Intimate Connectionsmoderated - created 05/08/04 |
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"Spiritual intimacy, open hearts, and enlightened minds. Intimacy involving deep passion, deep devotion, and deep understanding"
"the mind is dualistic, but not the heart."
We want to get love, rather than give love.
We seek to be understood, rather than understanding.
A Search for Wholeness...and that’s the premise of this tribe; how can we navigate our inner polarizations (Mars and Venus, Sun and Moon, etc) to give & receive love inwardly and outwardly
And with the help of Intuitive tools such as Astrology, Kemetic (Ancient Egypt) cosmology and the ancient mystery schools of the Maat (Tao), and "if the Buddha dated" etc.
When a man and woman embrace one another without guarding themselves, without protecting themselves or holding back, then they naturally transmit to one another an ecstatic force of [love] energy, a oneness [a divine-ness] body-blissing, heart-rending and mind-blowing.
Many of us have experienced intimacies based unhealthy dependence and pain and then others have then grown into "modern-style" intimacies based on independence [detachment]
The trouble is, many modern women have had to cloak their unique and natural expression of "Feminine radiance" in order to succeed in today's more Masculine-oriented economy. And many modern men, stuck in a vague transition point between old models of the masculine and new identities, have become ambiguous at their core, unable to be fully present and confident in relationships and in their lives.
Women are complaining that men are becoming weaker, less committed in intimacy, and seemingly lost in their lives. In short, women often ask me why men are such "wimps"" these days.
Men are complaining that women are becoming hardened, more resistive and sharply independent, to the point that they are no longer very attractive to the men. In short, men often ask me why women are becoming such "ballbusters" these days.”
However, in the name of economic security and emotional safety, many of us have developed a shell of protection that hides our native gifts. For fear of becoming too vulnerable or dependent, many of us have lost trust in our natural Feminine style of gifting, preferring a more aggressive or independent stance in the world. For fear of becoming too macho and insensitive, many of us have lost trust in our natural
Masculine style of gifting, and in doing so we have lost touch with our real direction in life and are afraid to take a strong stand in our intimacies and in the world.
To grow through the three stages of intimacy, we must come to terms with our deepest Needs to give and receive our emotional and spiritual gifts. We may find that we are hiding some of our real needs, thinking they are unfair or taboo. Before we can learn to give and receive our deepest gifts, whether gently or wildly, we must understand why we often confine our loving, and how we can liberate the mysterious force of love that lies yearning in our hearts.
Deeper insights and better understandings of ourselves and our relating, bringing a happy fusion of energy into love... into having healthy, happy, honest, Wholesome related-LoveShips.
Let's remember...Our primary relationship is with the Divine, this is our hearts true quest of merging our deepest desire and longing (others just help get there)...many will look for it in another, money or things, career and goals, or ideas.
"the greatest love is found inside you" ...Love is not something you get, Love is given- it's an action (verb) ...appreciation is what you could get.
Relating then into Consummation (Libra into Scorpio) on all levels, emotional, mental, spiritual...the Ego must die to be reborn into a Ka-rist like Consciousness ...love.
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RELATING VS. having a RELATIONSHIP
"Love is not a relationship. Love relates, but it is not a relationship."
"A relationship is something finished. Defined. A relationship is a Noun."
"Love is never a relationship; Love is RELATING. It is always a river, flowing, unending. Love knows no full stop; the honeymoon begins but never ends." -Osho
So how do we have Love Relating in our togetherness? Venus relating to Mars... How to have commitment, yet still have our Individuality and freedom intact....how to know and have satisfaction and contentment (Taurus) with burning passion without the traps that come with desire (Scorpio)
these are some of the topics and discussions ...
the most sacred act in life is really love in-the MAKING (or literally Making Love) it's really incomplete until we understand true *dIVINE KheMistry (KMT), lessons taught in the ancient Kemet and African mystery schools of Ma'at.
IMO it's what others fall short of in what's being called today's neo-tantra -spiritual sensuality is very much inclusive and enjoyed but, it flows in all of our relatingness.
"But isn't this state identical to Tantra and the unconscious ecstasy we get from our inner orgasm?"
Doesn't the suspension of opposites occur with both partners in a trance? Enlightenment?"
