How Do I Navigate Expectations Without Losing My Peace?

"Sometimes expectations seem bring about an intensity of reaction when things don’t align. Should one try not to have expectations? Does remaining in being reduce this intensity? Rupert says: ‘I think it’s reasonable and even necessary to have expectations in life, so I don’t recommend imposing on yourself a goal of not having expectations. But it’s a different thing to invest your happiness in the outcome of those expectations. I would suggest withdrawing the investment of your happiness in the outcome of your expectations. Your happiness is the taste of being. If you’re fulfilled, if you’re at peace in yourself, your happiness was invested where it truly lies, which is in your being. You still respond to situations, but you don’t react emotionally. This has a huge impact in relationships, particularly intimate relationships. If you withdraw that projection of happiness, that desire for the other to make you happy, and your happiness is invested where it truly lives, then the relationship is really a beautiful relationship.’"

From event 30 August - 06 September, 2025 Seven-Day Retreat at Mandali, 30 August–6 September 2025

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