In this week's talk, Rev. Patrick speaks about magical relationships. Rama
Maharish said this about ourselves: "Wanting to reform the world without
discovering one's true self is like trying to cover the world with leather to
avoid the pain of walking on stones and thorns. It is much simpler to wear
shoes."
Mark Nepo gave this insight about relationships: "Everyone personalizes and
projects. Personalizing is mistaking what happens in the world as always
having to do with us. Projecting is the reverse, when we place the thing that
happens in us onto the world around us. The truth is, no one can avoid
personalizing and projecting. There are only those of us who are aware of it
and those of us who are not, those of us who own it when it happens and those
of us who don't. But this difference is crucial. Not owning these things can
end relationships, owning them can deepen relationships."