#5
Meeting 5Relationships and love
Children. Coming to know another person
Can be taken on its own2 hr 18 min
Meeting 29
Your own plan and your perception of another person
We meet people with a plan of our own and may fail to notice what their lives are about. Through examples of trips and relationships, Alexander explores hurt, expectations, and the possibility of hearing another person beyond our own ideas.
September 18, 20261 hr 52 minRelationships and love
#29
Can I hear another person when I come to them with my own plan and expectations?
- For those who notice hurt and mismatched expectations in relationships
- For those who want to perceive another person more attentively
What you can explore here
See how your own plan affects a meeting with another person
Consider hurt through expectations and perception
Return to what matters in the life of the person beside you
In the author's words“And in the energies, spaces immediately open up that tell you that you were focused on the state of your own perception and closed off to perceiving this present space at all.”
What the conversation covers
- Your own plan and expectations
- Meeting friends and discovering that your ideas do not match
- Hurt and a closed perception
- The possibility of hearing another person
This is a recording of a live meeting with participants' questions and examples. The topics describe its contents; they are not an outline for a separate course.
A specific story about a trip explores how our own ideas limit our perception of relationships.
Return to your own experience.
- What plan do I bring to a meeting with another person?
- What do I stop noticing when I expect a particular response?
- What changes if I pay attention to their life?
Related recordings and collections
What to keep in mind
This is a recording of a live meeting in the context of the original group. Participation in the program and personal feedback are not automatically included.
Do I need to watch the previous meetings?
You can approach this recording with a question of your own. The related meetings below offer a closer look at similar themes.
Background: detail of “No. 22,” November 29, 2025 · Alexander Volchek