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This is an article that appeared in one of
the April 10, 2000 edition of our weekly newsletter, Susie and Otto Collins Love and Healing Center's
Relationship and Spiritual Growth Newsletter.
We hope you enjoy it!
Partnership in Relationship by Susie and Otto Collins
As we travel across the country teaching people how to have more trust and passion in their
relationships, we do it by teaching the concepts of partnership in relationship. Gary Zukav describes
spiritual partnership in depth in "The Seat of the Soul" and we have used his work as one of our guides.
A spiritual partnership is when two people come together consciously as equals, growing separately together. They grow spiritually and personally--all within the
framework of the relationship. They form a support system for each other, the foundation being safety
and trust.
People often ask us how to create powerful and passionate relationships and the short answer is
through constant communication, one moment at a time. Openness and honesty are essential in
building safety and trust which allows you to work toward being the true essence of who you are.
When you allow yourself to open totally to the other person, amazing things begin to happen. You begin
to grow in ways you never thought possible because the other person is there to support you. You know
deep within you that your partner is your friend and will help you build on your
strengths.
Otto isn't comfortable dancing. He feels clumsy and awkward. But he goes dancing anyway, because he
knows that Susie loves it. He also knows, knows that no matter how foolish he thinks he looks, Susie
just wants to have a good time and gives him total love and support. He even has fun in the process.
When one of us is facing a spiritual or personal challenge, the other person is there to listen, to love and to offer
support. Whether consciously or not, it usually works out for us that the person with the least fear leads--that
can change from moment to moment. This is a concept we learned from Kenny and Julia Loggins in
their book "The Unimaginable Life" and we've discovered that it has also been true in our relationship.
When two people come together for their personal and spiritual growth, a great deal of synergy happens. As Stephen Covey says in the 7 Habits of Highly Effective
People, "Synergy happens when the whole is greater
than the sum of its parts. If there is true synergy in relationship, one plus one equals three or more."
The Bible says that when two or more are gathered in my name, I will be there. Isn't that the essence
of why we come together? To be closer to Spirit or to God? In partnerships, we help each other to heal, to
grow, and to learn. Carolyn Myss says in her tape series "Spiritual Madness" that one of our purposes
in incarnating is to get to know the parts of ourselves that don't know God yet. We believe that spiritual
partnerships help you to know God.
We encourage you to form spiritual partnerships in all relationships in your lives. If you do, you will find
that your life will be filled with joy, passion, growth, some pain, and a great deal of love.
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Relationship Quote of the week
"In partnership, each partner shines the light on
the road when the road is dark as well as holds
the mirror for the other to see the reflection of
truth." Susie and Otto Collins
This quote is from our book filled with
"101 Relationship Quotes Worth A Million
Dollars." To read more great quotes like this one,
go to http://www.collinspartners.com/books.htm
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