#relatio

The yogi can relate to his Beloved in the form of a personal relationship-as a friend, a child, a spouse. He can cherish God in traditional religious performances–honoring saints, holy sites, and scriptures. He can hold God dear in the form of union—as his own Self, or in samadhi. All forms of God are equally suitable for love. (165) ↗

— Prem Prakash

#devotion #god #love #relationship #spiritual-relationship

Because I want to be treated as equals, not sequels. ↗

— Nina Ardianti

#woman #equality

I find Jesus my confidant and companion, brother and savior; our relationship is intimate, vulnerable, demanding yet comfortable and reassuring. ↗

— Malcolm Boyd

#comfortable #companion #confidant #demanding #find

A grandchild is a miracle, but a renewed relationship with your own children is even a greater one. ↗

— T. Berry Brazelton

#children #even #greater #miracle #own

I don't count that relationship with Ricky. It's just like a blip at this point. I had to fall in love with the devil himself to get this sweet angel, Jack. ↗

— Christie Brinkley

#count #devil #fall #get #had

It goes back to keeping things equal. Friendship feels really demeaning if one person still likes the other more, which is probably what caused the breakup in the first place. It’s such a misnomer that ‘boyfriend’ and ‘girlfriend’ have the word ‘friend’ in them." "I don’t know, Dom. It’s screwed up that people who dug each other enough to go out can’t at least stay friends afterward. "Spoken by a true love virgin. ↗

— Daria Snadowsky

#love #relationships #sex #equality

The contribution of humanistic psychology to better relationships is recognized by the inclusion of Carl Rogers, whose influential book reminds us that relationships cannot flower if they don’t have a climate of listening and nonjudgmental acceptance, and that empathy is the mark of a genuine person. ↗

— Tom Butler-Bowdon

#relationship

In the past, even Alex's promises hadn't prevented a reoccurence. She didn't have a choice. She wished he could see that as clearly as she did. ↗

— Jodi Picoult

#relationship

The secret of all effective advertising is not the creation of new and tricky words and pictures, but one of putting familiar words and pictures into new relationships. ↗

— Leo Burnett

#creation #effective #familiar #into #new

Hopefully each film can be given a musical voice of its own, which is not to say that the instrumentation is always unique, but that the relationship between the sound and the image is unique. ↗

— Carter Burwell

#between #each #film #given #hopefully