OUR WORLD
This isn’t what education typically looks like in our
society. But at some point I realized that part of
my job was to help fill a huge hole—a crater, really—left behind by our society’s failure to provide a
certain type of education, the kind that transforms
the tribal and the modern ego, awakens the planetary ego, and empowers us to relate in peaceful,
harmonious ways. Right now, the majority of the
human population is relationally illiterate. As a
result, our relationships are blighted with shame,
blame, projection, and judgment.
Relational education gives us a flashlight that allows us to look within, get to know our true feelings, and relate more lovingly to ourselves and to
others. I’ve never met anyone who didn’t want to
do this. But most of us don’t know how because
we were never taught. Nobody ever explained to
us why our ego operates the way it does or how to
compassionately reeducate it. We weren’t taught
to identify and express our feelings and needs, let
alone reconcile them with those of others.
It’s telling that we don’t even have a name for the
study of interpersonal relationships. We can identify a number of contributing fields—psychology,
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spirituality, sociology, biology, and so on— but we
have no name for the art of creating compassionate and peaceful relationships.
My job is to help people look within, identify their
true needs and desires, and weave a web of fulfilling, nurturing connections. Over the years I’ve
been privileged to witness how their lives become
more free and joyful as they bring their heart and
their ego into alignment. They become more tolerant, more comfortable with differences, more
accepting of life’s imperfections, and more compassionate. Because they themselves are more at
peace, they can better serve as agents of peace in
the world.
A new consciousness is
stirring that knows what
freedom feels like and won’t
settle for less.