How can I reconcile the teaching that we create whatever we think about, we can manifest anything we want, with the often present codicil that higher power knows what’s best for us? How can I have complete faith that what I intend will manifest when there’s that “if” in the equation, the feeling that I first need permission to ask for a specific thing?

I am 24 years old. M engaged with a guy for the last 1 year and we are planning to get married. We are also physically engaged for a while. My parents are not very happy with this relation but they have accepted him for my sake. Now for the last month he has changed completely, it’s not he is calling off the marriage but he is treating me in a strange manner. Whenever I ask anything related to him and his work he gets irritated. Before this he was very loving and caring. My career is not yet settled. I am very upset with this. Shall I go further will this relation or not? I really love him and don’t want to lose him. Please guide.

I am 36, decided a new path in life, following my heart, leaving my career to become a therapist, something I wanted since I was a child. Struggled through personal therapy for years, following a spiritual path which you as well as many others have set through speaking to my heart. Thank you for that. My current issue is that its been almost 10 years I have been without a relationship. Struggling with my past where I grew up in a home where love did not exist amongst my parents as my father continued to love his ex wife after marrying my mom, my mom not being able to pull him into a loving hug and sanctuary with her, using me and my brother as objects of love and acceptance. Metaphorically speaking of course.
I grew up being angry at men and scared of intimacy, too close to my mother, in a relationship which seems more like a marriage amongst us, as my therapist put it. I have been struggling with my subconscious for years, yet consciously seeking to find a partner with whom I will share Life as it so wonderfully unfolds now in front of me. Unfortunately it seems my subconscious is stronger for I do not see anything happening, not even a sign of a flirt. I exercise yoga, I visualize, I meditate, I am in therapy, I am positive, I am lost and found as we all are throughout life. What else can I do? What is that which is keeping me there and I cannot subconsciously let the bond which holds me strongly attached to my mother go?

This question is about relationships and trust. I have been experiencing difficulty with a relationship between a guy and myself over the past six months or so. We are just friends, but the relationship has the potential to move to a more romantic connection based on a strong friendship. We care about and love each other deeply.

The problem is that I have had difficulty opening up to him as we have grown closer and, essentially have pushed him away. My fear is that this is permanent. I vowed to work on my issues, taking time away from the relationship, and told him that things would be easier for the both of us afterward. He will not speak to me anymore. I suspect that he is so sensitive, that anything I do just makes things worse. I feel like I am in quicksand and not able to make things better.

I know that men are actually more sensitive than women when they are completely vulnerable. Do you have any suggestions for how I can slowly build trust back with him and gently convince him to become open to the relationship being on the road to improvement? What are some things I can do show him that I am willing to open up?

Is there a consciousness band that surrounds every body?
How does each body access this consciousness if t is non-local?
Does even life itself, the livingness of every creature, reside not in the body but in consciousness?
Finally, where is consciousness located in the non-local?