Friday, June 24, 2011

Core Values of Integral Relationship Evolutionaries

 These are not my own words, if you'd like to learn more, please follow the sources. Thank you

If you are still after a relationship -well, if u are after one, then is it hunger? ...but nvm about that - I do appreciate the core values as outlined:

From http://www.integralrelationship.com/

12 Core Values of Integral Relationship Evolutionaries:*

  1. We choose to love (instead of something that happens to us) and see the quality of our relationship as an indicator of our psychological health and spiritual realization.
  2. We transcend our primary fantasy and base our relationship in Being values, versus material, sexual, or emotional neediness.
  3. We use our relationship for ongoing mutual learning, healing, growth and awakening towards the capacity to love unconditionally.
  4. We hold an evolutionary perspective and have reached or strive towards an integral, transpersonal or higher level of consciousness.
  5. We continuously develop, balance and harmonize our healthy feminine and masculine polarities.
  6. We meet each other as opposites and equals to create synergy at the level of all seven chakras.
  7. We share a purpose for our relationship that is larger than either individual and that is offered in service for the greatest good of the largest number of people.
  8. We have an Integral Life Practice (ILP) with modules for the health of our body, mind, spirit/soul, shadow, as well as ethics, sexuality, work, emotions, and relationships.
  9. We make an explicit agreement to tell/listen-to each other’s truths without the need for validation or acceptance from our partner, and to own our emotional reactions to our partner's reality.
  10. We set and respect each other's healthy boundaries.
  11. We share material resources and pursue an environmentally and socially responsible lifestyle.
  12. We engage in sacred/tantric sexuality and practice monogamy out of choice instead of fear.
* These 12 Core Values for Integral Relationship Evolutionaries outline the relationship potentials for integrally informed men and post-postmodern (evolved) women.  They were inspired by Elizabeth Debold's 10 Core Values for Evolving Women

Below are Elizabeth Debold's wonderful 10 Core Values for Evolving Women. The Integral Relationship Website is dedicated to the male-female relationship potentials that women become available for once they embody these values.
  1. Holding an Evolutionary Perspective
    She strives to live in the knowledge that the creative intelligence that gave birth to the universe is not separate from her true self. She knows that all of the ways that she is conditioned—biologically, socially, and psychologically— are not personal to her, but are part and parcel of a universal developmental process.

  2. Trusting in Life
    Through letting go of her need to control over and over again, she has discovered the empty Ground of Being that lies at the depth of her self. This profound experience of liberation frees her at the deepest level. As a result, she is at ease, manifesting an undefended innocence, dignity, and independence of spirit.

  3. Taking Responsibility for Evolution
    Knowing that the entire developmental process is One, she endeavors to take full responsibility for evolving her own consciousness, realizing that her development moves the leading edge forward for all womankind

  4. Realizing Unity with Other Women
    She relaxes more and more into a unity with other women as she refuses to act out of the nearly universal compulsion for women to separate from and compete with each other. She doesn’t deny that this compulsion, which has been key to women’s survival in the past, operates in her psyche, nor is she afraid or ashamed of it, but she works to keep her focus on evolving women’s relationships through trust, transparency, and a passion to create the future

  5. Being Emotionally Rational
    Despite how overwhelming any emotional experience may be, she strives for objectivity and aspires to liberate her power of choice so that she is no longer trapped by fears and desires rooted in her biological and cultural conditioning. She is developing the emotional maturity to not dis-integrate and give in to ancient survival impulses when she finds herself under pressure.


  1. Standing Autonomously and Not Wavering
    Rather than gauging her responses by what she thinks others want and need, she is cultivating a radical autonomy, grounded in her longing for liberation and her passion for the evolution of consciousness. She increasingly finds manipulative game-playing distasteful, and craves being simple, straight, and clear in her relationships with other

  2. Relinquishing Sexual Power
    She is awake to how deeply identified she is with her sexual power and how instinctive it is to use it to get what she wants. Aspiring to drop this fundamental identification, she finds that sexual relationships become more straightforward and less of a priority and marker of personal success. The more she succeeds in this aspiration, the more she discovers a profound intimacy with others that is not related to sexuality at all.

  3. Leading by Example
    Dropping the many masks of pretense and self-image, she strives for a rare vulnerability and authenticity that is not emotional but comes from being unafraid of the impulses and motivations that drive women. She is discovering a deep confidence that is not edged with hardness but founded in transparency and humility. She is willing to step forward and be a pioneer, and does not abuse the power that comes with leadership.

  4. Being Trustworthy
    Resisting the temptation to be dishonest or inauthentic under scrutiny, she desires to act with integrity so that her word is her deed. She aspires to be consistently true to a higher purpose no matter what personal challenges she faces

  5. Rejecting Victimhood
    She recognizes that she has cocreated history with men and is not a victim of it. She seeks to take full responsibility for her own choices, past and present. Today, she stands side by side with men as an equal cocreator of an enlightened future.

