What is marriage? Marriage is the harmonous union of two souls to make a one.
Not just the physical union of man and woman, but these individuals should be in perfect spiritual affinity to each other.
In many countries the old idea of the wife always obeying the husband is rapidly changing. The normal modern relationship between husband and wife is rather difficult to define. Certainly, people visiting Europe and other parts of the World are often shocked at the way wives sometimes speak to their husbands without being 'corrected'. This is perhaps one of the bad results of the education and general freedom of women.
But the good result which can be seen in any good marriage is that the wife has become a partner and companion rather than a servant. This has enriched the life of the wife, and of the husband, and most important, of their children.
As to the question of obedience, think of two schoolfriends going on a long journey in their holidays. Decisions have to be made about where to go, how to travel, when to stop for food and so on, and yet there is not necessarily any question of who should obey whom. Most disagreements are settled almost unconsciously between them, without any real effort to do so. There may be small quarrels, but these will probably not affect the journey as a whole, since this was freely decided on for the benefit of both.
An Ideal marriage is something like that.
The couples usually have no clear idea about who owns what. They think of their home, with all its equipment, as the common property of their partnership as man and wife, and questions like whose is this chair, or that clock, or that carpet, are of no interest to them. If either of them died, the property would pass to the other. Only if they wanted a divorce would the question of ownership have to be decided one way or another.
Even income is often regarded by husband and wife as common property. Very often, it consists only of the husband's salary, and if so, he regularly gives a large part of it to the wife for housekeeping, including the purchase of clothing for herself and the children, and food for all of them. They expect to save some of their money for special expenses, and these savings are usually regarded as a common fund - they consult each other before spending any of it.
May the SPIRIT guide us all.
Adios.
Adios.
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November 06, 2020
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