Josh TrentIdentity Transformation Architect and award winning Host of the Wellness + Wisdom Podcast—a decade-strong show with over 750 episodes and 15M downloads.

What is the TRUE purpose of marriage? #podcast #marriage #relationships #joshtrent #drjamesdemartini

8 May 2024 · 1 min

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Dr. James Demartini argues that the purpose of marriage is not to provide happiness but to make individuals authentic by learning to embrace both sides of themselves (pain and pleasure). He contrasts one-sided "fantasy" views of relationships with an "objective" integration that knows and loves both sides of a partner, which dissolves judgment and leads to a transcendent state.

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The purpose of marriage is not happiness. The purpose of marriage is to get you authentic. That's the fantasy people live in. They get addicted to the fantasy and then they think, what's not working? No, it is working. Teaching you how to love both sides of yourself. A fantasy is a one sided reality. An objective is willing to embrace the two sides, the pain and pleasure and the pursuit of something meaningful and purposeful. What are the ways that we can actually step out of this polarization? When you infatuate with some, you don't really know them. When you resent somebody, you don't really know them. When you love somebody, you get to know both sides of them simultaneously. And that's where the power is, is to love people and love your. And when we see both sides simultaneous, we enter into an integrated, transcendent state where we are no longer able to judge.