Download or read book Sex and Spirituality written by Jeremy Elliott and published by Positive Resonance Publishing. This book was released on 2021-05-22 with total page 158 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A discussion of the purpose that sex and sexual relationships play in connection to spirituality and spiritual progress. Sex itself can be used for spiritual and creative purposes, or destructive and selfish purposes. Sexual relationships are beneficial for knowing oneself and cultivating unconditional love. The union of sexual partners in sexual pleasure is the precursor to the permanent bliss which is established by the ultimate union between an individual and the Creator.
Download or read book Transcendent Sex written by Jenny Wade and published by Gallery Books. This book was released on 2004-04-06 with total page 336 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: IT'S NOT JUST SEX. IT'S NOT JUST LOVE. IT'S SOMETHING MORE.... But what could be better than sex? How about lovemaking that sweeps people into new realities, producing altered states of consciousness a thousand times more powerful than the most earth-shattering orgasm? Lovemaking so spectacular that it truly is a religious experience? Transcendent Sex is not about the "Tantric method." It is about the best-kept secret in human history: that ordinary people, with no special training, can find themselves in different spiritual realms when making love -- an experience so profound that nothing will ever be the same. It is about sex that triggers episodes identical to the highest spiritual states -- as described in the annals of shamanism, yoga, Buddhism, Christianity, Judaism, and Islam -- including visions, channeling, reliving past lives, transcending the laws of physics, and seeing the face of God. This revealing book tells of lovers who engaged in sex as usual and suddenly found the veil between the worlds torn open. Transcendent Sex, like any other spiritual awakening, changes lives. Atheists have become believers; long-standing psychological wounds have been healed; and the sexually abused have become whole. These are the inspiring, incredible true stories of people who experienced an ecstasy and fulfillment beyond the borders of this world.
Download or read book Sexuality and Spirituality written by Guru Rattana and published by . This book was released on 2018-08-20 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Sexuality and Spirituality offers both men and women the prospect of great sex with deep intimacy, contentment, satisfaction, and divine connection. This amazing manual reveals previously secret Kundalini Yoga sets and meditations from which you can find the means to achieve your greatest joy and fulfillment.Our sexual energy impacts all aspects of our life: How we relate to our sexuality is a determining factor in how we relate not only to our partners, but also to our family, friends, children, and all those with whom we interact. We are all sexual beings, so this book is for everyone - regardless of age, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, spiritual path, or level of sexual activity.This updated and expanded 2nd Edition offers new material about Tantra, man's and woman's sexuality, how to practice the locks for sexual pleasure, polarity balance for men and women, and opening the heart to sacred love. It also retains the much loved Kundalini Yoga sets and meditations from the original 1989 edition, in what remains the only published source of much of this amazing material from the early classes of Yogi Bhajan.We miss a lot when sex is reduced to building up stressful desire and releasing it. Spiritualizing our attitude toward our sexuality delivers us to the universal creative dimensions of existence. How we create in life is a function of how we are able to sustain and interact with the unfolding of our life, relax into our own rhythm, and find satisfaction while moving through our daily activities.Learn how to open your heart - to yourself, to others and to all life. Love happens as you embrace all life's challenges, as well as its joys. Practicing the technology and absorbing the wisdom offered in this manual will change your life, by raising your frequency to the vibration of sacred love.
Download or read book Sex and the Soul Updated Edition written by Donna Freitas and published by Oxford University Press, USA. This book was released on 2015 with total page 349 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: First published in 2008, Donna Freitas's Sex and the Soul achieved national acclaim, illuminating the as-yet-unexplored struggles of college students navigating the lines of faith and sexuality. Conducting face-to-face interviews at a wide range of colleges and universities-from public to private, Catholic to evangelical-Freitas discovers what students really think about these highly personal subjects. Their stories will not only engage readers, but, in many cases, move them with the painful struggles these candid young women and men face. This updated edition includes a new Afterword in which Freitas reflects on the hundreds of conversations she has had with college students since the book was first published, and offers further practical advice for dealing with hookup culture.
