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SEX IN HISTORY By Al Link and Pala Copeland - 4 Freedoms Relationship Tantra As we human beings have changed and evolved over our thousands of years of recorded history so have our attitudes and expressions of all things sexual. The only thing that hasn’t changed much is society’s desire to exercise a certain amount of control over an individual’s sexual behavior.
Sex Stats By Al Link and Pala Copeland - 4 Freedoms Relationship Tantra The next time you’re at a party and there’s a lull in the conversation rather than trying to fill the gap with your knowledge of sports statistics, sitcom trivia or movie tidbits wow your listeners with this amazing array of info on everyone’s favorite subject: SEX!rn Mighty Mr.
"Heartbreak as Teacher" In your quest for Heart Freedom, there is value in the pain of a broken heart. It gives you feedback to learn about changing and growing. Pain can be seen not simply as arbitrary suffering but as a teacher. Emotional discomfort and pain are inevitable parts of the human ...
"Passionate Detachment" Carlos Castaneda has written a series of remarkable books in which he describes his shamanic apprenticeship with the Yaqui sorcerer Don Juan. Don Juan advises Castaneda that a man of knowledge (an impeccable warrior) chooses a path and follows it with heart, acting as ...
Sex is essential in a fulfilling mate relationship, unless you have consciously chosen to have one that is platonic, more akin to friendship than marriage. In a true marriage, based upon lifelong commitment, sexual fulfillment and abundance in love and pleasure are inseparable from relationship happiness. And relationship happiness is the surest, quickest, and easiest route through to your personal emotional maturity and spiritual awakening.
Holy Ground What is the difference between “sex” and “sacred sex”? Essentially, the difference is your attitude and intention. It is primarily through ceremony and ritual that we communicate with our souls. Creating a sacred space for loving is one of the best ways of signaling to your deepest / highest consciousness that your intention is to elevate lovemaking to an art and a sacrament.
The Health Benefits of Sex By Al Link and Pala Copeland - 4 Freedoms Relationship Tantra Lose weight. Reduce stress. Lower your cholesterol level. Improve your circulation. Live longer. Stay younger. Sounds like an ad for a new wonder drug right?
Right this moment, just as you are, you have four unimaginably powerful resources at your command. With them you can accomplish miracles. They are your Four Freedoms of Body, Mind, Heart, and Soul. Although you are already innately aware of these elemental forces—their strength, dynamism, and ...
Posting Priorities Time for Exercise: five to 15 minutes Properties Required: pen and pape n Steps: One partner reads the following story to the other. An expert in time management who spent a lot of his time in the countryside, came to town on occasion and spoke to business ...
Heart Freedom ExercisesnExercises To Do Togethe by Al Link and Pala Copelandn Eye Gazingnn So through the eyes love attains the heart: For the eyes are the scouts of the heart, And the eyes go reconnoiteringn For what it would please the heart to possess. Guiraut de Borneilh, ...
Mind Freedom ExercisesnExercises To Do On Your Ownnby Al Link and Pala Copeland Flexible Thinkingn You have the power over what you think about. You also have the power over how you think about what you think about. Your brain performs various functions, such as recalling, thinking, and ...
INTEGRATION EXERCISESnExercises To Do Togethe by Al Link and Pala Copeland MYSTICAL MAPS Time for Exercise: 15 minutes Properties Required: nonenn Steps: Take turns describing for your love the qualities or properties of a mystical experience you have had. What were the ...
Seven Minute Massage It is a delicious treat to receive a full body massage that lasts any where from thirty minutes to a couple of hours, but you can also give your love a boost with a massage “quickie”. You can effectively energize and loosen him up from top to toe in five to seven minutes. ...
INTEGRATION EXERCISESnExercises To Do Togethe by Al Link and Pala Copeland FROM HERE TO ETE ITY Time for Exercise: 15 to 30 minutes Properties Required: bed sheet or other large piece of clothnn Steps: One of you lies down as if you were a corpse. Your love sets the scene with ...
During the 19th century Tantric writings were introduced to the west by British scholars and travelers, foremost among them Sir Richard Burton, translator of three classic texts that explain and illustrate the art of love with considerable emphasis on sexual lovemaking positions: the Kama Sutra ...
Truth and Dare All the secrets you hold inside are an enormous weight, a needless burden. This exercise offers an excellent opportunity for you to revisit and let go of things from your past that still bother you. All of us have experiences that have left us wounded: times when we felt ...
