Whether we like it or not, whether we want to admit it or not: Life is all about relationships.

That being the case it’s certainly worth our examining the relational foundation of life.  Look, you know as well as I do that almost everyone who has ever been through a relationship will have quite naturally gone through a break-up.  That being said, it’s in your best interest to consider what part you played in the relationship’s end, and when I say relationship break ups,  I am in no way limiting that to romantic relationships.

So, let’s briefly go on a voyage of discovery and peek inside the minds of the people around us for some real life examples of some of the limiting beliefs and behaviors that directly affect relationships.

There’s a good chance that you know at least a handful of people who feel that the people they are surrounded with are not really there for them. You know what I mean, right? You get the impression that they hear what you are saying, but aren’t really listening — that they ‘don’t get you‘.

Maybe sometimes you might feel that you can’t be honest with the people around you because you’re afraid that if you spoke your truth you may hurt their feelings, or end up getting hurt yourself.

I’m curious; have you ever considered how many people are afraid of being honest with themselves because they are scared stiff that the truth would be to painful to face?

Why can it so often be so hard to have honest relationships even with ourselves? Well, keep reading I’ll get to it in a moment, but first….

Let me be straight with you: Relationship, as I said earlier is one of the great foundations of life, and if we don’t master that foundation there is always a sense that something is missing.

One sure-fire way to tell that you have not mastered your relational foundation of life is if you’ve ever felt a certain ‘disconnection’ from the people who surround you. Moreover, there’s a strange feeling that many of your relationships are actually based on obligation — a sense that you must participate ‘or else’– rather than a conscious choice, and this is a massive sign that your relational foundation is out of whack.

I’m sure you can feel that, the people we surround ourselves with have a profound effect on every aspect of our lives, that we are a part of a collective consciousness. Those who surround us affect many areas we don’t consciously think about, including, but not limited too; how we feel about ourselves, how we feel about our circumstances, the decisions we make and what we end up believing we deserve and therefore what we attract into our lives.

One of the most challenging things we can face, is to be on a path of consciousness while having no conscious community…

It’s like trying to stay sober while living in the pub.

To stay committed and connected to your life’s purpose you must surround yourself with a conscious community who get you and also get why personal growth is so important. That community needs to have a collective consciousness that upholds you in a safe place to grow.

This of course is why Baron Mastery University.com was built.  (In case you don’t know, for a short time we are opening the doors to Baron Mastery University.com to invite other conscious and growth oriented individuals in. Just send an email to admin-at-baronmastery.com and put “requesting a BMU.com invitation”  in the subject line.

Back to the Relational Foundation: One of the liberating benefits of mastering your relational foundation is that you happen to find yourself constantly surrounded by loving people who love you: people you respect deeply, and in turn, people who deeply respect you. By mastering your relational foundation you will establish healthy boundaries with everyone around you. You will also have the kind of honest relationships you’ve always wanted with both yourself and with others.

Take a breath because here’s the deal:

Once you are the master of your ego-mind’s fixed ideas about relationships…  you are not willing to put up with any crap!

When you have mastered the relational foundation of life; you don’t put up with being pushed around, and you don’t put up with people trampling all over your boundaries! Not only do you confidently speak your truth, you speak it while being open and compassionately able to hear someone else’s truth without the fear of hurting anyone and without the fear of being personally rejected!


Now come on, be honest, how does that sound?
Tell me, how bad do you want to be able to do that and be that way?

One final staggering comment on this foundation. By mastering your relational foundation, you learn to eliminate all fear in relationships so that you can experience love in its fullest form. Need I say more?

Once again this piece is based on The relational foundation of life as featured in my book… “Don’t Read This…your ego won’t like it!” (Which you can find by clicking on the products tab above)

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Until next time live with courage, Dov…

P.S. Order  “Don’t Read This…your ego won’t like it!” before the end of August and tell me who you want it signed to and I’ll sign it for you.

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  • Gina
    Hi Dov and everyone out there,

    Dov love this To find the one, BECOME THE ONE! It is so very true and in life many of us have let others lead us onto roads unknown and rather bumpy because they live their lives full of turmoil and for some reason they love it and thrive, yet they drag down others...if they let them. It is time in my life now to think of ME...because I am important also and I cannot always keep helping others out. That statement you made really kicked home for me.
    I thank you...and will definately take it into consideration of my goals in life.
  • Lina Riga-Berlin
    Hi Dov,
    I want to thank you for the awareness! This past weekend I realized that I have still a lot of crap to clean, "because I my ego-mind's fixed ideas about relationships.
    This weekend was very eventful and challenging. I received your email on "Life is all about Relationships" and it really brought awareness. I have always felt a disconnection with one of my sibblings and this past weekend was a confirmation of that disconnection. I have to say that you are so right when you say that the people we surround ourselves with have a profound effect on every aspect of our lives. She certainly has had a profound effect on my life, but in an unhealthy way. I have been some what aware of it but I thought I had cleaned that crap, but you brought in the awareness, that I truely still of a lot of cleaning to do. I also had a taste of the People that surround me that are having a incredible influence on me and that truely want my best interest, growth and well being. I realized I have an amazing mentor and friend.
    Again, thank you for your constant awareness and teachings.

