UncommonPromise

A new consciousness has arisen within us. We have become weary of our polarized world of good or bad, black or white, masculine or feminine, winners or losers, top or bottom, inside or outside, war or peace, for or against. There is a sense that we can’t continue to stir in this seemingly never-ending war of opposites. We once believed this paradox of contradictions to be true, that it was a way of being. Given. Absolute. We began reading books—Androgyny by June Singer, and No Boundary by Ken Wilbur. Our conversations turned to our own lives and self-imposed “self” definitions. In what ways did we unknowingly perpetuate this escalating battle that ultimately goes right to the heart of life, and to our own hearts? We know that it is necessary to draw lines of demarcation in order to know who we are, yet within the very lines that are meant to define, there is confinement. We reached clear decision points to take a healthy stand, but realize that we must also be willing to step back, release and resolve the hardened edges in order to grow. Dissolution of the lines and distinctions ultimately unifies our lives to the point of integration and wholeness.



As we engage with each other on this journey of the heart, we consider these questions weighty and critical for our future together. We realize that a truly equal partnership must be extremely conscious of the nature of the lines we draw, the forms we map out. Our struggle with these ideas is a stage of our growth and development. There will surely come a day when we will experience calm integration—the end of the line.

Drawing inspired by the 1938 Woodcut Sky and Water by M. C. Escher

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