Could you say that “relationship” is a single point of reference meeting and acting with another single point of reference? For example “I am” meeting “I am”.

Actions from a single pointed awareness are based in “I am something” and have many filters. Coming from single pointed awareness everything I view is something other than me, something to work with or fight against. Disease comes from the perspective of “I am somebody and I am doing something”. Cancer in the physical body is an example of an extreme single pointed consciousness trying to take action on its own. Just like cancerous cells in the body, we can be parasitic beings upon our host.

What if relatedness is simply consciousness without a set point of reference? There is no “I am” meeting “I am”, it is just “I”. You still live life and act out the part you are assigned within you. Actions from “I” are effortless because it is understood that action is a joint effort. There is no such thing as “I am doing something”. For example: when I move my arms and hands to type there are many related actions happening. It is not just my muscles but also my nerves, bones, etc. It is a joint effort. Looking on someone may say I am typing, but a more accurate observation would be that WE are typing.

Even when doing a bodywork sessions I am as much the client as the client is the therapist. I wish I could make that clearer but I am limited by our dualistic language.

To me, it still comes down to perception (the beliefs, emotions, and thoughts I have related to what I am experiencing), what some call filters. Is seeing only the “I” simply a process of clearing or neutralizing single pointed perception?  

The concept of one’s self is really the only thing that trips us up.

Jon

PS

1 + 1 = 2

1 – 1 = 0

1 x 1 = 1

What makes the sets of numbers different and their outcome is what is between the numbers. What’s between the numbers is how they are relating to each other in each set. The symbols between the numbers represent the force (perception energy) the numbers have on one another, the type of relationship present.

The numbers just show up to the equation. It is ALL about what is in between the numbers that makes the difference. What’s between the numbers? Beliefs, Perceptions, Fears, Emotions, etc. What you focus on in others is what you get.

Think about 10 different people you know. In all of those relationships are you exactly the same? Chances are you are not completely yourself in ever one of those separate relationships. We react differently to different people because the relationship (energy between) is different. This relating not only effects our outward connects with people but also our inward relationship with our body-mind.