Sacred Sexuality IN ASSOCIATION WITH  amazon.com            "Sacred Sexuality is about love—not merely the positive feeling between intimates but an overwhelming reverence for all embodied life on whatever level of existence. Through sacred sexuality, we directly participate in the vastness of being—the mountains, rivers, and animals of the earth, the planets and the stars, and our next door neighbors...             ...Sacred sexuality is about recovering our authentic being, which knows bliss beyond mere pleasurable sensations. It is a special form of communication, even communion, that fills us with awe and stillness...             ...Heaven is not separated from Earth by an impermeable membrane. Reality—or the Divine or the Self—is not miles apart from our ordinary state. It is what the Swiss philosopher Jean Gebser called the ever-present origin, the tao, which underlies all the psychic states of our waxing and waning consciousness. We merely need to switch our inner focus to consciously sense ourselves immersed in that conditon to the point where we become it...             ...The desire for transcendence must not be propelled by egoic motivations. Rather, it must be guided by the ideal of surrendering everything we seem to be so that, paradoxically, we can become what we truly are...             ...The Kingdom of God is indeed near. It is the turn of a key away. We do not need to go anywhere—especially not up—to open that hidden portal; rather, we must be willing to be fully present in and as our body. We must also be prepared to acknowledge and demonstrate, through compassionate action, that we share our somatic reality with countless other beings with whom we are interconnected and interdependent. Contemporary spirituality is, then, meaningful only to the degree that it is ecological in the broadest sense of the term. The connecting link between each individual's body-mind and the multitude of others is eros, love-desire...             ...The ecological spirituality called for today is founded in a deep recognition of the unity of life—a unity that is celebrated in the act of love, whether sexual or erotic in the larger sense. Eros is connective energy par excellence. Through erotic passion we overcome our habitual egoic insularity and reach out into the core of other beings. Blazing eros recognizes no barrier; it is the organic impulse toward wholeness." —Georg Feuerstein, "Sacred Sexuality: Living the Vision of the Erotic Spirit"
Sexuality and the Sacred : Sources for Theological  Reflection This volume is rooted in two convictions: first, sexuality is far more comprehensive and more fundamental to our existence than simply genital sex, and, second, sexuality is intended by God to be neither incidental nor detrimintal to our spirituality but a fully integrated and basic dimension of that spirituality. The authors address what our sexual experience reveals about God, the ways we understand the gospel, and the ways we read scripture and tradition and attempt to live faithfully.   A Sense of Sexuality : Christian Love and Intimacy   God, Sex & the Search  for Lost Wonder   Holy Sex Eros and Transformation : Sexuality and Marriage  an Eastern Orthodox Perspective Sex and Sacredness; A Catholic Homage to Venus Sex and the Sanctity of Human Life	Sacred Marriage: Celebrating Marriage As a Spiritual Discipline There is a pathway to richness in marriage outside the traditional marriage enrichment approach. Many excellent books have been written that tell how to build a better marriage; Sacred Marriage, on the other hand, shows how marriage can contribute to a better spiritual life. Blending quotes from Christian classics and true-life anecdotes from his seminars, author and speaker Gary Thomas helps readers reframe their concept of marriage. While marriage may not be the only tool that can help people draw closer to God, it is a powerful one. It reveals our character--who we really are--and trains us to become who we want to be. The marital relationship offers a context for lasting and significant spiritual growth; it provides fertile ground for cultivating humility, perseverance, charity, forgiveness, confession, prayer, non-judgmentalism, and more. Sacred Marriage is not about marriage-transformation, or spouse-transformation, but about self-transformation. It is not about loving one's mate better, although that will be an inevitable outcome. Rather, this book is written to help the reader love God more and reflect the character of his Son at an ever-deepening level--not because any marriage is ever perfect, but because it helps husbands and wives discover and revel in their relationship with God.   All Products Books Pop Music Classical Music DVD & Videos Toys & Games Electronics Software Tools & Hardware Lawn & Patio Search by keywords:
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