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Summary: Highly recommended!
Review: An exceptionally clear and insightful book. The author seems to have a gift for cutting right to the heart of every relationship issue, especially in the context of each individual's spiritual growth. This book, more than any other, has informed my current perspective on relationships, and has proven quite helpful in creating the context to discuss masculine/feminine issues between myself and my partner. We have been using Deida's suggestions with great success for some years now, and our relationship has blossomed in ways we never thought possible, due to our increasing faith in honesty and full expression of each of our gifts. I recommend the book highly to anyone who's at a place of questioning how one can reconcile one's sexuality with one's spiritual path.
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Summary: take some care here
Review: deida's stuff is pretty much just adi da's stuff with a slight twist. deida was a one-time devotee of da's organisation, adidam, and if you check through da's books (especially early ones like 'the enlightenment of the whole body', 'the garbage and the goddess', 'love of the two-armed form' and 'the dreaded gom-goo') you have more or less already seen the scope of deida's teaching. also it might help to know that da is considered to be a dangerous, misleading failure by the majority of spiritual teachers world-wide, as well as many noted ex-students, and as deida's work is such a close match to da's then maybe it is better left alone.
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Summary: A book of awesome insights - for men and women!
Review: I am still reading this book and cannot wait to share how I feel about it! My husband and I have been married for thirty years, and we have run the gamut of emotions and experiences as lovers and best friends in that span of time. We want to continue to grow in our relationship and David Deida's book is about the intimate communion we all want in our relationships. I dare to say, as I read this book, and watch the news or an "intelligent" talk show about relationships, I see how David Deida's insights could make a difference in understanding and moving FORWARD to resolving the male/female issues in our culture. Oprah, here he comes - a man with tremendous and unusual insights, teaching us how to live in true harmony with the sexes! This book (as well as his other books) truly and deeply respects the feminine as much as the masculine. The points are well-made while honoring and UNDERSTANDING men and women. Thank you, David Deida. The future looks encouraging!
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Summary: Secrets of Sexual Attraction
Review: It is rather interesting to compare this work written in 1995 to David Deida's work which appeared in 2002. This earlier work is rather revealing. Not only does Deida open up and share some secrets about his own relationship, he shows tremendous and at times breathtaking insight in regards to the female psyche. If anyone understands women, it is David Deida! What this book ultimately reveals is a growing awareness of how men and women have both a male and female essence. The arc of polarity between the two is what counts in the realm of sexual satisfaction. If you have more masculine energy then you will attract a more feminine partner. "For magnetic energy to flow, you need a north pole and a south pole. For sexual energy to flow, you need two poles too." ~David Deida "Intimate Communion" not only explains why our relationships go through periods of dissatisfaction, but it reveals why we also go through intense moments of sheer ecstasy. What makes a woman invite a man deeper into her world? Could it be as easy as the man listening to her and being fully present, strong and passionate? What are the qualities of an ideal woman? Yes, beauty does seem to be first, but intelligence is fifth on the list. It seems men want beauty and sex and women want presence and intelligence. Makes sense. What is a woman's deepest desire? It seems we women know what we want, but at times need to know why we are not attracting what we desire most. Once you realize what attracts you to your opposite, you can start to work on areas to increase desire in your relationship. To find out which sexual essence you possess, there is a sexual essence quiz. This book also emphasizes the three main stages of Intimacy. Intimate Communion is the goal. This place where you are spontaneously loving or at least open as the sky. Where you see arguments as a place for self-improvement and welcome anger, extreme lust, the feminine sea of emotions and masculine possession. Do women really want to be selfishly possessed? Or is it that the man realizes that when we say we want to be alone, we actually want the man to stay? I still think there is time to just be by yourself or literally withdraw a bit from your partner and David seems to promote an absolute openness that might be exhausting for some individuals who enjoy their quiet space or a pout now and then. I see room for a woman being allowed to retreat, renew herself and then open again when she is ready. If a man is not sensitive to a woman's needs, then she should not be expected to remain so open that she continues to be wounded. I think when a woman is finally ready to return to the relationship, the most important thing a man can do is listen. I think we all just want to be understood. David Deida seems mostly interested in helping his readers find their deepest gifts and literally become a magnet for their partner to be attracted to. The process to get to this point does contain risks. After reading this book you will know: Why men hate women giving them directions.
Why surrender can be erotic.
Why men have trouble committing to a relationship even when they are ?in love.?
Why the essential form of the feminine bad mood is the hurt of being unloved and the anger that results from feeling abandoned or rejected.
