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her.” And I wonder: Is this the reality I’m here training for? To cut off my dick in a sexless marriage, and then pathologize myself as a sex addict if I break down
“We all have six core needs: emotional, social, intellectual, physical, sexual, and spiritual. And if they’re being attended to and enhanced, then you’re doing the right thing.”
they seem to think here that speaking quietly means being spiritual—leads
Lawrence is a meditation and sexuality teacher. He’s tall with a shaved head, and is so healthy his face glows as if he’s swallowed a lightbulb.
who doesn’t start conversations with “namaste” and end them by asking about ETs. “Because of all the immoral connotations of sex, they make it into something divine and polite instead of physical and passionate.
“Don’t trade long-term happiness for short-term pleasure.” I add that phrase to my notes. It’s a good mantra to remember. “Think of intimacy as a fire,” he continues. “The more logs you add to it, the bigger it gets. And the bigger it gets, the less you want to throw water on it.” “My problem before was that the bigger the fire got, the more I wanted to throw water on it. I was so scared it would consume me.”
