“Whether a marriage or relationship survives the heat of a Phoenix Process is not really the issue here. Something much greater is at stake when we choose to learn and grow in the crucible of love. When trouble visits a relationship—a dance with a Shaman Lover, a long period of deadness, a shift in roles, a change in expectations—we are faced with weighty choices: Will we turn away and go back to sleep? Will we fall unconsciously into meaningless destruction, vengeance, or acting out? Or will we use the dangerous force of the heart’s longing wisely, and put it in service of our own spiritual growth? Will the pain make us better, stronger, kinder, bigger? Will we learn from a betrayed devotion or a broken family, so that our mistakes are not repeated over and over again? These are the challenges put to those of us whose Phoenix Processes occur through the ordeal of relationship.” Elizabeth Lesser from her book Broken Open
Posted on: Thu, 12 Sep 2013 04:29:31 +0000
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