No — in Ma'at, god and goddess definitely do not dissolve themselves in an ocean of unconsciousness. In contrast, we gain access to the non-dual knowledge and thus discern the eternal truth behind the veil of illusions. our deep awareness of the polarity of all being gives us the strength to leave the “sea of birth, death, and SEX and Tantra ” behind Us."
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What are relationships?
Relationships are like mirrors that help us to learn more about ourselves. They are the most challenging and the most rewarding aspects of life. The more intimate the relationship the greater the opportunity for growth we are given.
The life of all manifestations is the interchange made by our Cosmic Inner Forces as they express the dynamic and receptive polarities.
The key to understanding what comes in our lives and what we are relating to; whether it's our job, associates and co workers, our creative arts, expressions, children, friendships, marriage, or soulmating.
The word "sex" is much more extended in its meanings. It is life in action and movement; the eternal interchange of vibratory powers and their effect on each other is that which makes manifestation what it is. And this applies to all planes, from the most dense, slowly vibrating level of material manifestation to the very essence of the Creative Source itself. Every moment of our existence is an expression of cosmic sexuality; this will be seen if we consider a few things that demonstrate our ability to stimulate and to be stimulated.
We ask a question; are we receptive to the information given to us by the person who projects the answer. We speak; we take in breath as pabulum for our words and we project the thought which we incarnate in sound-symbols called words.
Our sense-perceptions are agencies of receptivity, by their exercise we receive impressions by which we identify the world exterior to ourselves. We make ourselves perceptible to others by our action in movement and sound. Someone projects himself into our awareness; we react to his expression according to our vibratory state of consciousness.
These simple, everyday illustrations are just a few of the many that could be considered; however, they are sufficient to show that we, as expressions of life, are composite expressions of Cosmic Polarity. We are so constituted that we demonstrate throughout our lives, in one way or another, our essential bi-polarity. To understand "sex" to mean only the attributes of physical generation is to keep our understanding at mud-level. The intuitive philosopher comprehends these principles
Sexual love may or may not be an aspect of the relating
Instead of searching for the elusive one and only, we should look within ourselves and find a deeper understanding of who we are and what we truly need from a relationship…this will help to attract a soul mate to us.
The very concept of relationships are evolving, must, indeed, evolve just as we are all growing, changing, and hopefully transcending the darkness and cloudy beliefs of the recent past.
To punish ourselves because we can’t find the perfect relationship (truly, it doesn’t exist!) or to obsessively cling to a relationship that is harmful is to deny ourselves the opportunity to grow, to reach, and to find a relationship that will make us happy.
The relationship fantasy formula usually boils down to (1) hoping to find a partner who doesn’t notice our issues (or even better our issues magically disappear when we are in love) and (2) our perfect mate doesn’t have any issues or he/she will instantaneously transform in our presence.
The endless search, the total confusion, the very question “Is HE the one?” could drive anyone insane! When you say forever, what does that mean? Time is a man created entity…forever is the here and now. When you love, love fully and let the love you feel inside be your guide.
So many of us play the blame game in relationships. It's always the other person's fault, but is it really? It is easy to point fingers and become victims, and that's why we do it. What we need to do is take a look at ourselves and realize that things happen for a reason. When bad things happen in relationships, we must be willing to acknowledge the part we played. Our actions affect everyone around us--everyone.
Perhaps we don't always see the fine lines and invisible connections, but they are there. It takes two people to make a relationship, and it takes two people to destroy one. Sometimes we make bad choices, especially in our youth when we often equate sex with love. When these bad choices start haunting us, we look elsewhere to satisfy the cravings we all have for love....
Some people will run into the arms of another, some will lose themselves in work, some will spend a lot of time away from home--anything to deal with the pain inside. If we don't understand ourselves, how can we expect to understand others?
This is where the blame game shines the brightest: in a relationship with two people trying to understand the other instead of trying to understand themselves! Learning about ourselves--the truth, not sugar-coated fantasies--is the most important thing we can do for ourselves, for our loved ones, for humanity in general. It is also one of the hardest things to do, but we must learn these lessons if we want to make our lives the best that they can be.
In love and relationship we have a combination of two individuals with different energies. This combination leads to the formation of a third entity--the relationship itself. If we, as individuals, learn what we need and want in a partnership it will be easier to know whether or not a person is the 'one'.
this is a safe secret space for tribe, a place to share and speak openly...
with deep understanding and deep compassion.
Lets start with our Astrology Archetypes of Aries and Libra (1st and 7th house)
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