Dear Lover: A Woman's Guide to Men, Sex, and Love's Deepest Bliss

by David Deida

Overview

Are You Ready to Open to Love’s Deepest Bliss?

Every woman knows the fairy tale: find the right man, give him what he wants and needs, and he’ll love you forever. But when the myth you’ve been asked to believe fails to deliver—when you sense you’ve been settling for far less than you know in your heart is possible—how do you attract and keep a man capable of meeting what you most passionately yearn for?

In Dear Lover: A Woman’s Guide to Men, Sex, and Love’s Deepest Bliss, David Deida explores every aspect of the feminine practice of spiritual intimacy, from sexuality and lovemaking to family and career to emotions, trust, and commitment. Presented as a collection of letters from a man to his “dear lover,” here is this internationally acclaimed writer’s invitation to practice love as a living art as you discover:

• Why your man is always your choice—and how to choose a man of deep integrity who will satisfy the needs of your body, heart, and spirit
• “Sexual essence” and the three stages of loving: how to understand your fluctuating capacity to experience divine connection with another
• Knowing when to end a relationship and how to deal with the “him-shaped void” your absent man leaves behind
• Daily exercises to help you and your partner move from separation to openness in two-bodied devotional trust

Ultimately, what every woman wants is to give and receive love fully. Whether you’re partnered or alone, Dear Lover reveals that “your love is the same love that yearns to open at everybody’s heart. You will attract and inspire a man as willing and able to open as you are. Constant yearning is the call to open and give yourself to all as love’s offering.”

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781591792604
Publisher:	Sounds True, Incorporated
Publication date:	12/01/2004
Pages:	200
Sales rank:	106,405
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 8.95(h) x 0.65(d)

About the Author

David Deida
Acknowledged as one of the most insightful and provocative spiritual teachers of our time, best-selling author David Deida continues to revolutionize the way that men and women grow spiritually and sexually. His teachings and writings on a radically practical spirituality for our time have been hailed as among the most original and authentic contributions to personal and spiritual growth currently available.
 
Known internationally for his unique workshops on spiritual growth and sacred intimacy, Deida has designed and developed a remarkably effective program of transformative practices that addresses spiritual awakening in mind, body, and heart. He is a founding associate of Integral Institute and has taught and conducted research at the University of California Medical School in San Diego; University of California, Santa Cruz; San Jose State University; Lexington Institute, Boston; and Ecole Polytechnique in Paris, France.
 
Deida is known worldwide as the author of hundreds of essays, audio and video programs, articles, and books that bring to light an integral approach to spirituality. His works include The Way of the Superior Man and Instant Enlightenment; practical books on authentic sexual spirituality including Finding God Through Sex, The Enlightened Sex Manual, and Blue Truth; and the autobiographical novel about highly unconventional spiritual training, Wild Nights.
 
David Deida's books are published in more than twenty-five languages worldwide and are required reading in university, church, and spiritual center courses, source texts used in men’s and women’s groups around the world, and are considered important resources for spiritual transformation and sacred sexuality by everyone from achievement coach Tony Robbins to philosopher Ken Wilber to minister and spiritual spokeswoman Marianne Williamson.
 
The Watkins Review has included Deida in its annual Spiritual 100 List every year since 2011 to the present, designating the most spiritually influential living people worldwide. Learn more at deida.info.
 

Editorial Reviews

“In the area of sacred intimacy, David Deida is holding a lightning bolt. He sheds an astonishing light.” —MARIANNE WILLIAMSOR, author of A Woman's Worth

“As a woman, I've never felt so understood and validated. Finally, a clear and brilliant guide to unraveling the mystery of relationships.” —MARCI SHIMOFF, co-author of the New York Times bestseller Chicken Soup for the Woman's Soul

“I feel that Deida has reached a new level of poetic genius in his writing, and his understanding of feminine psychology astounds me.” —MIRANDA SHAW, PH.D., author of Passionate Enlightenment: Women in Tantric Buddhism

“We all taste God, taste Goddess, taste pure spirit in those moments of sexual rapture, and wise men and women have always used that rapture to reveal Spirit's innermost secrets. David Deida is such a wise one.” —KEN WILBER, author of Grace and Grit

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