Until recent generations divorce was a rare thing. Then our society changed and we developed a need to be “happy.” This changed from the previous generations, when the only things that couple were expected from marriage was to satisfied their surviving needs and some level of security for the family. Happiness was not a part of the marriage contract. But today, we all want to be happy.
Couples today are looking for a new kind of relationship. A relationship with the connections on many levels, such as spiritual, physical, emotional and psychological as well as material ones.
This is the phenomenon of the New Age Era, when we are entering into relationships richer than any previous generation.
“This may be the start of the “we” generation, a generation that desires an end to the battle of the sexes and the beginning of a new form of relationship in which partners work together as a team to satisfy needs, uplift one another, and journey together toward personal growth and sexual and spiritual fulfillment.†( Charles and Caroline Muir – Tantra: The Art of Conscious Loving)
The need for happiness and fulfillment sounds very simple and innocent, but it’s the primary reason for failed relationships today. In order to get to the fulfillment, we need to be ready to learn a lot and to work toward our goals. Fulfillment is conscious and unlimited and can only be achieved in connection with the partner.
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