Download or read book Redeeming Sex written by Debra Hirsch and published by InterVarsity Press. This book was released on 2015-04-06 with total page 228 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Nothing has exposed the gap between the church and the broader society quite like the volatile topics of sexuality, relationships, identities, orientations and even gender. With a pastor's heart and a missiologist's mind, Debra Hirsch helps us discover a holistic, biblical vision of sex and gender that honors God and offers good news to the world.
Download or read book Exploring Sexuality and Spirituality written by and published by BRILL. This book was released on 2020-10-20 with total page 425 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Exploring Spirituality and Sexuality: An Introduction to an Interdisciplinary Field is a collection of scholarly essays which focuses on the multiple interrelations of spirituality and sexuality, including such facets as intimate relationships, inner cultivation, gender empowerment, gender empowerment, sex education, eroticism, and ecstasy embodiments.
Download or read book Sex Has a Price Tag written by Pam Stenzel and published by Zondervan/Youth Specialties. This book was released on 2010-08-03 with total page 145 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “If I only had known what could happen, I would have made a different choice!!!”A decade in a crisis pregnancy center, counseling both Christian and non-Christian teens...speaking to millions of students through the years...counseling and answering the letters of thousands of teens...Pam Stenzel has heard this statement over and over and over again. From kids like you.Sex Has a Price Tag rejoices that, indeed, sex is glorious. Sex is God-given. But sex outside of God’s boundary is behavior that has far-reaching consequences. Outside a monogamous marriage it has a price tag of incalculable costs.Here are real testimonies, encouragement, and advice about:abstinence vs consequencesBiblical definitions and examplesphysical diseases and emotional disasterexamination of urgestaboo subjects including masturbationadvice on where to go for helpavoiding sexual activity and awkward situationsdealing with friends, parents...and your self-respectSex Has a Price Tag is brutally frank but totally sympathetic, written to girls and guys. Here are searing personal testimonies, medical stats, and practical solutions; encouragement in the form of Biblical examples, support and networking options, innovative alternatives to dating situations, and creating journaling. There are sources and links for seeking help. Sex Has a Price Tag is life-affirming, and is a life-saver.
Download or read book Comedy Sex God written by Pete Holmes and published by HarperCollins. This book was released on 2019-05-14 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Part autobiography, part philosophical inquiry, and part spiritual quest, Comedy Sex God is a hilarious, profound, and enlightening romp around the fertile mind of stand-up stand-out, podcast king, and HBO superstar Pete Holmes. Pete Holmes is a sold-out-every-night stand-up comedian with two HBO specials and the host of the hugely successful podcast You Made It Weird, and he was the creator-star of the hit HBO show Crashing. But it wasn’t always roses for Pete. Growing up, Pete was raised an evangelical Christian, but his religion taught him that being “bad”—smoking, drinking, having doubts or premarital sex—would get him sent to an eternity in hell. So, terrified of the God he loved, Pete devoted his life to being “good,” even marrying his first girlfriend at the age of twenty-two only to discover a few years later he was being cheated on. Thanks for nothing, God. Pete’s failed attempt at a picture-perfect life forced him to reexamine his beliefs, but neither atheism, nor Christianity, nor copious bottles of Yellow Tail led him to enlightenment. Pete longed for a model of faith that served him and his newfound uncertainties about the universe, so he embarked on a soul-seeking journey that continues to this day. Through encounters with mind-altering substances, honing his craft in front of thousands of his comedy fans, and spending time with savants like Ram Dass, Pete forged a new life—both spiritually and personally. Beautifully written and often completely hilarious—imagine Dass’s Be Here Now if penned by one of the funniest people alive—Comedy Sex God reveals a man at the top of his game and a seeker in search of the deeper meanings of life, love, and comedy.
