Relating from awareness

How do you know when you are relating from awareness? 

You take joy in her company without being possessive. You are open to him but you are not engulfing. You understand who he is, without judgment. You stand by her when she is pain, with
out taking control. 

With those you are close to, no matter how much time has passed, you pick up right where you left off. 

Love and friendship are about now, not then. More...

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Let practice become a path

Practice becomes a path when practice itself is no longer an issue. You just do it. It's a way you have found that brings a certain quality into your life.

Practice becomes a path when you understand that you cannot control what happens in your life and you cannot control your reactions to what happens.

Practice becomes a path when you know that all you can do is put in place a process that opens possibilities, possibilities other than the tyranny of reactivity and conditioning.

Practice becomes a path when you accept the direction that life offers you in each moment. 

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