Relationships
“Alone you can do nothing, for nothing in life is done alone.” [1] “Therefore, we emphasize the value of your relationships to you who now seek to reclaim Knowledge. These relationships must be imbued with the Knowledge that you are reclaiming. Then they will have the stability, the efficacy and the grace that your Knowledge contains for you. For only relationships based upon Knowledge can carry the Wisdom that Knowledge will exert within the world. Relationships based upon personal attraction or personal fantasy do not have the foundation to carry Knowledge and will fail abruptly in the presence of the demands and requirements of a true life.” [1]
“The greatest evidence of a person’s self-understanding is the nature and the quality of the relationships that they establish around themselves.” [2]
“We say cultivate Knowledge and Knowledge will bring to you all relationships you truly need. Those you do not truly need will find no purpose there, and so your life will not be hindered and held back by inappropriate engagements.” [3]
"You have no neutral relationships, for every one of them is either helping you or hindering you and holding you back. You are either gaining strength or losing strength to every one of these relationships." [4]
"In living in the world, there are Four Pillars of life. These are all part of your foundation building. They are the pillars of relationships, health, work and spiritual development. These are the cornerstones of your foundation in life." [5]
"If you cannot engage with God, how are you gong to really engage with anyone else? If you cannot experience affinity with the Power and the Presence of God, how are you going to experience affinity with anyone else? You may become intoxicated, falling in love temporarily with someone. You may be delighted with another's presence, but will you be able to experience true affinity with them? If you do not trust God, how will you trust anyone else?" [6]
“Relationship is the essence of your environment, the environment in which you live. What you decide to do in your relationships will determine the kind of life you will have and the kind of problems you will have to solve.” [7]
“And the person who will do you the most harm could well be someone who is totally enchanting to you and who seems to fit the absolute picture of what you are trying to acquire for yourself.” [7]
“Your progress here can only truly be thwarted by your misapplication in relationships.” [7]
See also
Relationships of Higher Purpose
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Steps to Knowledge, Step 249
- ↑ Steps to Knowledge Continuation Training, Step 41
- ↑ Wisdom from The Greater Community Volume One, Chapter 13
- ↑ The Deep Evaluation, June 3, 2008
- ↑ Living the Way of Knowledge, Chapter 2
- ↑ God's Power and Presence in the World, April 23, 2011
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 7.2 Wisdom from The Greater Community Volume Two, Chapter 6