We have been taught to define our interactions with others as a function or a role, and as the good students that we unwittingly are, we conduct ourselves accordingly.
At work you are a co-worker, a subordinant or a boss, possibly a rival. At home you are a husband/wife/child/sibling, the breadwinner, the martyr, the housewife, the soccer mom... In other arenas, you are the best friend, the confidant, the other woman, one of the guys, a public servant, a customer, a neighbor, etc...
All of these and many, many more, have customary parameters that define how the interaction is to be conducted. Of course there are variations due to region, age or some other demographic, but mostly we are playing a "part" and feeling apart.
We are meant to BE interCONNECTING as spiritual BEings, each simply individual manifestations of ONE greater whole. Instead of the usual superior/subordinant positions we are used to, we are intended to experience reciprocal togetherness, and share empathy, compassion and LOVE... This can only happen when we are fully PRESENT with each other, when we drop our "role" or "function", and when the good in us speaks directly to the good in another...
Today look at each individual you meet and realize you are with
another soul. Instead of speaking "to" them or "at" them, BE with them...
Duffy
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