The Dalai Lama often speaks of two kinds of relationships- One built on superficial qualities such as physical attraction, money, social status, or power and another built on compassion, affection, and respect. One problem with the first type of relationship (superficial) is that when any aspect that holds the relationship together falters (such as someone losing all of their money, someone showing the physical signs of aging and losing their ‘young beauty’, or someone losing their political status) the relationship itself weakens or disappears. In other words, once the commonality or attraction to the individual disappears so does the foundation of the relationship. One the other hand, if you form a relationship based on compassion and respect then even when their social status, appearance, or financial situation changes the main foundation of their connection has not, and the relationship can continue to be strong and grow.
Posted on: Mon, 31 Mar 2014 04:56:20 +0000
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