Most books, films
and songs that speak of love refer to romantic love between two people. We're
taught to look outside ourselves for completion, to seek the Other and to
rejoice when we connect, or to keep searching.
What we're really
seeking is a piece of ourselves, which is why we often feel incomplete when we
link up with someone whom we hope will fill the empty place inside us. The
wedding of the light and the dark, of the magnetic, receptive, lunar,
"feminine" self and the dynamic, assertive, solar, "masculine"
self, has to take place first within our own being. And yet — it's through
relationship that we get there!
The beloved is a
catalyst to help us merge the complementary aspects of ourselves. This is a
radical idea, and challenging to hold. It turns everything we believe about
romantic love on its head. I'll illustrate this apparent paradox with a
personal example. READ MORE
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