“Sometimes, I don’t know how much to ask for from others,” responds Lena. “I don’t know how much I deserve. Do I just ask? Should I ask for more love? Should I expect more from my life? Kuan Yin is telling me there is no easy answer to my questions. However, she says the answer does involve the quality of communication between partners and/or friends.”
“What makes any kind of relationship begin and then work is an initial communication,” continues Kuan Yin. “Following the initial communication there is always an adjustment. For example, someone has a question. Whatever information is exchanged impacts both the person who has presented the question and the person who responds. Information has been shared and everyone involved makes some kind of an adjustment. There are constant adjustments resulting from communication. It is similar to the balancing process that occurs in weather. There may be, for example, what meteorologists refer to as an “active weather front,” cold air sweeping down from the arctic. This low weather system slams into a high weather system, creating great turbulence in the atmosphere. Eventually, another warm front sweeps in, balancing out the disruptive effects of the former low system’s impact. It’s a matter of adjusting how hard one pushes. Patience! Patience!” Kuan Yin urges. “One needs to always be attentive. Things will go more smoothly in a relationship when avoiding two frequent mistakes:
“The first mistake is when there is little or no communication between people. How can adjustments be made if there is no attempt to talk with one another? The second mistake occurs when new information is communicated and the listener refuses to make any adjustment, refuses to take in and process the new information. Let us return, once again, to the elephant. The elephant is a metaphor the original vehicle—the driving force for one’s life path. It decides and then you decide.”
“The elephant’s behavior is suddenly becoming very erratic,” Lena exclaims, somewhat nervously. “I can’t control her direction. She’s going every which way.”
“Riding upon a female elephant in heat is not so good,” acknowledges Kuan Yin. “We can no longer make her our ride down the path. It’s not fair to the elephant. We’re going to have to trade her in for another elephant or walk.”
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