Letting Go - Here and Now

6 An Addictive Relationship “Is it possible to become addicted to a way of life?” “What way of life?” “My way of life.” “What is your way of life?” “Studying with you.” “Why do you seem to fear that it could become an addiction?” “Could it already have become an addiction?” “Yes.” “What can I do about it?” “What do you want to do about it?” “I want to maintain our relationship, and yet ..” “And yet?” “I want to, or rather, I seem to need to believe that I could end it if I willed to.” “Why would you will to end our relationship?” “I might begin to feel that I had lost control of it.” “You never had control of it.” “Then, who does?” “Who does what?” “Who has control of our relationship if I don’t?” “Our relationship controls itself.” “What is a relationship?” “A mutual attraction.” “So, if I was no longer attracted to you ..?” “Or me to you.” “It takes two?” “Yes, it takes two.” ………. A simple seeker’s note to herself - An Addictive Relationship “If relationships take two ..” “And they do.” “Then we each are attracted to the other?” “Yes, but possibly for different reasons.” “What different reasons?” “You are attracted to the simple wisdom that I share with you.” “And not to yourself alone?” “That’s not possible.” “Why?” “We each are of the same basic substance.” “And attractions require something other than we ourselves are?” “Yes.” “People are attracted to each other.” “Some people are attracted to some other people.” “Does personal attraction require the other to have something that we do not have ourselves?” “Yes and no.” “Please explain.” “Personal attraction may be based on the belief that the other is other than is so.” “We see what we want to see?” “Sometimes.” “How to know the difference?” “Between what?” “Between what we’re attracted to, and why?” “Experience teaches us.” “How much experience?” “As much as it takes.”