Even more, that every single cell contains a universe. The process of consciousness also evolves through separating and connecting, like cells do. We can experience this directly through the Voice Dialogue process, which separates different inner Selves, recognizes them by means of an Aware ego, and so leads us into developing a more significant and conscious Self. This inner relationship system and relationship as such, is, for me, the very dynamic that makes personal evolution, and the evolution of consciousness itself, possible.
Relationship is only complete when it brings two, or more, separate, different people, face to face.
As long as the child is in the womb, in a fusional state, identified with the mother, the two of them do not yet have a relationship in its fullest mature sense. The child's identity and individuation builds up along with a progressive separation from the mother, father and surrounding world, from being almost one in the womb, to becoming a mature, self-reliant adult. Separation is a must, if one means to grow, starting with birth. Relationship is the growth process itself . Observation of babies, cared for by a new different person every day, corroborates that these don't prosper and are in danger of ill health or of being psychically damaged, if not provided with a caretaker to whom they can relate, who can love and mirror them, in a continuum.