Showing results for "Ecstasy" in Religion & Spirituality

When does enlightenment come? At the end of the spiritual journey? Or the beginning? In After the Ecstasy, the Laundry, Jack Kornfield brings into focus the truth about satori, the awakened state of consciousness, and enlightenment practices today. The result is this extraordinary look at the hard work we all must do - the laundry - no matter how often we experience ecstatic states of consciousness through meditation and other disciplines.

Ecstasy: The Forgotten Language invites us to rediscover our natural state of ecstasy. We have lost touch with our intrinsic nature, says Osho, because we no longer live existential lives; we put our whole focus on our private lives. We have lost contact with the real and live almost entirely in our minds, in our imaginations. This makes us dull and unhappy and unavailable for what life is really offering us. Society and civilizations originally evolved to support and protect us, but now the situation has reversed and instead we find ourselves existing to sustain them.

Mysticism is about existential ecstasy—an experience of heightening one's senses and self into a sheer feeling of aliveness. Mystical experiences offer us a practical way to open our thoughts and deepen the sense of our lives, whether through a mainstream connection to God or by taking part in mind-altering experiences. Here, Simon Critchley explores the history and practice of mysticism, from its origins in Eastern and Western religion, through its association with esoteric and occult knowledge, and up to the ecstatic modernism of T.S. Eliot and others.

Exile and Ecstasy sets out to explore the psychedelic path that occupies the crossroads between the Ram Dass movement and Hasidism. It's a path of seeking and escape, rebellion and return, medicine and magic. Bridging the polar ends of the Jewish and psychedelic worlds, while buttressing the...

Within you is the wellspring of vitality waiting to amplify every aspect of your life-most importantly, your sex life! What is it? The life-giving force known as qi. With Taoist Sexual Secrets, teaching partners Lee Holden and Dr. Rachel Carlton Abrahms unveil an ancient method to help listeners learn how to work with this subtle energy for increased passion and intimacy, improved health, and spiritual development.

Wild, deeply soft, and untameable are all ways we can begin to describe the deep feminine nature we all hold within us. Host Elisabeth Serra has been creating spaces for women and men to embody this deep nature, and bridge the disconnection between the material and the spiritual; so that we can once again experience the sacred union of embodied consciousness. Dive deep into the river of wisdom and begin your own journey of self expansion into the intimate freedom that you already are.

Wild, deeply soft, and untameable are all ways we can begin to describe the deep feminine nature we all hold within us. Host Elisabeth Serra has been creating spaces for women and men to embody this deep nature, and bridge the disconnection between the material and the spiritual; so that we can once again experience the sacred union of embodied consciousness. Dive deep into the river of wisdom and begin your own journey of self expansion into the intimate freedom that you already are.

Can ecstatic movement and sound be the next revolution in spirituality and healing? This is the premise behind Shaking, a radical audio-learning course from pioneering psychotherapist, world explorer, and author Bradford Keeney.Forget everything you’ve thought to be true about spiritual practice and the healing arts. In Shaking, Bradford Keeney will take you to the very beginning, to the time "when all things were complete in matters of mystery and the spirit."

Du bist ein Geschenk. Mit allem, was in dir ist. Mit deinen Ängsten, Unsicherheiten, Verletzungen. Mit allen Anteilen. Dein Herz ist ein Geschenk. Ich möchte dich daran erinnern, wie wunderbar du bist. Damit du dich wieder zeigst – beim Dating & in Beziehungen – dein Herz öffnest. Um die Menschen in dein Leben zu ziehen, die dich nähren. Ich erinnere dich daran, dass die Liebe auch in einem einzelnen Moment zu finden ist. Und ich zeige dir Wege, wie du aus dem, was gerade ist, die größte Kunst und die meiste Liebe für dein Leben erschaffen kannst. In service to love. instagram.com/...

Of the world's true mystics - seekers who achieve a direct union with God - a staggering proportion have lived and loved as gay men and women. Through their sumptuous love poetry, their daring explorations of Tantra (sacred sex), and heroic devotion to their faith - despite their estranged status within society - gay mystics have permanently altered and enriched the spiritual landscape of our time.

Author and illustrator Martín Prechtel is internationally known for his explorations of ancient folklore and uncovering the lessons therein for modern readers. In The Disobedience of the Daughter of the Sun, he revives a hitherto unknown Guatemalan Tzutujil Mayan tale of the beginnings of the...