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© A. Marcus J. Robbins 2014
Intern-AL and Relation-AL
need to keep each other in balance
Everything relates inwardly and outwardly.
We need to understand ourselves first
before we can understand other people.
The divine command is to love God fully,
and other people as much we love ourselves.
If we don't love ourselves, that's difficult!
Outer relations need inner reflection.
That's why Al has imagined these ten Aliases
So that you can begin to know yourself!
So there is a time for both/&
To care for ourselves & to care for others
To meditate & to engage with the world
To contemplate & to act
To be inward-looking & to be out-going
To be heavenly minded & to be of earthly use
To be praying & to be preying (just joking)
To seek the divine & to be with the human
To be spiritual & to be material
To be still and know & to be active and know
To be in the body & to be in the spirit
To know yourself & to know others
To go on retreat & to have a party
To go to sleep & to wake up (smell the coffee!)
To fast & to feast
To muse & to amuse
To be alone & to be together
To be an individual & to be corporate/communal
To be mystical & to be accessible
To interiorise & to empathise/be compassionate
