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10 Relationship Tips from Various Mystical Traditions

by Gahl Sasson February 20, 2012 03:23 PM EST
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The following wisdom comes from a variety of spiritual belief systems, ranging from astrology to yoga to Kabbalah to Taoism to good ol' common sense! Share these insights with the special people in your life and watch positive changes blossom in all your relationships! 1. Balance your relationships. Recalling the astrological wisdom inspired by Libra -- symbolized by The Scales -- be sure to give as much as you receive, talk as much as you listen and gift as much as you’re gifted. 2. Try and give your loved one what they want before they have to ask for it. If you wait for them to ask, they’ll most likely do it in a way that will make you overreact. 3. Give your partner space. While "location, location, location" is the real estate agent's mantra, "space, space, space" should be yours.
4. Communicate about everything, immediately! Don’t wait. We have a tendency to hold things inside, isolating conversations in our head. 5. Don't punish -- even if they mixed the colors with the whites in the washing machine! When you punish the ones closest to you, you punish yourself. It’s self-destructive. 6. When communicating, make sure you're not emotionally charged. Most of the ancient Greek tragedies are about the clash between the opposing forces of reason and passion. Both are needed in a relationship, but keep "reason" for conversations and "passion" for the bedroom. 7. Try to make friends with your partner’s loved ones, and they should do the same. The Sufi say, "Show me your friends and I will tell you who you are." Perhaps even more importantly, be sure to establish common friends as a couple.
8. Embrace change, it’s inevitable. According to Taoism, our relationships begin with the Yang (masculine) principle, but if we want that connection to evolve we must move to the Yin (feminine) principle. Yang is the part when we fall in love, have sex three times a day and enjoy each other with wild abandon. It’s blissful but can burn us if we don’t cool it and move to the Yin principle. Yin symbolizes the feminine energies of family, security and commitment. 9. Never take those nearest and dearest to you for granted. That's the apocalypse of all relationships. Always take a moment to thank the powers-that-be for sending you your loved ones. 10. Always keep an element of surprise in your relationship. Spontaneity, adventures and doing things together will generate stories that belong only to the two of you. According to Kabbalah, God created the universe with a story. Create your own mythology together!  
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The following wisdom comes from a variety of spiritual belief systems, ranging from astrology to yoga to Kabbalah to Taoism to good ol' common sense! Share these insights with the special people in your life and watch positive changes blossom in all your relationships!

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