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"The mastery of love" is also very easy to understand thanks to the metaphors, parables and stories regarding human relationships. For instance, the story of the magical kitchen is a great analogy to a romantic relationship. On relationshipsAs "The mastery of love" well explains, in any relationship there are two halves, but we are only responsible for our own half. We are not responsible for the other person's half. However, it gets complicated as for a start, due to our childhood and our patterns of behaviour, we embark in most of our romantic relationships out of the need of the other person. We then become selfish in the relationship. This frequent behaviour need not exist, if we dedicate a little love and respect to ourselves first. As Don Miguel puts it, "How much you love yourself - that is your price - and Life respects the price." In the same way, authentic happiness comes from within us first, and the mistake we frequently make on our relationships is that "We base our happiness on our partner, and it doesn't work that way." About the relationship between love and happiness, the author explains: "There are millions of ways to express your happiness, but there is only one way to really be happy, and that is to love. [...] If you don't love yourself, you don't have any opportunity to be happy. [...] Love coming out of you is the only way to be happy." Other topicsThis soothing book sheds light on a number of topics related to the development of ourselves and our relationships. Some of the topics include:
In sum, "The mastery of love" gives a profound insight on human relationships and specifically on romantic relationships, and what we want from them. After reading this book you may look at the way you conduct your romantic relationships with new eyes and renewed energy. As Don Miguel Ruiz puts it, "If you choose to keep going, you can still have a new beginning by accepting and loving your partner just as she is." Back From "The Mastery Of Love" |
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