When I first started becoming conscious about relationships, I often felt a wave of regret, believing (ONLY) my past unconsciousness had damaged them. What made it worse was the thought that the person I lost was somehow meant to be in my life—either as a partner or a friend. I would get stuck in feelings of sadness and hopelessness, as if I had done something irreversible. From where I stand now, I see that all my relationships unfolded exactly as they were meant to. As I mentioned in the video, this doesn’t mean I was meant to hurt someone or that someone was meant to hurt me. Instead, the relationships happened—or didn’t happen—because of the level of consciousness both people brought to them. I didn’t miss out on anything; I had lessons to learn. In the rare instances when I fully regretted not holding onto a relationship or trying harder to make it work, I’ve realized that those feelings of desire for the relationship were rooted in the present, not in the past. #spiritualpath #innerwork #relationship #love #spiritualbooks