Profound Affinities

Ben Howard - Depth Over Distance. 
For those of you who don’t know of him, Ben Howard is an English singer/songwriter. I wanted to share this artist with you as I was so drawn to his sound, and this blog is inspired by my affinities after all! 

The idea of the mirror of relationships is that we subconsciously seek out in others that which we need to see and understand in ourselves in order to find wholeness, balance, and healing. The one opposite us in the relationship is a mirror through which we can see what it is we need to work on. That is the reason why from a spiritual point of view, it is useless to try to change others behavior as a basis for your own happiness. It’s like the futility of trying to change your image in the mirror by trying to modify the image in the mirror or by changing the mirror.

The more we can see others as love and not as their behavior, the easier it is to not get defensive and take things too personally. That allows us to really listen, learn, and grow from all our relationships and thereby develop a deeper foundation of love and connection to others.

A relationship can go south for many, many reasons. It might be because of a subconscious desire to end it, or it might be because the relationship has already served the purpose it was intended for, and now both of you are ready for something more.

Love,
Deepak

—Deepak Chopra.