We never relate directly to a person or thing; we relate to the relationship

This is true for how we relate to spouses - we relate to the relationship and not the person, and it is true for people that hold public office, that we relate to the office and not the individual. The same is true of our relationship to the Shechina.

The Shechina is not God but our relationship to God. The Shechina, then, reflects the nature of our relationship. We discover our identity by how we relate to the people and things outside ourselves; otherwise we are being solipsistic and living in fantasy

The world is empty, even at the subatomic level, and all it contains are relationships

We cannot take anything from this wold or from someone else; all we can do is share and be in relationship with