{"id":983,"date":"2014-02-18T10:34:12","date_gmt":"2014-02-18T15:34:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.esteelevinson.com\/site\/?p=983"},"modified":"2014-02-18T10:34:12","modified_gmt":"2014-02-18T15:34:12","slug":"forgotten-holy-matrimony","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.esteelevinson.com\/site\/forgotten-holy-matrimony\/","title":{"rendered":"Have we forgotten about the Holy in the matrimony?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>What if just for today you were to consider marriage from a different view point?<\/p>\n<p>A marriage is an exchange of feelings, experiences, transitions in life, etc.<\/p>\n<p>People who enter a marriage or any kind of intimate partnership, are in alliance.<\/p>\n<p>Both parties should take full responsibility for fulfilling their part in the verbal and non verbal agreement, no matter what.<\/p>\n<p>People who enter such partnership, should take it upon themselves to communicate to each other, what they want and expect from one another.<\/p>\n<p>However, not before they know, what they want and expect from themselves.<\/p>\n<p>In a perfect world what should be taking place is, that in the event one of the partners falls out of alignment, literally and figuratively speaking, the other side should treat the person with love and compassion, instead of reacting irresponsibly.<\/p>\n<p>Regrettably, in reality, that&#8217;s not what usually happens.<\/p>\n<p>People tend to take what is said to them or how others behaves towards them, (their subjective perception of events) too personally.<\/p>\n<p>What ends up happening, is that when someone feels threatened or unloved in any way, what shows up usually, is their lesser kind side.<\/p>\n<p>When we gain awareness, our consciousness expands and almost like in a miraculous way, the &#8220;picture&#8221; becomes clearer &#8211; we&#8217;re able to see a multi dimensional perspective of the reality around us.<\/p>\n<p>As a rule of thumb, when it comes to our intimate relationships, when we begin to feel too comfortable, that&#8217;s when the bells should start ringing&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>A truly alive and vibrant intimacy between people, has to have a bit of &#8220;danger&#8221; sprinkled in it.<\/p>\n<p>We have to be a bit on &#8220;our toes&#8221;&#8230; That&#8217;s when we produce our best performance.<\/p>\n<p>At the end, it&#8217;s all a game, life, that is&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>We shouldn&#8217;t be all that serious all the time..<\/p>\n<p>We should let our playful side come out more often..<\/p>\n<p>Life is grand &#8211; live it fully!<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>What if just for today you were to consider marriage from a different view point? 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