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“The purpose of a relationship is to reflect to all the others in the relationship what they need to understand to become more of themselves.

Everyone in a relationship is in a relationship for the purpose of helping the other people in the relationship, giving them opportunities to learn to be who they are more and more.”
Bashar

“Your purpose is to be YOU as fully as you can and the way that's perhaps most easily done is to act on your highest joy.”
Bashar

“When you feel the emotional reaction of someone's supposed [verbal] attack, what you're doing is getting them to reflect to you that some portion of yourself feels that way about yourself. Otherwise you wouldn't react. You would just observe it - "oh interesting." - and move on with your day. But if you react to it, it's showing you some part of you actually is buying into this as true.

So say: "Well thank you: Thank you for showing that I was not loving all of myself."

And when you really start doing that, then you may start to see that someone else's attitude toward you may change.”
Bashar

“Surrendering is not the giving up of something.
True surrender is the total acceptance of yourself.
You're not 'losing' anything in the surrender, the way your society usually means that word. You are not giving up anything in the sense of loss.
Surrender means to open up: Open up to your total self; to give in and let go of the things you think you're supposed to be. Just be who you are. It will see you through.”
Bashar

“The greatest power requires the gentlest touch.

If you have to intervene or force yourself on someone else, then what that's actually an indication of is that you don't actually believe in your own power.

Because if you believed in your own power - if you knew you were powerful enough to create the reality that you prefer - why would you need in any way shape or form to interfere with anyone else's process?”
Bashar

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