SOUL FREEDOM EXERCISESnExercises To Do Togethe by Al Link and Pala Copeland ONCE BEFORE I DIE… The soul exists beyond time and space, beyond life and death of the body. For the soul, death is merely a doorway from one place to another, not something to fear and avoid. But while we are ...
The Lover’s Curse of Memory: How to Be Here Now In BednBy Al Link and Pala Copeland - 4 Freedoms Relationship Tantra The curse of memory is that memory robs us of being in the moment. We remember the last time we saw something and we see it as we remember it, rather than as it is NOW. We ...
INTEGRATION EXERCISESnExercises To Do On Your Ownnby Al Link and Pala Copeland DANCE YOUR PRAYE nime for Exercise: five to 15 minutes Properties Required: selection of music for dancingnn Steps: Select music for the mood you wish to create, anything from gospel to rock and roll.nn ...
Mind-field Our minds can be drunken monkeys, flitting from one thought to the next. When you are trying to concentrate on something but notice you are drifting off to think about something else, use this technique to learn to stay focused. It will also help your thought process to become quiet, ...
Shaman Says The term shaman might have originated in Northern Siberia in a region in central Russia known as Tunguska, purported to be the location of a mystical kingdom referred to as Shamballa. A shaman (sometimes magician, sorcerer, witch doctor, or medicine man) has esoteric knowledge ...
"Sacred Sex – Body Freedom"n(Part 5 of 7)nby Al Link and Pala Copeland Although most couples want a really good sex life, many are afraid that it’s unattainable because they personally don’t know how to create it. They bury their sexual dreams under the weight of ...
INTEGRATION EXERCISESnExercises To Do Togethe by Al Link and Pala Copeland FLOATING LIGHTS Candles are one of the most useful aids for creating your own romantic rituals and celebrations, for remembering loved ones you cannot be with right now, or for healing the separation between ...
SOUL FREEDOM EXERCISESnExercises To Do Togethe by Al Link and Pala Copeland PEARLS OF WISDOM Time for Exercise: five to 15 minutes Properties Required: nonenn Steps:n n Once per week sit down together and share two or three inspiring thoughts or quotes you have gathered over the ...
SOUL FREEDOM EXERCISESnExercises To Do Togethe by Al Link and Pala Copeland SACRAMENTS OF OUR LIVESn Traditionally defined as the outward and visible sign of an inner and invisible grace, a sacrament is something you elevate to the status of holy or sacred. You elevate it to this status by ...
4 Freedoms Exercisesn n Reclaim your 4 Freedoms through awareness and action. Manifest the ideas you’ve just read about by engaging in these exercises. Delight your body, awaken your mind, open your heart, and free your soul. Exercises are organized under the following headings: ...
Mind Freedom ExercisesnExercises To Do On Your Ownnby Al Link and Pala Copeland The Witness When you act without thinking, caught up in habit, emotional overreaction, or conditioned behavior, you become powerless. Cultivating your observer consciousness—the ability to see yourself ...
"The Meaning of Life and The Meaning in Life"n n The meaning of life is forever a mystery. Some mysteries are unsolvable and best left that way. But the meaning in life is entirely different. Life is not a problem needing a solution; it is an experience to be lived fully in the present, ...
THE END COMES FIRST "The end comes first" means that your consciousness tends to manifest (bring into reality) that which you focus your attention on and think about. By having a clear picture in your mind of what you want the end result to be, you greatly increase your chances of getting ...
INTEGRATION EXERCISESnExercises To Do On Your Ownnby Al Link and Pala Copeland OUT OF BODY Time for Exercise: five to 30 minutes Properties Required: nonenn Steps: Each evening as you prepare to sleep, give your deeper consciousness instructions for going out of your body. Relax ...
Body Painting Time for Exercise: 30 minutes to two hours Properties Required: washable body paints, drop sheetnn Steps: Place the drop sheet (an old bed sheet or large piece of plastic) on the floor to protect it. Get naked. Take turns painting each other’s bodies.nn ...
INTEGRATION EXERCISESnExercises To Do Togethe by Al Link and Pala Copeland SEEING IN THE DARKn The lights went out. Only then could we see withour our eyes. Al Link Time for Exercise: all day and night (short variation: one hour or more) Properties Required: blindfold Steps: One lover ...
