In discussion of Chapter 7, I ended last week on the notion of safety between conscious partners. The authors state: “Safety is the necessary and sufficient condition, the sine qua non, of a conscious partnership.”(p.157) “The Space-Between is the environment in which a conscious partnership is created and real love is born. It must be […]
Chap. 7 Conscious Partnership: Sustaining Connecting
In the last chapter, the authors examined the first two stages of an intimate relationship. These are romantic love and the power struggle. Chapter 7 looks at what is possible in today’s world – the conscious partnership. What is The Conscious Partnership “A conscious partnership is a dynamic energetic pattern characterized by relaxed aliveness, positive […]
Chap. 6 (con’t): 3 Stages of Relationships
In intimate relationships, we call the 3 stages: Romantic love, The Power Struggle, and Adaptation/Resolution. The first 2 are covered in the rest of this chapter and the adaptation/resolution stage will be examined in Chapter 7. Here is something I never knew before. “All relationships, like life, go through stages. Intimate relationships and other significant […]
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