Monday, June 6, 2011

Managing time - prevent burn-out ?- on priorities, life's purpose and love and passion

a question came in via e-mail today and it was suggested that what my fingers typed might be good for a blog. so here it goes. (the question is at the end of the post, with permission).

here are some points, not necessarily in that order, which might be
helpful.

if you want to continue "working" in any kind of efficient or
responsible way which also sustains you:

SELF-CARE
you need to stay healthy enough to work - to that end, you need to do
what is necessary. how much time and what one needs to do: this
greatly varies between people as well as a phase in life you might be
in. consider your physical as well as emotional body.


NECESSITY
we here do get a lot done, and part of it is that we are doing it for
others and in a group. both help.


LETTING GO
and - i know for myself at least, i have had to drop things/projects
that were dear to me and it was and is painful. a couple of them,
especially website work,  actually appear to be necessary - but i
simply do not have the time and energy to do them.
letting go of what you can no longer do is important.


MEANING
the activities i continue are meaningful to me within my life's
purpose.
luckily what i do is also work i enjoy...but make no mistake - i
never get done and wish i had help or less work. meaning though
somehow seems to help make energy available.


ACCOMPLISHMENT
i can check off little things though - like: ok, that dvd is done and
available, or that item is done and delivered. - i think it is
important to stay aware of what you DO get done.


LIMITS
learn to set a limit....ie, decline, or find ways that help to limit
your involvement. there are things i will not take on as a job, just
occasionally help out if needed. because once i take it on - i am too
responsible to just walk away. and if i really can't do it anymore -
it is taking it's toll to say - i can't do it better or not at all.


LOVE AND PASSION - an OPEN HEART -> CONNECTION
with skye, i said "yes" when asked to take care of her, even though i
had not a single minute of time to spare in my daily schedule,  and
from then on i did absolutely everything i could to serve her in a
way that she would be a well adjusted and happy dog. the question
was: what did she need and what did i need to do. turned out, with
the way things are here and the other 2 dogs, it was a LOT of work,
difficult and  more that i EVER imagined. i had to observe,  study
and learn, it was physically exhausting - and then i got lucky
because i actually fell in love with her - for reasons i can't really
explain - she had the key to my heart, and doors opened, energy
poured in, healing happened,  transformation happened. absolutely
amazing in many ways...and the transition is still in progress....and
there is a big lesson -  an open heart is a must at some level on
this path. ...for me, it was this dog and wanting to do everything i
could to take care of her properly. she catalyzed something.
and - it lead to a transition and a different level and sense of
connection - with everything.
i can't tell you how to get there tho, or what it would take for you.


FLEXIBILITY AND ADJUSTMENTS
once i said yes to this living being, that job rose to the top right
next to the brane-power jobs i have ->  it is ok that priorities
change!!!!

myself, one of the many things skye  (you know, the dog i had been
asked to take care of) has taught me, - quite inadvertently,  because
she required it and i was committed to it - , was that a lot of
walking and working with her outside is something i needed. after an
excruciating 6 weeks,  i noticed the vast improvement in my body
(including emotional). it really does much better physically spending
time walking and outside. now that she is gone - it took about 2
weeks for my body to get into the same pain patterns and i am now
starting to walk again - without her. this takes time off other work
i could be doing i guess, but i need to do it.

and now we are back to self care.

i could go on and on -

rest when you are tired, eat when you are hungry, make some time for
play each day. accept you can't possibly get everything done - if
your plate  is too full and you also feel responsible to take care of
everything that is on the table...ur gonna burn.


DON'T COMPARE
someone whose plate is huge but does not have much on it - easy.
someone whose plate is small might be overful with the same stuff on
it. so it really does not work to compare. some folks are overwhelmed
with what someone else might consider small jobs. some plates are
naturally bigger or stronger.

be kind to yourself.
speak truthfully.

ASK FOR HELP
this i had been doing  from the guides and higher beings
with every cell of my being. asking for help on this path - with the
attitude of: what is needed, even if i did not know what it was, even
if it might look to me that i wanted something else. accepting that
what help will come will be what I need on this path  - and i am
convinced that when ej picked out skye and gave me the job - those
higher energies were involved.

COMMITMENT TO THE PATH and PURPOSE OF YOUR BEING
I don't know how I could live without that...

not sure this helped, but that is what my fingers were typing.

c.



Hello,
I am writing to ask for your suggestions or advice on how to manage my time.
I know you all do so many things everyday at the Institute and I have often
wondered how you get it all done.

Presently I find myself in a situation with a tremendous amount of work on
a variety of different projects. I realize that this is an attention issue for me
and I am having trouble organizing it all and feeling very tired at times.

I would appreciate any feedback as to how I might focus and
organize my time to get everything done. And feel rested if possible.

Do you have any suggestions or ideas?