or security or they are enamored with another person’s appearance or personality. They want to escape with someone. They want to escape loneliness. They want to escape facing their own life. They want to escape the greater calling within themselves. They want to escape. But there is nothing there if that is your purpose. You are running from yourself. You do not realize you have a core relationship with [[Knowledge]], the deeper intelligence that God has created within you and for you."<ref>Love and Relationships (April 21, 2011)</ref> |
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Revision as of 01:28, 28 August 2013
"Here you must be willing to journey alone and face loneliness because it is better to be alone than it is to be engaged in relationships that cannot journey with you in The Way of Knowledge." [1]
"The wise person must exercise discretion at all times. Here there will be feelings of loneliness and exclusion because the wise cannot express the depth of their experience effectively to many people." [2]
"Two people who enter into a true marriage must either provide for their offspring or provide for something else in the world because all true marriage provides for something beyond itself. This is what distinguishes true marriage from a temporary alignment between two people who are attempting to escape their loneliness and to use one another for personal fulfillment." [3]
"Sexual union is meaningful between people who can experience real union. It should never be used for recreation. It should never be used to prove one’s worth or one’s attractiveness. It should never be used to offset loneliness. It is too serious an engagement, for there is no real casual sex." [4]
Longer Excerpts
"People unite because they want pleasure or security or they are enamored with another person’s appearance or personality. They want to escape with someone. They want to escape loneliness. They want to escape facing their own life. They want to escape the greater calling within themselves. They want to escape. But there is nothing there if that is your purpose. You are running from yourself. You do not realize you have a core relationship with Knowledge, the deeper intelligence that God has created within you and for you."[5]
References
- ↑ Great Waves of Change Relationships and the Great Waves
- ↑ Wisdom from The Greater Community Volume Two, Ch. 7
- ↑ Relationships & Higher Purpose Ch. 10
- ↑ The New Message for Young People, (Aug 18, 2008)
- ↑ Love and Relationships (April 21, 2011)