Relationships are amazing for our personal growth? Every couple that finishes my couples retreat, gets to experience the importance of being in relationship with their partner.
A client of mine reads a certain teacher whose name I won’t mention and the client read something about relationships being Ugly! My client is pretty anti relationship. So I pulled up a lot of quotes on this teacher about relationships and I could totally see why my client would view relationships as being ugly. This client took what made him feel comfortable out of the learning, as most of us do.
I think from what I read that what was possibly missed was that if relationships are used to feed the lower self, meaning, you are using them because you’re afraid of being lonely, or you need financial support, etc, they can be ugly. Weird to use the word, “Ugly”, anyway.
I think that if relationships for personal growth are used from our lower self, it’s simply because we don’t know any better. When we start to learn the difference between our lower self/ego mind and higher self that is connect to source, we will stop acting out of that lower place and see the value to having conscious relationships.
Relationships For Personal Growth
Being in relationships is where we have the biggest opportunity to learn about ourselves. Do you notice how your partner or family members trigger you the most? It’s because triggers show us where the unhealed parts are.
“Relationships are hospital for the soul, where stuff comes up where we are unhealed. Relationships are an assignment for maximal growth.”
-Marianne Williamson
If we could look at every person and situation in life that triggers us as an opportunity for personal growth instead of getting angry and blaming the person or situation, the world would become a more conscious place.
The personal growth that I have experienced through all my relationships has been dynamic! If I am looking to evolve in this lifetime, I would ask source to bring it on. Bring on any person or situation that will help me see myself more clearly and learn to live in my higher self, even if it brings me pain and suffering. The pain and suffering will show me where I am in my growth.
