"Scientific Marriage Principles" From The Marriage Foundation

“Marriage is the contractual spiritual union 

between two soul friends, manifested 

and supported by selfless behaviors, 

that naturally lead to material and 

psychological harmony and prosperity.”

-Paul Friedman

Marriage relationships have 3 inseparable aspects-

• Mundane-  Day to day married life
• Psychological-   Your interactions
• Spiritual - Experience of soul connection- love

The greatest achievement of marriage is the experience of unconditional love

The greatest achievement in life is to experience unconditional love.

Marriage is a perfectly constructed to achieve unconditional love and all other benefits

The construct of marriage is perfect to encourage the behaviors which naturally bring about unconditional love and the other desired goals of a perfect marriage.

Marriage

• Marriage was created by God to be a sacred space.
• Marriage is a sacred space separated and apart from the rest of the world.
• The greatest benefit of marriage is largely unknown by mankind - to experience soul connection.
• Marriage has two purposes: 

1) Regulate procreation 
2) Learn selfless, or unconditional, love

Children

• Children are God’s children. He is their true parent.
• We are responsible to be the best people we know how to be, to set examples for our children.
• It is our job to provide the protection and education our children will need to have productive and successful lives.
• Nobody should have a child without a thorough practical education so they know what they are getting into.
• Children suffer immeasurably from broken homes. Society has desensitized us to the realities of divorce.

 Your “Self”

• We are, at our essence, (spiritual) consciousness. Each of us possesses a psychological mind, and physical body, but we are not a body, nor are we a mind.
• The common name for “what” we are is soul.  We are souls.
• Over-identification with either the body or mind, thinking it is what you are, creates pain, suffering and hopelessness.
• We have the innate ability to know our self as a soul by withdrawing our consciousness from the body and mind.

The Mind

• The mind is an unseen two (major) part, invisible entity that “nests” within the physical brain.
• Beliefs about the mind that do not consider spirit are mostly useless, because they do not describe how the mind is controlled by you. The soul is the real you who is in charge of the mind.
• The mind is comprised of “upper” and “lower” parts. The upper mind is the soul.  The lower mind is tied to creation.  The combined mind, which we mistakenly think of as our “self” is temporary – not actually who we are.

 The Body and Soul

• Our body is our possession, but most of us are slaves (to one degree or another) to its every whim.
• Bodies are biologically driven by two innate forces; survival and procreation, which when unattended, drives the psychology of those not self-trained to control the mind.
• The body requires proper diet, oxygen and exercise.
• Bodies send messages to the mind to give context to pain, pleasure, hunger, thirst etc. It is the mind that actually experiences the sensations of the body, so should be analyzed and interpreted by the mind.
• Biological functions designed for its survival and procreation are almost always misunderstood and often glorified.
• Race, color and other variations of bodies have no objective relevancy. All souls are perfect in the eyes of God.
• A body, by virtue of its finiteness, cannot have “ultimate” experiences, which are experienced by the soul.

You can read much more on their ideas at:  themarriagefoundation.org