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Courses Schedule
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ISM Support E-Forum
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Introduction to Relationships Courses
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Relationships I - Relationships in General - or - This Darned Elusive Happiness
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Threshold to Excellence
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Relationships II - Relationship with the Self
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Relationships III - Investing Responsibly in a Permanent Relationship
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Relationships IV - The World of Little People
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Relationships V - The Challenges of Puberty - Teenage Camp 1
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Relationships VI - Hunting for Power - Teenage Camp 2
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Frontiers of the Self
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Power of the Male
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Mysteries of the Female
Elizabeth Schnugh - On Teaching and Relationships
Elizabeth Schnugh
On Teaching and Relationships
Théun Mares - An Introduction
Théun Mares
An Introduction
Théun Mares - On Money, Economics, and Politics
Théun Mares - On Money,
Economics, and Politics
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Today is the first day of the rest of your life.
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Our wishes are not just idle day-dreams. Our wishes are an expression of our innermost predilection - a predilection which it is perfectly possible to fulfill, provided we use our knowledge wisely.
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We make of our lives what we will.
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Life is not your social conditioning, and neither are you your behaviour.
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If you wish to change you must cast off your self-image.
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To relate to ourselves, to others, or to the world, we need to be aware. To relate implies understanding.
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Take responsibility for having this person in your life.
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Don't treat the other person in your life any differently than you would a stranger.
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Accept yourself for who and what you are.
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Always look for the positive; focus on the positive.
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Acknowledge gender according to its proper potential.
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Compress time.
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Believe in yourself and in others.
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Make allowances for the differences between males and females.
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Laugh! Life is fun!
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Be real. Make yourself and others real.
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The cornerstone of true love is intelligent co-operation.
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Ruthlessness and unconditional love are synonymous.
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Actions speak louder than words.
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All of life is a system of games. Some games just require more carefully defined rules than others.
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Relationship with the Self


Most of us long for a meaningful and uplifting relationship, but if we are ever to have such a relationship, then it cannot be based upon co-dependency. The first prerequisite for any relationship, is that we must be able to relate to ourselves properly and with honesty.

There are very few people in the world today who can truly claim to be inwardly complete, who feel adequate in every respect, and who truly believe in themselves. Instead, most of us feel insecure in some way or other.

In order to hide our insecurities and shortcomings, we have all learned to constrain our behaviour by playing carefully chosen roles. But sooner or later, usually once we are in a relationship, the strain becomes too much, and the mask begins to slip - the real person begins to show. The results are well known!

Rosebud
"Very few people in the world today truly
believe in themselves."
In Relationships I, we look at the general principles involved in any kind of relationship, but in Relationships II, we work from the basis that you cannot expect anyone to love and respect you if you do not love and respect yourself. Therefore the accent is on commitment, and on what this means for you.

On this course we will show you:
  • What true honesty entails.
  • How to differentiate between the real you and your behaviour.
  • How to assess and change your self-image, at a physical, emotional and mental level.
  • What it means to be a whole person, and how to achieve this.
  • How to listen to your heart.
  • How to act rather than react.
  • How to find lasting love.
  • What it really means to take responsibility for yourself and your own life, and how to make this work for you.
Our courses assume no prior knowledge or particular standard of education. We start with the basic principles and we move forward from there, always remembering that we need a firm foundation to succeed.

Please note that to enroll for Relationships II it is necessary to have first completed Relationships I as well as the World of Little People courses. ISM has implemented this requirement because through experience it has become clear that people cannot benefit fully from the material imparted in Relationships II without first having acquired the fundamental tools for relationships imparted in Relationships I, and having come to grips with their childhood through the material imparted in the World of Little People.

Many people consider that because they may have received counseling and/or done workshops on childhood issues, they have their childhood issues resolved, done and dusted. But we at ISM have found that in ALL cases this does not suffice, and simply because concepts such as awareness, the relative factor of awareness, the formative years of a child, social conditioning from even before birth, etc., is all material that is generally not known and neither to be found in any of the workshops, seminars and counseling activities available to the general public. As a result most adults today live with a stunted emotional and/or mental development. And where there is this stunted development it is not possible to grasp the material offered in Relationships II.

For your own good and for the good of the other participants, NO exceptions will be made to the above requirement.

Consult the Current Course Schedule for times and locations nearest you.