Elizabeth Debold Quick: “masculine”–take ten seconds and say the words that come to mind that describe masculine. Next, do the same with “feminine.” That was the first exercise that my friend and colleague Cindy Wigglesworth and I asked participants to do in the breakout session that we led at the Integral Leadership in Action conference [ Read More ]
Archive for the ‘Sex & Spirituality’ Category
Categories: Evolutionary spirituality, Sex & Spirituality
Authored by Simeon Alev While the lives of every scientist featured in this issue were touched in some way by the great spiritual teacher J. Krishnamurti, no scientist enjoyed a more intimate and enduring association with him than the late David Bohm. Bohm and Krishnamurti first met in 1961 and their friendship, although it suffered [ Read More ]
Categories: Sex & Spirituality
An interview with Margot Annand “Absolutely not. I totally disagree with you. I would say radically no. The tantric path is profoundly a spiritual path,” she stated emphatically. Had I gone too far? I had just asked Margot Anand [formerly Margo Anand], the world-renowned teacher of tantric sexuality, if modern tantra may not really be [ Read More ]
Categories: Sex & Spirituality
A dialogue between Father Thomas Keating and Andrew Cohen In every issue of What Is Enlightenment? we aspire to introduce our readers to sincere and passionate individuals who care profoundly about their fellow human beings and who dare to accept, as their own burden, the deepest spiritual aspirations of the race. Such encounters are always [ Read More ]
Categories: Sex & Spirituality
An interview with Swami Chidananda Born in South India in 1916, the eldest son of an orthodox Brahmin family, Swami Chidananda was inspired at an early age by devotional songs and stories from the Hindu scriptures. During his college years, the lives and teachings of modern saints such as Sri Ramakrishna, Swami Vivekananda, Ramana Maharshi [ Read More ]
Categories: Sex & Spirituality
Kelly Sosen Bearerw/ Lotus Lounge I feel moved to share a few words on the classic feminine crisis (CFC) because it is central to our practice as women together. “What is the classic feminine crisis?” You ask? First, I am going to offer you the definition of CFC, and then, as a practice, I would [ Read More ]
Categories: Sex & Spirituality
This article is featured on: Sex & Spirituality & Psychology By Aaron Ben-Zev, Ph.D. w/ Psychology Today “For every complex problem, there is a solution that is simple, neat, and wrong.” Henry Louis Mencken When I talk about what people do when being consistent, I mean that they generally behave in similar ways under similar [ Read More ]
Categories: Psychology, Sex & Spirituality
Authored by Andrew Cohen Sex Is Neither Positive nor Negative The awesome force of sexuality and its power to create confusion in the human mind is enormous. Indeed, the intensity of desire that the force of sexuality arouses within the human mind and body almost always creates a sense of insecurity within the individual. The [ Read More ]
Categories: Sex & Spirituality
Authored by Barry Long For a period of three years, Barry Long made love with five women in the role of tantric master. We asked him if we could interview one of his tantric consorts in order to have first-hand account of what it is like to practice sexual union with a living tantric master. [ Read More ]
Categories: Sex & Spirituality
Authored by Robb Smith We recently began preparations for a new annual event called “Integral Spiritual Experience” in collaboration with integral spiritual leaders Swami Sally Kempton, Diane Musho Hamilton, Sensei and Dr. Marc Gafni. Ken Wilber and I both felt it was important to transparently investigate and address the current state of affairs as it [ Read More ]
Categories: Sex & Spirituality
