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| Courses Schedule |
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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 |
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On Teaching and Relationships
An Introduction
Economics, and Politics
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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The Challenges of Being Someone's Child and Being a Parent
Nowhere in our academic schooling are we taught
- what it means to be a child
- what it means to be a parent
- what the purpose of having parents is
- how we are bonded to our parents, our children, and if we share children, our spouse and/or ex-spouses - for life!
This course is for anyone who has ever been a child!
Do you want to start understanding the full impact of your childhood?
Do you want to move forward from your childhood patterns and get on with your life now - instead of constantly being
tripped up by the re-actions you invented to survive as a child?
Do you want to ensure you do not repeat the patterns of behaviour of
your parents - and their parents before them?
Do you want to ensure you do not pass on your shortcomings to your children?
Every child has an openness of mind, and a stark frankness of honesty that is not only endearing, but also utterly revitalising and motivating. Yet being so stuck in what are quite often the petty problems of the adult world, we rarely, if ever, come in touch with the child's sense of fun, spontaneous humour, and natural love for all life. In this course we learn how to appreciate and enjoy the wondrous gifts children bring us. You are guided towards rediscovering the forgotten child which lurks within us all, and through this enable you to see the world once again from the child's perspective.
"Let us take you back to where you started off in life before your 'software' became corrupted - way back when you were still PURE, Life Coming Into Manifestation. Let us go back before you became stuck in re-enacting your folly and reinstall the ORIGINAL 'software' and thus REGENERATE the Life you are, and were always MEANT to be - that is, your unrealised potential!" ~ Théun Mares
You may come to this course as a parent, as a wannabe parent, as an adult - whatever the reason, you will each be guided back to your own childhood. You will learn how you are running your life based on a decision made about yourself before the age of 7. Most of us are still children, as our perception of ourselves and our belief in ourselves stalled right at that time when WE decided that we are not OK, not good enough, in some way! We need to come to grips with the child within before we can come to grips with the concept of our true Selves - which is what Relationships II is all about. To do so, we need to head back and re-experience our childhood - and then change the way we see our-Selves.
We will look in depth as to why we got the father and mother we did in this lifetime - or at least look at the possibility that we MAY have chosen our parents - before we look at why OUR children got us - or will get us.
On this course we will show you:
- what a child actually is
- how we made a decision about ourselves back before the age of 7 that permeates every aspect of our lives
- how to tackle the ongoing challenges presented as we play out our belief that we are unlovable without realising that we are doing it
- how we pass on behaviour from one generation to the next
- the various stages in a child's development, and the role of both parents, from before birth through adolescence
- how to relate to our children successfully and happily, how to avoid pitfalls, and how to correct mistakes of the past
- why we chose our parents; and why our children choose us
- how to change the way we see our-Selves.
Playing the Nice Guy Ruins Our Kids as well as Our Society
Article by Théun Mares
True learning, true education takes place all the time, everywhere.
Life doesn't happen only at school.
Life happens all the time.
We need academic schooling in order to establish a career,
but life is infinitely more than merely holding down a job.
If one looks beyond the face value of the violence and chaos that is occurring all over the world today, it becomes clear to see that the real motivating force is man's inherent, albeit mostly unconscious, drive towards seeking harmony through conflict.