The Relationship Matrix –
The many unique facets of the One

Love arises effortlessly when we begin to see others as perfect expressions of themselves. Harmony exists when we allow others to be themselves and we are in total acceptance of who and what we are. We acknowledge that we are perfectly unique expressions of the very same Essential Self reflecting reality back to itself in the ever changing play of life. By living in the understanding that we are perfect expressions of ourselves on a journey to realise our inherent non-separateness with others it is no longer necessary to have others change in order to make us feel happy and content. Happiness emerges when we withdraw our resistance to the way things are. We simply celebrate what already Is, and create a future based on Love and respect for all sentient life.

As members of the Ashram community we share a willingness to meet one another in a truthful, honest, authentic way. We need not be other than we are. Each person enters the community with a sincere intention to live in Truth, and as a result of that intention enters into a sacred bond of Love with the others living therein. By living immersed in the reflection of Truth ones own natural tendency to create a reality based on egoic gratification (as is the human condition) gradually dissolves away. However this is not to say that strong challenges will not emerge, for they undoubtedly will. This in itself is not a problem nor a cause for concern for it is the way that we deal with such occurrences which makes all the difference. By acknowledging the perfect reflection of the others otherness, and by taking responsibility for our own feelings we can understand that we are doing our best, and that it is enough. We make adjustments in ourselves. Ultimately we are together to realise and serve the Truth, rather than be attached to maintaining our personal stories and identifications.

Structural Dynamics –
Living with ‘others’ in a Truthful way

Commitment to Conflict Resolution
As members of this community we are here to Realise or deepen our realisation of the Truth and serve the greater vision of the Ashram. We move beyond selfish motivation and instead serve others to the best of our ability. We do our best to live in a state of perpetual openness.

As individuals committed to being together in Truth, we also understand the need to move beyond personal stories in order for the collective to progress and flourish as a community. We are committed to being together no matter what arises and therefore seek to find harmonious solutions to obstacles which arise on our collective journey. By directly and honestly addressing these issues in ourselves and for the most part realising the pointless endeavour of clinging to our personality predilections we become skilled in the art of surrender, and therefore live with an ongoing deepening sense of freedom. We are together to work and function as a precision instrument intent on harmoniously aligning to the creation of the great vision. Every moment we are together (or alone for that matter) is to be seen as an opportunity to deepen our realisation of Truth whether it be through harmonious or conflicting experience. We take direct responsibility for our journey and what is reflected to us along the path. Every challenge is perceived as a blessing and an opportunity to harmonise with oneself and the collective which ultimately is none other than the same. So where conflict arises it is not the way to stubbornly grip a hold of our old ways, nor to begrudgingly yield to the other, but to share with the deepest honesty, first of ones own relative truth, and secondly to drop deeper so as to imbibe one another’s unique transmission of being and thereby meet in the very centre of core radiance, the Truth. We have to be willing to reveal ourselves to one another, to be both vulnerable and invincible as the Truth itself. It is only by meeting in this place that we can truly resolve conflict (which in itself is nothing more than a manifestation of fear arising from misidentification), accepting one another both in our differences and our inherent non-separateness. Ultimately, we are both One and the same. In the direct realisation and acceptance of this, what conflict can there be?