It seems that in the desire for sexual engagements there is an urge to connect deeply, to go to the bottom of everything, below the levels of words and social veneer, to the realm of smell, taste, touch, animal sensation. And beyond that, to enter into a kind of meditative process - an uncovering - that can only occur in the mirror of a relationship. It seems that a truly intimate relationship entails going through feelings of hatred, hopelessness, and otherness again and again, going through them and learning that they can pass.
pages 158-159, Bare-Bones Meditation: Waking Up from the Story of My Life by Joan Tollifson.
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pages 158-159, Bare-Bones Meditation: Waking Up from the Story of My Life by Joan Tollifson.
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