This is a book about making contact-with yourself, your partner, and everything around you-at the deepest level possible. The basis for this connection is what Dr. Judith Blackstone calls fundamental consciousness-what we all are in our essence. In “The Intimate Life”, this innovative teacher and psychotherapist shares 17 relational practices from her unique approach to embodied spiritual awakening known as the Realization Process. Offered to help us relate "core to core" with compassion, understanding, and joy. The Intimate Life explores: Attuning to Unified Consciousness -how to let go of our conditioned perceptions and behaviors to foster spiritual maturation Overcoming boundary problems -how to embrace the paradox of oneness and separateness Awareness, emotion, and physical contact -the three main pathways of interpersonal connection The spiritual essence of sexuality-spiritual exercises that apply unified consciousness to sexuality to enhance pleasure, liberate the body's subtle energy, and more
To genuinely love other people is one of the central ideals in every spiritual tradition. It's also one of our greatest challenges. Here is a transformational guide to becoming "lovers of life" and experiencing the full potential of our intimate relationships.
