Finding God Through Sex
From Bluetruth
Foreword by Ken Wilber
Finding God through sex? And why not? The only thing that is astonishing in that equation is that it ever should have seemed odd to begin with. For many of the world’s great wisdom traditions, particularly in their mature phases, sexuality was deeply viewed as an exquisite expression of spirituality—and a path to further spiritual realization. After all, in the ecstatic embrace of sexual love, we are taken far beyond ourselves, released from the cramp of the separate self, delivered at least temporarily into timeless, spaceless, blissful union with the wondrous beloved: and what better definition of spiritual release is there than that? 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 a such a wise one, who has worked with countless men and women to help them use the sexual encounter to further their own deep spiritual realization. In the following pages, he speaks directly to both the masculine and feminine principles in each of us, using precise examples and practices that move us through our gendered existence and into the vast expanse of radiant Spirit, which is itself neither male nor female but simply Free and Full.
If you are affiliated with a particular religion, that is fine; if not, that’s fine, too. I have it on good authority that Spirit does not belong to any particular church, but resides in the deepest part of your very own heart every time you love. This is a book about releasing that love into such painful bliss that you will be undone in the very embrace of the Divine itself, insanely radiant to infinity, even here and now.
David’s language is a model of evocative spirituality; it teases us out of our contracted ways and into the infinite expanse of pure awareness, beyond the minor joys and major terrors that define the loveless self. Let the language seep into your being, let the richness of your heart unfold in the gentle invitations, follow that current of spiritual bliss that will lead you to your own original face, swoon into that radiant light that is your own true nature. The secrets to all of this are given in the following pages, so let the passionate adventure in sexual spirituality begin….
You can read and practice the following with a partner, or you can experiment on your own, following Woody Allen’s advice: “Don’t knock masturbation; it’s sex with somebody I love.” But in any event the discoveries awaiting you are the most miraculous in existence. The very current of sexuality is plugged straight into God, and once you find that current, you will never be the same. And you will have David Deida to thank.
KW
12/99 Boulder, CO
- Inviting Passionate Surrender
- Connecting Lust and Love
- Opening Greater than Pleasure
- Finding Bliss Beyond Comfort
- Approaching Spiritual Sex
- Letting Go Into Ecstasy
- Unguarding Your Deepest Heart
- Growing Sexually Step By Step
- Expanding Through Dissatisfaction to God
- Staying Open During Sex
- Getting to Divine Love
- Opening As Love When You Hurt
- Attending to Your Hearts Truth
- Navigating Needs, Moods and Affairs