Shared Agreements for a Shared Life

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Excerpt from Amy Edelstein’s book Love, Marriage & Evolution: Chapter 3 We depend on our partners for so many things and we share so much together. Some people feel that the romantic context is our arena for personal work—that because we’re so involved with each other, our partners are the best people to use as our mirrors and work out … Read More

Love & Alignment

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Excerpt from Amy Edelstein’s book Love, Marriage & Evolution: Chapter 2 When it comes to love between people in a context of spiritual realization, there’s no single recipe for how to be. Love is based more on alignment with our deepest understanding and greatest care, than it is on how we happen to feel at any particular moment. That’s a … Read More

Can You Leave Too Much Space?

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Excerpt from Amy Edelstein’s book Love, Marriage & Evolution: Chapter 2 Occasionally, when I start speaking about big perspectives, people express concern that this may trigger alienation in their relationship. “Can you leave your partner so much space that you lose connection with them?” When the space we give our partners is inspired by an evolutionary perspective, it is motivated … Read More

How A Big View Helps When Times Are Tough

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Excerpt from Amy Edelstein’s book Love, Marriage & Evolution: Chapter 1 A few years ago, I was in a very serious motor vehicle accident— an 18-wheel tractor-trailer and I met, nose-to-nose. Just recently I overheard my husband describe his internal thought process right after he got the news. The EMT called with a perfunctory message, “Your wife has been in … Read More

One Set of Ideals for Life & Relationship

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Excerpt from Amy Edelstein’s book Love, Marriage & Evolution: Chapter 1 The way I see it is this: The context for your life is the context for your relationship. There aren’t two separate contexts. There aren’t two separate sets of rules. There aren’t two separate goals or two separate sets of ideals. This can be as unsettling as it is … Read More

Great Expectations for Relationships

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Love and relationship insight with Amy Edelstin

Excerpt from Amy Edelstein’s book Love, Marriage & Evolution: Chapter 1 What we expect from each other has to do with how we define the greater purpose of our lives and our marriages. Often times, we “commit” to each other without articulating what that union actually means or stands for. Knowing what we stand for sets guidelines for how we … Read More

Closeness in Relationship

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From LM&E Relationship course with Amy Edelstein

We think our unity comes only from feeling close with our partners. But there is another place where we can discover essential Unity, and that fulfillment at a deep level of self enables us to experience closeness, calmness, and tremendous Love for our partners. Mystical realization points us to the discovery of an endless depth of presence, Being. Most of … Read More