It should not be difficult to accept the idea that someone else is, in 'your experience of them', in part your self-creation. But it is difficult and sometimes impossible. Impossible because accepting the idea that you are in part creating your 'other' forces you to take on board a high degree of self responsibility. Few of us easily do that. p.234
Stephanie DowrickIt should not be difficult to accept the idea that someone else is, in 'your experience of them', in part your self-creation. But it is difficult and sometimes impossible. Impossible because accepting the idea that you are in part creating your 'other' forces you to take on board a high degree of self responsibility. Few of us easily do that. p.234
Stephanie DowrickImagine the world we would live in if we dared to see all of life as sacred - unconditionally.
Stephanie DowrickWhat helps most is remembering that such a cry or attack or sly blow is a reflection of that other personโs inner state; it is not an omniscient summary of you. Your reaction reflects your own inner state, and that can tell you which aspects of your own inner world are needy of attention. p.291
Stephanie DowrickIt is precisely in relationships of intimacy that your craziness (and mine) will be hardest to conceal.
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