Many of us never learned how to develop healthy, satisfying relationships, mainly because, through no fault of our own, we  carried on acting out the dysfunctional patterns of  relating we had learned as children. As we awaken spiritually, however, we begin to look at all our relationships in a more conscious way; and, as we continue to awaken and evolve, we learn to relate to other people in ways that reflect increasingly higher  levels of mutual respect and consideration.

Before we can open ourselves to experiencing wonderful relationships of this kind,  however, we need to first get very clear in our minds (and very conscious!) about  what exactly constitutes a healthy, successful -  and  mature - relationship.  Read the rest of this entry »