Download or read book Sex and the Sacred written by Daniel A Helminiak and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2012-12-06 with total page 268 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A down-to-earth look at the spiritual power of sex Sex and the Sacred examines the spiritual dimension of human sexuality in a way that is free of religious affiliation but still open to traditional religion and belief in God. Dr. Daniel Helminiak, author of the best-selling What the Bible Really Says about Homosexuality, looks at the relationship between sexuality and spirituality, first, from a humanistic perspective and, then, a more familiar Christian point of view. In particular, he encourages LGBTI people to reclaim their spiritual heritage without apology. This unique book emphasizes spiritual commitment as an essential facet of LGBTI/queer consciousness and addresses such burning themes as coming out, the importance of self-acceptance, gay marriage, gay bashing, and the ethics of gay sex. Sex and the Sacred combines a psychological approach to spirituality with common sense and compassion, inspiring a break from moralistic religion and an understanding of what true spirituality means. The book applies this understanding to Christian topics such as the Bible, Fundamentalism, and the future of Christianity, and shows how coming out was an issue for Jesus, how homosexual experience relates to the Christian Trinity, and how Western Civilization became so sex-negative. Sex and the Sacred presents in the end a radical vision of Christianity open to all people. Religious leaders of all denominations, educators, counselors, members of the gay/lesbian/bisexual/transgender community, non-religious spiritual seekers, and anyone interested in the relationship between spirituality and sexuality will find this book enlightening and uplifting. Sex and the Sacred examines: the spiritual drive that is built into human sexuality the standard religious arguments against gay marriage a sustained argument that Biblical Fundamentalism is not Christian spiritual lessons from the AIDS epidemic the right and wrong of sex—queer and otherwise homosexuality in Catholic teaching and practice sexual ethics without religion a vision for a renewed Christianity within a global community
Download or read book Sex God written by Rob Bell and published by Harper Collins. This book was released on 2010-01-02 with total page 179 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Sex. God. You know the two subjects are connected; you just don't have the words for how they are connected. And they cannot be separated. Where the one is, you will always find the other. When you actually live and feel and engage, you discover that the physical things around us are like windows into more. And when you talk about sexuality, you quickly end up in the spiritual---because 'this' is always about 'that.' Something deeper. Something behind it all. You can't talk about sexuality without talking about how we were made. About how we relate to each other. About how we were made to relate to each other. And that will inevitably lead you to who made us. At some point you have to talk about God. To make sense of the one, we have to explore the other. That is what this book is about.
Download or read book Sex and Spirituality written by Clifford Bishop and published by HarperThorsons. This book was released on 2004 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Shows the intimate connection between our sex lives and the spiritual life.
Download or read book Sexuality and Spirituality Pursuing Integration written by William F. Kraft and published by Wipf and Stock Publishers. This book was released on 2005-04-21 with total page 188 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "This book is a response to such questions as: What is sexuality? Spirituality? How are they interrelated? What is healthy sex--and, how can we achieve it? Are there different kinds of sexuality? What are female-male similarities and differences? What is the sense and nonsense of marital and nonmarital sex, heterosexuality, homosexuality, masturbation, sexual addictions, and abstinence? "My goal is to construct a model of sexuality and spirituality that engenders more health and satisfaction. My method is phenomenological. Theological truths are not explicitly included--I am a psychologist, not a theologian. Nevertheless, theologians and religious leaders across a broad spectrum have assured me that my vision is not incongruent with theirs and that it can serve as an infrastructure for their studies. My hope is that what follows will help married, single, and vowed celibate people to cope with, grow from, and enjoy their sexuality." --from the Preface
Download or read book Spirituality Intimacy and Sexuality written by John Galindo and published by Paulist Press. This book was released on 2010 with total page 100 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Addresses the long-standing estrangement between spirituality and sexuality and integrates them in a manner that is both practical and hopeful.
Download or read book Oh God written by Susan D. Newman and published by One World. This book was released on 2002 with total page 195 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Helps African American women find a balance between spirituality and sexuality, and looks at how interpretations of religious texts have impacted religious instruction in matters relating to women, sex, and spirituality.
