Esteemed Reader: February, 2004

Relationships

The energy of the stars becomes us. We become the energy of the stars. Stardust and spirit unite and we begin: one with the universe, whole and holy. From one source, endless creative energy, bursting forth, kinetic, elemental; we, the earth, air, water and fire-source of nearly fifteen billion years of cosmic spiraling. We receive the blessings of the Eternal and we are showered with abundance. We ask and we receive. A universe of plenty flows to us, through us. It is in us. We become filled with endless possibilities.

We need to remember where we came from; to know that we are one. To understand that we are of an undivided whole: race, color, nationality, creed, gender are beams of light, refracted through one great prism. We begin as perfect and journey through life to become more perfect in the singularity of “I” and in the multiplicity of “we”—a more perfect union of matter and spirit.

Esteemed Reader of Our Magazine:

I start by acknowledging and thanking Dennis Kucinich for the above quote and for making a sound that is extraordinary amid the clatter of the political noise machine. This is a man I would be proud to call my president.

And I proceed by addressing a related subject that has been much in my thoughts. Since it has been in my thoughts I assume that the subject has been making the rounds to the thoughts of others as well.

The subject is: relationship.

What is it to be related—to be in relationship?

The general view is of one or another type of personal link, as to a parent, child, lover, friend, or co-worker. Each of these define who we are to that person or social unit. This conceptualization determines a specific mode of behavior. There is an appropriate set of actions for each type of relationship. And we either abide by these or we don’t. When we do, our relationships are “healthy” and when we don’t we are either negligent or criminal. But these definitions don’t answer the question of the essential nature of relationship.