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Week of November 28-December 3, 2010
Secrets of Extraordinary Relationships: For Individuals and Couples
For one human being to love another, that is the most difficult of all of our tasks; the ultimate, the last test and proof, for which all other work is but preparation. — Rainer Maria Rilke
Having a great relationship means more than just staying together. Unless we enjoy trust, intimacy, caring, and love with our partner, we are sharing an arrangement and not a true partnership. We seek relationships hoping to bring greater fulfillment and meaning into our lives, yet for a disturbing number of couples the dreams of infatuation soon dissolve into the disappointment of a cold and joyless relationship or end in divorce.
The biggest mistake that many people make is not in expecting too much from their relationships, but in desiring too little. A true partnership can not only provide security, pleasure, intimacy, and fun, but can be a means through which our deepest longings are awakened and ultimately realized. It can be a vehicle not only for our own transformation, but that of the world as well.
This workshop will examine the unique qualities that exceptional relationships embody and identify various means through which it is possible to develop and integrate those qualities and experiences into our relationship. In addition, the course will identify and engage in practices that can transform the quality of connection in ways that promote co-creativity, unconditional acceptance, and spiritual awakening.
Recommended reading: Bloom & Bloom, 101 Things I Wish I Knew When I Got Married and Secrets of Great Marriages: Real Truth from Real Couples about Lasting Love.
The following books are recommended by the workshop facilitator(s). Through association with Amazon.com Esalen is able to offer the title for sale.
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