PERSONAL TRANSFORMATION: Relationships = Redemption

TAKE A PEEK AT A SHORT VIDEO WITH BOB MARLEY SINGING “REDEMPTION SONG”, THEN READ BELOW THE PIECE WRITTEN BY MICHAEL SHERMAN OF COURAGEOUS LOVING. (you may need to click and view on youtube and then return to the blog).

What is the meaning of redemption?  And what is the connection to relationships?

I’m so grateful that we had an opportunity to take a vacation this month, and in sunny climes of Jamaica, no less.  For one day during this week of beachful bliss, Amy and I had the opportunity to take a day trip and visit the gravesite of Bob Marley (on his birthday). In the days since, we have found ourselves diving into the meaning of his music and his words, and how they connect to our work and our own relationship.

His “Redemption Song” is a quiet epic, one of his rare acoustic numbers.  In my listening, I resdiscovered a lyric that struck me as fascinating:  Emancipate yourself from mental slavery, none but ourselves can free our minds.

It amazes me to think how many people come to us, complaining that their relationships are a form of “mental slavery.” All too often, the starting point for people coming to Courageous Loving sounds a little like: “If only she….”  or “I can’t handle it when he…”    As I continue to grow with this work and with my wife, I have come to understand that the opposite is true.  RELATIONSHIPS equal REDEMPTION. I searched a dictionary for the meaning of redemption and I came upon some interesting definitions, particularly how they connect to life in relationship with another.

TO REDEEM:

1) To buy back – To me, redemption comes in relationship when you realize that it is a way to buy back your innocence.

2)  To exchange for money or goods – There is an exchange of value in a committed relationship.  It works when you offer your true value, your gifts, your spirit.  When this happens in harmony, there are material rewards.

3) To make amends for – There is nothing like a committed relationship to help make you aware of the forgiveness you are called to offer the people in your life, including yourself.

4) To set free or save – For me, my relationship is all about releasing my lower self, my reactive, negative, emotionally immature and wounded self.  My relationship calls me to free myself from these mental bonds, and “redeem” my greatest self – a vision of a better me that becomes clear when I discover the cues my partner is offering me.  Her words and actions are like “coupons” for me to redeem my higher self.

Think about these things – and do some reflective writing.   How can you “redeem” your higher self from the relationships in your life?   Kindly leave comments above.

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