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My partner suffers from ... how can I help?

Actually, it does not really matter what it is your partner has to face according to you (and him- or herself), what it is about is what you yourself do with the experiences this brings you. Your personality is likely to attempt to limit the problem to your partner, and that he has to change or solve things. However, everything that happens with your partner (or doesn't), has an influence on you. His (or her) irritation, tension, anger, illness, jealousy or whatever, has an effect on the experiences of both of you. Often you will find yourselves making the issue more 'real' for each other by talking about it as a 'problem', read about it, deal with it, actively do something about it etc.

Even though your experiences differ from that of your partner, you yourself also have to face your own personality interpretations with regard to the subject at hand, resulting in feelings of powerlessness, irritation, fear, anger etc. By expecting your partner to change in order for you to be able to get rid of these feelings in yourself, you make yourself completely dependent on his process and expect him to change the input for you, so that you can uphold your judgment mechanism as before and then be able to have a nice outcome again.

This is how it works in the world of personalities, but not when you want to use it for Awareness. Then you yourself will deal with the issues as well, and become aware of what it calls forth in you, only to let go of it and thus make more mental space available for your inner Self. Your experiences may differ from that of your partner who was the first in calling them forth, however, they are as prominent as his with regard to the issue at hand. 

By facing the personality aspects within yourself and letting them go, thus no longer strengthening them in yourself, you no longer strengthen them in the relationship with your partner. Thus you make it more easy for your partner to face them and let go as well.



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