Ending Is Not a Failure of Understanding

A woman says that while she has spent increasing time simply being in peace, she is easily triggered in relationships. Whenever there has been a real connection, a sharing of intimacy, it eventually runs into misunderstanding, indifference, conflict, or rejection that upsets her, and she’s terrified of the impermanence of relationships. This has her staying in some relationships that don’t suit her, and most of her relationships are either unsatisfying or painful. Rupert shares with her the many variables that result in a relationship either revealing the shared being that underlies it, or exposing that it has just been a coming together of two separate egos. And, in each case, the choice of whether to remain in the relationship is an individual matter. Also, even the relationship has now become untenable, and it’s natural that we may feel sadness and grieve over the separation at the physical level, it doesn’t mean the underlying love and unity that brought us together in the first place is gone. And it does not mean it is a failure of our understanding.

From event 20 April - 20 May, 2024 Seven-Day Meditation Retreat at Mandali – 20 to 27 April 2024

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