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In Embracing the Beloved, authors Stephen and Ondrea Levine wrote: “If another person is the most important thing in your life, then you’re in trouble and they’re in trouble because they become responsible for your suffering. But if consciousness is the most important thing in our lives and relationship is a means toward that end … Ah! then we are
... See moreSharon Salzberg • Real Love: The Art of Mindful Connection
“Knowing thyself” is the first practice of love.
Thich Nhat Hanh • Teachings on Love
This imaginative interpenetration of experience is necessary for the greatest challenge of consciousness — understanding what it is like to be another. Without it, there can be no love, for we cannot love whom we do not understand — then we are pseudo-loving a projection. A sign of healthy love, therefore, is the ability to be reliable and responsi... See more