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Originally Posted by ericabiz 
Do you think highly-conscious people can ever be in a happy marriage with each other? Or will there always be a yearning for more that marriage just can't satisfy?
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Originally Posted by Anna Conlan I am wondering the same thing as Erica asked – can marriage work for highly conscious people, long term? I always felt that it’s not my path because it would restrict my freedom to grow.
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I've posed this same question to myself.
From my initial observations, it seems marriage is simply a (increasingly temporary) lock on a connection between two people - an institution designed to socially recognize (and to a great degree, enforce) a connection between two people while easing logistical issues in society. From what I've seen, people generally leave the institution because (a) they no longer have a connection with each other and thus choose to disconnect, (b) the need to expand their connection to include others (Oneness), thus expanding beyond the confinements.
The more I think about marriage, the more I see it as a simple (arguably archaic) form of socially recognized connection. Personally, I believe the idea of institutionalized monogamy is discordant with personal growth. Granted, there's nothing wrong with it - it's an option like any other.
I'm sure the same positive benefits, such as deep connection with another, can be had just as easily without the social framework of a marriage. Highly conscious people are aware of these things, the rules of certain institutions, and thus play by their own rules (guided by the TLP principles).
Edit: I was thinking about posting a link to Johnny Soporno's work, but he'd already posted below...