SOUL FREEDOM EXERCISESnExercises To Do Togethe by Al Link and Pala Copeland THE CIRCLE What is left unsaid? In the book Mutant Message Down Under by Marlo Morgan, a doctor working with an indigenous tribe asked the people to name their physician or medicine person. The villagers replied ...
Time for Exercise: five minutes to one hour Properties Required: books of poetrynn Steps: n n Browse through books of poetry to locate poems that elicit an emotional reaction when you read them. The poems might be about love, romance, commitment, or sex. Copy those you like the ...
INTEGRATION EXERCISESnExercises To Do Togethe by Al Link and Pala Copeland SOUNDS OF SILENCE Time for Exercise: full day Properties Required: none Steps: Designate one day as a “Day of Silence.” Shut off the phone, and don’t answer the door. You might post a ...
INTEGRATION EXERCISESnExercises To Do On Your Ownnby Al Link and Pala Copeland LOOKING BACK Time for Exercise: 15 minutes to one hour Properties Required: pen and pape n Steps: 1. Write out what different loved ones and friends might say at your funeral. Write out what you ...
FLOW IN THE GLOW Time for Exercise: 15 minutes Properties Required: nonenn Steps: Take turns describing for your love a peak experience that you have had: an experience of feeling connected to everything, an experience of superb confidence and mastery, an experience of profound ...
Sensational Scents Your sense of smell is intricately connected to your brain’s memory function and is a source of great erotic pleasure. Time for Exercise: one or more hours Properties Required: private vehicle or public transportationnn Steps: Identify the locations you ...
Heart Freedom ExercisesnExercises To Do Togethe by Al Link and Pala Copeland Lovers’ Scissors Although this is an intercourse position, in this instance the focus is not on orgasmic release or simple physical pleasure. By combining mental focus, conscious breath, genital connection, and ...
The Parts Party Ignorance about human anatomy is monumental. Find out about each other’s parts, where they are, what they do, and how they are related to reproduction, sexual function, and sexual pleasure. Time for Exercise: five to 15 minutes per session (several sessions highly ...
INTEGRATION EXERCISESnExercises To Do Togethe by Al Link and Pala Copeland TOGETHER FOREVER Lifelong commitment normally means growing old together. Think and talk together about how your relationship will mature as your age advances. Time for Exercise: five to 30 minutes Properties ...
Part 2 of 8rn The essence of heart is emotion. Heart Freedom enables you to experience a bountiful variety and complexity of feelings. The supreme emotion is love, which by its very nature implies a relationship, the love and the beloved. In modern Western culture, couple relationships are often symbolized by the Valentine heart. If you both want to make your relationship work, pay attention to its heart, to the emotional, energetic, and spiritual connection between you.
INTEGRATION EXERCISESnExercises To Do On Your Ownnby Al Link and Pala Copeland WHAT’S GOOD? Be careful what you pay attention to because you are going to get more of it. You can help people focus on what they do want by asking them the simple question, “What’s ...
High on Hugs Time for Exercise: 10 seconds to one minute per hug Properties Required: nonenn Steps: Give your love different kinds of hugs. Ask your love to guess each hug’s meaning. Here are some suggestions for hugs with different qualities and various degrees and ...
Tantalizing Tastes Time for Exercise: 15 minutes to one hour Properties Required: cookbook, pen, and pape n Steps: Pick a recipe from any cookbook.n n Add sexy words and images to any part of the recipe to create an erotic poem. (Food and poetry are so deliciously ...
Life Reflection Exercisenby Al Link and Pala Copeland The purpose of this exercise is to help you learn to become detached from the results of your actions. When you are detached from the results of your actions you can more easily stay completely immersed in the moment, fully enjoying each ...
Part 8 of 8 When you turn the keys of Mind Freedom, you unlock the potential for a truly satisfying union.
Through ritual, ceremony, and energy practices, we touch the unknown and the unknowable—the divine mystery. Ritual and ceremony are the language of the soul. They activate the awesome, magical possibilities in the imaginal realm of our creativity. We are amazed, astonished, and filled with ...
Flower Power Painful life experiences can lead you to close your heart like a tender flower that closes its petals against the chill of the night. In this exercise, you learn to consciously open your heart so that you and all around you can share in the heavenly fragrance of its blossom. Time ...
Heart Freedom ExercisesnExercises To Do Togethe by Al Link and Pala Copeland Love Potionn The use of sexual stimulants such as alcohol or herbal aphrodisiacs is well established in ancient sacred sex practices such as Tantra. Making your own love potions together is very sensual. Consuming ...