There are so many ways that violence contaminates our intimate relating. And often we may not be aware of it. Or perhaps we justify it. Lillian has lost interest in making love with her ... Read More
The Learning Love Approach to Growth and Intimacy
Most of us long for a deep and lasting love - a love that is vibrant, intimate, safe, and constantly deepening and growing. Perhaps the issue that causes the most amount of suffering for many of us ... Read More
Letting Go of Our Romantic Fantasies of Love
Perhaps one of our greatest challenges is to let go of our romantic fantasies of love. Shorter love affairs may not force us to examine our fantasies because our hopes and dreams can still survive. ... Read More
What Can Women Learn from Being in a Deep Intimate Relationship?
Looking at my life and what I have learned being in relationships with men, starting with my father, I realize that at lot of what I learned has been indirect. I was forced to learn qualities that ... Read More
What Can Men Learn from Being in a Deep Intimate Relationship?
When I was young, my parents often referred to different men that they knew as either being or not being a “mensch”. The word is from Yiddish and it’s meaning is deeper than the same word in German. ... Read More
The Question of Monogamy
Very frequently, we are asked in our seminars how we feel about the question of monogamy vs. multiple love partners. Our response is that someone’s choice of whether to be sexually with one person ... Read More
Some Clear Ingredients for Mature Intimate Relating
Moving from Blame to Responsibility This ingredient means beginning to explore honestly and sincerely why we are creating certain dynamics in our intimate relating, seeing how our behavior affects ... Read More
Sexual Awareness
Nathan is a 34 year-old man who has recently begun a relationship with a Rosalind whom he met in a disco club. He tells us that the sex is incredible - hot passionate, and exciting. He loves that she ... Read More
Keeping the Love Alive
Many of us have been attracted to a Master like Osho because we consciously decided on a path out of the box. We probably gave up on a conventional life, and are looking for a way to live and relate ... Read More
Slowing Down and Hanging Out with Your Partner
We have written on many topics but slowing down has not been one of them. And that is basically because it has never been my favorite thing to do. But I am slowly learning from being with Amana. The ... Read More