    Forever Greatful,
    Lina
  • Pat
    Hi Dougie! I had the same problem Karen did - tried to sign up for the standard membership, but also got the same page she did, so couldn't do it.

    Didn't know if I should email Debbie, as you suggested for her, so instead thought I'd ask what I should do.

    Regards to you and Ren,
    Patritzia
  • Dov Baron
    Hey Patty cake,

    Yes, send an email to admin and she'll sort you out.
    See ya on the inside.

    Thanks for letting me know, Dov...
  • Gina
    Throughout my life I've gone through many relationships and its always baffled me why does this happen? How could I have not seen who that person really was before it went so far? I work and always have done very long hours...more than 40 hours a week. I have three kids that two have already flown the coupe and have one that still is living with me. The two dead beat dads never helped financially or otherwise. Its been a very long bumpy road and now I can feel the exaustion settling deep within my body. They say no relationship is perfect and thats true. What I've noticed is that alot of people come with baggage and that truly makes them different and difficult to get to know the real them. I've got baggage but its neatly bundled up in my positive packages. I've dealt with it and now use it to help others, if they are willing to listen, what they do with it is up to them. Most people aren't willing to change because they are scared of changing their lives. In my opinion if you love yourself then no change is worth keeping on the back burner, you have to make it happen. It is only then that you can be the real you and truly find happiness and hopfully true love and respect from a partner.
  • Dov Baron
    Hi Gina and many others,

    Everyone's got their own baggage and it doesn't matter how long we're on the planet we will always have baggage, that's not the point, the point is how we are willing to deal with it as it emerges. Bottom line: To find the one, BECOME THE ONE!

    With gratitude, Dov...
  • If I understood this post right, the relational foundation must be founded on us, meaning we must first develop a sound relationship with ourselves. When we have that then we are able to speak our truth, without worrying about hurting others (and more importantly - ourselves).
    Thanks for this. It has taken me a long time to develop a real honest relationship
    with myself, because as you say - it is probably the hardest thing we can do - to be completely honest with ourselves.
  • cheryllc
    Hi thanks for making this a REAL experience and not just an online internet contact. My search has brought me here to you, and you speak to my soul on so many levels. I do understand about the postal service, and will try to keep my impatience under control until such time as the package arrives. Be assured, I am very keen to get started. Your work inspires me, as the next step in my journey. As they say, 'when the student is ready, the teacher arrives.' For now, thanks for sharing your very deep experiences with me.
    Yours, in anticipation, Cheryll C.
  • cheryllc
    HI, and thanks for today's profound message. I have been on a deep spiritual journey, by myself, in an environment of non-agreement for several years, and althouth it is deeply rewarding and has become my life's work, I have been wondering why I am always alone in this. Seems I have chosen to do this alone, as there are opportunities to join a local community but I resist.
    Your message today told me so much about my journey. I have a deep daily contact with my higher self, and today all my efforts to prevail against the odds have been affirmed. The struggle, the disappointments, the solitary-ness and the resistance. The ego and it's struggle to keep me small.
    Thanking you for the reassurance, and still waiting (not so patiently) for my Attracting Force package to arrive out here in the 'colonies' in Australia. Seems it may take 2 months. Keeping in touch, Cheryll C
  • Dov Baron
    Hi Cheryll,
    I am delighted that this post spoke to a deep part of you and has reassured you of your path. I appologise for the delay in your package arriving, I can only reassure you that it was shipped out within 24 hours of recieving your order. Unfortunately we cannot control the postal service in either your country or ours. However, I am certain that you will find many tresures within your home study program when it arrives.

    With gratitude, Dov...
  • Deb
    Hi Dov & Renuka,

    Thank you both for showing me a new model for healthy relationships! Quantum Soulmates for Singles was ego busting at its best. You weren't kidding when you said we had a minimum of a years worth of work to forge through with our notes. The more I pour over them the more emotional I feel about how I've sold my soul up the river by compromising who I am. I haven't been very discerning in my life and it's cost me in more ways than I can count.

    I'm amazed that I could lie to myself for so long, but once the light had been turned on, there's no going back! I took one full day for myself to sit with my experience of the program. At the end of the day my partner called to invite me over. My tears flowed like a river just thinking about what I knew I needed to do. I wasn't necessarily ready to see him because I was still processing so much, but I felt compelled to "just do it".

