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OfRelationships,DharmaandThatMirrorofMirrorsWhichSitsAtOurCore...

"Keep knocking and the joy inside will eventually open a window and look out to see who's there." Rumi

The decisive question for man is:

The decisive question for man is:

Is he related to something infinite or not?

That is the telling question of his life.

In the final analysis, we count for something only because of the essential we embody, and if we do not

embody that, life is wasted.

In our relationships to other men, too, the crucial question is whether an element of boundlessness is

expressed in the relationship.

--Carl Gustav Jung on Jung in "Memories, Dreams, Reflections"by Carl Jung

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I recently heard apodcast,Relationship Revelation, given by Deborah and Lyle Dukes onChocolate Pages hosted by Pam Perry.

During the interview Deborah Dukes addressed the importance of relationships and how

our interactions reveal not only who we are at the core and the essence of our personality,but also how we interact with God.

"You will[discover] what is inside you... [whether]you [have the capacity to] love... when

relating to others. ...Your relationships with others mirror your relationship with God.The way we treat other people is an indicator, is a guide, [to the nature of] our

relationship how with God. [God said,] 'It is not good for[an individual] to be alone.'"

We need others.

Man cannot live on bread alone.Nor can woman.

Much of what Deborah and Lyle discuss forms the cornerstone of Deborah's assertions inher book, The Revelation of Your Relationships, and The What Works the Best Principle,that Deborah co-authored with, her husband, Lyle Dukes.

"Relationships make the world go around." (Pam Perry)

"The key to happiness is the ability to have a perspective of our [your]

relationships...[with] the people that are around you [us]." (Lyle Dukes)

The center of who we are, ouridentity, resides in that which we hold sacred.


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Managing the various levels of relating to others--family, co-workers, ourselves and God--forms the central task of what it means to walk the human terrain with sentient beings.

And yet we, I, you, form the common denominator connecting the intricate web of our

interactions.

"Truth is ...let me deal with myself--my flaws, my stubbornness, if I'm jealous..." (Lyle

Dukes)Surrender.

Its nice to be nice. (Lyle Dukes)

Ideally, that which we hold most important and hold greatest gratitude resides within us.

From a spiritual perspective, this center is that mirror of Mirrors reflecting the stamp ofDivine Presence that sits at the core of our being.

Jung entitled this as theImago Dei.

God manifests Her, or His Presence, their omnipresence through and by way of the

vessels of our bodies and our living.

"Relationships [relating to others] are what we must do to [move] along in society.Relating in the ship [on the sea of life] ...This is what we do." (Lyle Dukes)

The many ways we express ourpassions, ourcreativity and imagination ofhumankindare but pathways that the Divine both interfaces and asserts the ubiquitous nature andomnipotence of God.

How we see ourselves, whether and our ability to see ourselves, and to the still pointupon which we move and interact with others in the world reveals the valleys of growth

and evolution we must address and eventually walk to discover and realize our purposeon Earth in this is particular lifetime.

At the most basic truth of life, and survival, God lives and thrives not outside ourselves,

but at that most holy of places, the temple within the temple of our bodies andpsyche.

God lives in our soul. And our soul is that unique drop of water upon the ocean of Oceansto which we all contribute and are desperately needed.

"It is better to live one's dharma poorly than the dharma of another very well."(Arjuna inThe Bhagavad Gita)

We have all incarnated for a purpose and reason.

Life is but the journey of discovering and uncovering our intention in this life.Traveling through the various valleys in the shadow of Death brings us to house of the

Divine, where stands a table holding a cup overflowing with oil and goodness.

Sitting and eating at this table, we greet and befriend our Beloved of our soul.___________________________________________________________

When your chest if free of your limiting ego,

Then you will see the ageless Beloved.

You cannot see yourself without a mirror;

Look at the Beloved, He is the brightest mirror.

--"The Thief of Sleep" by Shahram Shiva

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