Download or read book Sex and the Spiritual Life written by Patricia Cooney Hathaway and published by Ave Maria Press. This book was released on 2020-09-11 with total page 224 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Winner of a third-place award in the morality, ethics, Christology, Mariology, and redemption category from the Catholic Media Association. Are sexuality and spirituality opposed to each other? To anyone who has struggled to align their sexual desires with the call to be holy these might seem in opposition, but they don’t have to be. Sex and the Spiritual Life will help you understand that you can experience fulfillment through sexual integrity—a way of life that affirms the presence of God and the sacred in our sexual feelings and expressions. You’ll hear from a selection of Catholic men and women—married, clergy, religious, and single—whose stories will inspire and equip you to reclaim the joy and wholeness of sexual integrity. Addressing sexuality across a wide range of vocations, challenges, and experiences, each of the contributors to Sex and the Spiritual Life reflects upon living out the Church’s teachings about human sexuality with integrity as a means to achieving spiritual maturity. All those who want to experience the benefits of sexual integrity will be inspired by their witness, and benefit from their practical advice. Contributors include Patricia Cooney Hathaway; Timothy P. O’Malley; Deacon James Keating; Susan Muto; Eve Tushnet; Fr. John Riccardo; and Sr. Sarah Fairbanks, O.P.; as well as clinical specialists in addictions and marriage and family life. In this groundbreaking book, you will find insights into the following topics: the relationship between sexual integrity and spiritual growth how the wounds of sexual abuse and addiction can be healed the link between sexual and spiritual intimacy in marriage how young adults can receive the formation they need to discover their vocations, navigate the complexities of being single, and live in community how spiritual friendship informs faithful living within the homosexual community the role of sexual desire in the lives of clergy and religious This is a much-needed book for thoughtful Catholics to help them reclaim sexuality as a positive, joyful component of the human experience and to present a path of healing and hope for those who need to chart a new course.
Download or read book The Soul of Sex written by Thomas Moore and published by Harper Collins. This book was released on 1999-08-04 with total page 340 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A highly original approach from best selling author Thomas Moore, restoring sex to its rightful place in the human psyche as an experience of the soul. In The Soul of Sex, Thomas Moore at last restores sex to its rightful place in the human psyche. Describing sex as an experience of the soul, Thomas Moore here brings out the fully human side of sex – the roles of fantasy, desire, meaning, and morality – and draws on religion, mythology art, literature, and film to show how sex is one of the most profound mysteries of life. While finding spirituality inherent in sex, Moore also explores how spiritual values can sometimes wound our sexuality. Blending rather than opposing spirituality and sexuality, The Soul of Sex offers a fresh, livable way of becoming more deeply sexual and loving in all areas of life.
Download or read book The Passion Principles written by Shannon Ethridge and published by Thomas Nelson. This book was released on 2014-01-14 with total page 272 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Move beyond the mechanics of sex to a rich and rewarding connection! God’s desire is for couples to enjoy vibrant sexual relationships without inhibition, awkwardness, fear, resentment, guilt, or shame. With honesty and frankness, life coach and best-selling author Shannon Ethridge opens the minds of both husbands and wives to embrace a lifestyle of passion and pleasure. Divided into four sections, The Passion Principles helps couples celebrate the spiritual, mental, emotional, and physical dimensions of sexuality. Questions include: What was God thinking when He created sex? Why do humans think about sex so much? Will there be sex in heaven? How did we get such different ideas about sex and love? How can I get past his or her sexual past? How can I help my spouse heal from the sexual abuses he or she suffered? What if my heart is telling me I married the wrong person? How can we balance mismatched sex drives? Some chapters end with questions for personal contemplation or for couples to use as conversation starters, and other chapters end with prayers that foster a deeper spiritual and emotional connection, making this book a perfect guide to a more passionate love life.