Why you can attract the wrong partner if you are giving off the wrong energy.
Why is confidence, vision and guidance so sexy? What is amazing is how aware you become of everything around you. After reading this book, even songs on the radio will have a completely new twist.You start realizing that what men are singing about is at times directly related to the top 6 things men want in a woman and what women are singing about is the top 6 things women want in a man. There are also men who sing what women want to hear and seem to have that deeper awareness of what women really want. While I normally like to read all David Deida?s books while I'm snuggled up in my comfy bed, this might be a book you want to read twice. Once just to read the book and then once to study and make notes! The more books you read by this author, the better your relationship becomes. Even if only one partner is reading the books, it can make a big difference in your relationship. It is as if these principles seep into your very soul. Suddenly you realize all the things you could be doing to encourage a more fulfilling relationships and all the things you are doing that are destroying what you want the most. I can also highly recommend: The Way of the Superior Man
Dear Lover: A Woman's Guide to Enjoying Love?s Deepest Bliss
Living Sacred Intimacy
Naked Buddhism
Finding God through Sex David Deida's books are for men and women who are turned on by spiritual ecstasy and want to break free from sexual neutrality. Reading any book by David Deida is a comforting embrace for the heart, a slow dance with your soul and enlightenment for the mind.
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Summary: Wonderful
Review: Oh Yeah!.... Absolutely!..... That explains it!.... No wonder!.... Of course!.... Right!.... Oh.....yes, that's what I want! are just SOME of the things I felt and thought as I read about this brilliant, yet elegantly simple three stage relationship theory. To see myself and my relationships, past and present, in the pages before my eyes was 'enlightening'...to say the least. To read about another possibility in relating with the opposite sex, a way of understanding, honouring and respecting our differences.... and gifting each other with these differences, made me yearn for the third stage. As a woman, I have never felt so deeply seen, heard and understood. David Deida and 'Ophelia' are committed to a 'intimate communion' - a relationship I have always dreamt about. A relationship I have somehow always known about, deep in my heart, yet could never really grasp. After fighting for my independence, after finding out that instead of waiting for the outside (usually a man) to give me the love I wanted or even 'craved', that I could give it to myself. After realizing and owning my co-dependency and 'working on myself'. After finally creating and still living in a 'new age' '50/50' 'inter-dependent' relationship, I still feel something missing. David Deida is shining a light - a way or path towards more fullness, wholeness and peace. If you are interested in conscious loving, breaking FREE from the constraints of life and getting the LOVE you so deparately want, buy and read it now!
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Summary: Absolutely Brilliant!!!!
Review: Oh Yeah!.... Absolutely!..... That explains it!.... No wonder!.... Of course!.... Right!.... Oh.....yes, that's what I want! are just SOME of the things I felt and thought as I read about this brilliant, yet elegantly simple three stage relationship theory. To see myself and my relationships, past and present, in the pages before my eyes was 'enlightening'...to say the least. To read about another possibility in relating with the opposite sex, a way of understanding, honouring and respecting our differences.... and gifting each other with these differences, made me yearn for the third stage. As a woman, I have never felt so deeply seen, heard and understood. David Deida and 'Ophelia' are committed to a 'intimate communion' - a relationship I have always dreamt about. A relationship I have somehow always known about, deep in my heart, yet could never really grasp. After fighting for my independence, after finding out that instead of waiting for the outside (usually a man) to give me the love I wanted or even 'craved', that I could give it to myself. After realizing and owning my co-dependency and 'working on myself'. After finally creating and still living in a 'new age' '50/50' 'inter-dependent' relationship, I still feel something missing. David Deida is shining a light - a way or path towards more fullness, wholeness and peace. If you are interested in conscious loving, breaking FREE from the constraints of life and getting the LOVE you so deparately want, buy and read it now!
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Summary: Waking Up
Review: Things weren't working and I couldn't put my finger on why? This book gave me the opportunity to see these differently and to open to a whole new way of being in relationship. It was refreshingly liberating.
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Summary: Interesting but
Review: This book gives us so much to think about, but there is still something missing. After each chapter I closed my eyes and thought through the lessons and how I could apply them to my own relationships. It really is insightful
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Summary: Interesting but
Review: This book gives us so much to think about, but there is still something missing. After each chapter I closed my eyes and thought through the lessons and how I could apply them to my own relationships. It really is insightful
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Summary: Wonderful
Review: This is an amazing book. I would recommend it to anyone.
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