    My ego had me convinced it was a life and death situation and my heart almost pounded out of my chest, but I was determined to honor myself and speak my truth. I knew I couldn't wait another day. I absolutely owned my truth, my emotions and my feelings (NO STORY). I spoke with clarity, power, purpose and love. I felt as though a huge weight was lifted off my chest when I was done. He was very willing to "hear" me, could see clearly what I was talking about and why I felt the way I did. It was never his intent to indicate that it was not ok to be me.

    I felt "FUNTASTIC...OF COURSE" until my ego starting butting in. I had to remind it that you didn't feed us with a firehose the first day we arrived at the program. It was a very respectful and gradual process that allowed for a safe environment to heal and grow in. One step at a time allows safety to grow for all concerned.

    Everything you provided is absolutely ego mind blowing! What an amazing team you are!!! I have a crystal clear picture of the two of you assisting me in a way that's beyond words! I'll carry that picture until death do us part!! It'll be my daily companion to remind me TO FRICKIN BE WHO I CAME HERE TO BE!!

    Bless you my friends! You're both amazing gifts to the world!!

    Love & Gratitude,
    Deb
  • Dov Baron
    Hey Deb,

    We love to see you step into the powerful woman that you truly are.
    With gratitude, Dov...
  • Teri
    Hi Dov,

    I like this post very much. It dances around a question I have been pondering about for some time now. And so, of course, it keeps popping up in my reality because I have not mastered it as yet. I am delighted that you brought it up in this post. When we are ready to learn, the teacher appears, right? I’m hoping you will zero even further in and target directly on the answer.

    In this post, you mentioned speaking the truth while we strive to be assertive and not take anything unacceptable from others. But at the same time, we want to be understanding, patient and forgiving. Most often, it is obvious which category an issue falls into, but sometimes there seems to be a fine line between the two. How can we tell the difference when it’s not obvious? Is there a definite guide or sign in which we can refer to?
  • Diane
    Well Dov
    My relational foundation seems to be truly out of whack at the moment! I'm talking about work relationships here. (personal relationships have ended in the past when one or the other of us has moved on because of work etc. depending on the country we were in. I've had one bad break up, learnt the lesson and didn't repeat it!) Work-wise I have found from being quite young that, in certain situations, I don't connect, even though I am capable of the job and doing it well. There again, I want to be back on the healing path ASAP - where I will be with more like-minded people. As soon as my EFM box arrives complete with your book I'll be ready with a box of tissues - let the emotions flow!

    Wish me luck, I'm gong for a job interview in an hour's time - been out of work since November!

    Thanks for everything you are doing. I wll be joining in more when I have the EFM as I feel others in the community are ahead of me and I can't share with their comments yet, but looking forward to making lots of new friends.
  • Karen
    Tried to sign up for the standard membership- just tells me I have to be referred by someone. Or it takes me to the Equation for Manifestation video, which I did earlier this year. Thought maybe I had already joined, but none of my email addresses are recognized. Am I missing something on this?
  • Dov Baron
    Hi Karen,
    I apologize for the confussion.
    Just send an email to Debbie and put "requesting a BMU.com invitation" in the subject line and she will send you an invitation to receive a free standard membership.
  • It`s great being part of your community but I didn`t join BMU to feel safe, what I wanted was other like minded people to interact with.
    Since I had my first face to face encounter with myself I realised I actually had to speak up even though I did not feel safe. I realised that feeling safe was something I needed to develop from inside as no amount of reassurance from a group was ever going to give me the inner security I needed to flourish. Over time I have begun to know that my foundations are not built on sand like they used to be, so speaking up and and allowing myself to experience some dreaded feelings I had been doing my utmost to avoid has mean`t I have gained in more ways than I could have imagined.
    It is a journey without end and I love every minute of it even the supposedly what I would call awful which is a label for an experience I did not want.
    Jane

    Thanks for all you are setting up Dov - it is greatly appreciated.
  • Dov Baron
    Hi Jane,
    thank you for your comments and I am delighted that you are enjoying BMU.com . You are absolutely right in that as I've pointed out many times throughout this blog and in other work: The ego wants to keep us safe, by doing the same thing, (even if it doesn't work) over and over again. The safety referred to in reference to BMU.com is the safety to expand beyond what is comfortable while being surrounded by other who are also committed to their growth.

    It's good to have you as a member of our conscious community.
    With gratitude, Dov...
  • Sofia
    Dov and Renuka
    I have done lots of things in and with my life, I have never ever experienced such a
    deep encounter with my self like I did at soul mates for singles.
    I saw my soul, the true me and I love it.
    I finally understand why I felt lost in my life and a failure in my marriages.
    I connected with my integrity at this workshop, I can now scream I LOVE MY SELF, I'm not afraid to commit any more because I know what I want.
    My first commitment in a relationship is the relationship with myself.
    You and Renuka are amazing intense beings .
    I will not forget this date because I feel I'm finally born into the life I want.
    thank you
    Sofia
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