This is the first program in a four-part mini-series; Quest for Psychological and Spiritual Androgyny in Relationships offers guidance and direction to those seeking a fuller understanding of life's possibilities for achieving completeness of the Self.
This series is designed to help you understand how our "relationships," consciously or unconsciously, lead us on a karmic path toward self-completeness. Experiencing polarities and living in duality provides a path to creating and maintaining healthy, satisfying, and meaningful relationships with all of our relationships.
"Androgyny is the experience of wholeness, where the male and female are integrated into one
experience. We go beyond polarity and duality and connect to the original state of divinity. "
~ Carlos de León
Our search for “wholeness or completeness” in relationships reflects a universal desire to understand the nature of our existence and feel that it is significant and purposeful. With good fortune, we find the doorway leading us to search for the final communion with God. The divine marriage invites us to complete ourselves by recognizing and projecting the dormant content waiting to be integrated into each other.
The search for a "twin soul" or "soulmate" is a natural drive that pushes us to integrate these aspects. We look for partners onto whom we can project our unfulfilled desires and ask them to complete our incomplete experiences of receiving love. These are the neurotic ways we experience attraction to each other. The question is how we can heal our neurosis in relationships healthily so that we can evolve in our roles and move towards an inner experience of androgyny.
Understanding the subtleties of a relationship, especially one close to us, can clarify what we desire in life. The quest is to find partners who support and co-create a fusion of individuality and shared experiences of intimacy. This process requires us to heal our neurosis, accept our patterns and limitations, and release expectations while simultaneously recognizing our desire for wholeness.
In this series, you are invited to explore different approaches related to creating "oneness" or "completeness” in relationships so that you find something useful for your quest. The kind of experience that brings you closer to transcendent joy, the Divine Marriage with God, in your one unique and particular way.
I) Introduction to Living in Duality in Relationships:
Androgyny - Ontogonic Vision
The Poles of Polarity
The Human Experience of Duality: Relationship Female-Male
II) Introduction to Wholeness in our Relations:
Parental Reflections on our Relationships
Reflections on our Romantic Partners
The teachings are complemented by practices and exercises to help ignite the beginning and/or strengthen your clarity and understanding of the quest for “oneness in relationships." Whether you are new to the Ontogony Teachings or a seasoned practitioner of one of the paths, this series is intended for all individuals, single or in a relationship, who want to improve their quality of life through self-knowledge, love, and spirituality, as well as all spiritual seekers and practitioners seeking a deeper understanding of who and what we are.