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Integrating Your 4 Freedomsn Separation or Unity – What is the Nature of Reality? The Western world loves to compartmentalize, creating boxes of separation so that the complexities of life are easier to comprehend and simpler to cope with. We separate work from family life, spiritual ...
Body Sounds The body makes very interesting inte al sounds, including: digestion as food moves through the stomach and intestines, breathing, heart beating and pumping blood, and eating food, including chewing and swallowing. Listen to these sounds, become familiar with them, and notice how ...
Being familiar with your biorhythms can help you make effective decisions. Time for Exercise: two minutes daily Properties Required: pen and paper Steps: Chart your biorhythms by using a scale that goes from minus five to plus five, where minus one is mildly negative to minus five a vicious ...
Levels of Consciousness – Mind FreedomnPart 2 of 8nby Al Link and Pala Copelandn Imagine that consciousness is like water: Your personal consciousness is the supply of water you can carry around in a canteen, as if it belonged to you privately, for your exclusive use. With this personal ...
Touch Me Like This Time for Exercise: 20 minutes to several hours Properties Required: water, oil, or silicone lubricants and sex toys (optional) Steps: Invite your love to an erotic demonstration of some ways you would like to be touched sexually. Set a time frame or leave time ...
Exercise - How important is your relationship?nby Al Link and Pala Copelandn How important is your relationship? Here are some questions to help you determine the importance of your relationship compared to other aspects of your life. When you become aware of exactly how you spend your time, ...
PSYCHIC PROTECTIONn It would be reassuring if all energetic phenomena were benign, but we know that there are energies that are not friendly, that are actually dangerous. Opening completely to your love emotionally, spiritually, and energetically in ecstatic union can make you vulnerable to ...
POINTS OF CANDLELIGHTn Dimming the lights, or turning them off and lighting candles instead, is one of the easiest ways to add romantic ambiance to your lovemaking experience or to change an ordinary dinner into something very sensual. Candles are also one of the most useful aids for creating ...
Yin Yang YES! The familiar Chinese yin/yang symbol suggests a balance and harmony between the yin (feminine energies) and yang (masculine energies) or between any pair of opposites. Examples of yin/yang in relationship are following/leading, surrender/control, opening to the mystery/making ...
String Theory The theory of strings, sometimes referred to as the theory of everything,i is considered by many physicists to be the most promising explanation to date for the nature of ultimate reality. It suggests the possibility that there is a connection, as well as a separation, between the ...
What Matters to Me Sexually Time for Exercise: 15 minutes alone and five minutes with your lover Properties Required: pen and paper Steps: Take fifteen minutes, or more if needed, to identify what really matters to you in lovemaking. Identify some things that are essential, some things ...
Stunning Sensory Stimulation We rely on our eyes, sometimes at the expense of our other senses. They can become dulled without attention and use. This fun-filled exercise awakens you once again to the mystery of sound, touch, smell, and taste. Time for Exercise: 30 minutes Properties ...
Remote Viewing Experimentsn n Outside the realm of physics, other experiments have shown that there are connections between mind and matter that can’t be explained by the old model of separation. Studies starting in 1972 and lasting over two decades were conducted under the sponsorship ...
"The Second Freedom: Mind" Part 1 of 8nby Al Link and Pala Copeland Center of the Cyclone Your mind, center of the cyclone of consciousness, is a remarkable servant. When set to work with clear purpose and direction, it can guide you through a myriad of concepts and activities, from the ...
Heart in Darkness Time for Exercise: 15 minutes to one hour Properties Required: drawing paper, pencils, colored pencils, pen, charcoal sticksnn Steps:n n Draw a picture illustrating the emotional state of your heart right now. Convey the extent to which your heart is wounded, ...
In popular culture such as the cinema, superheroes are rarely associated with mature, fulfilling, sexual relationships. However, they can and should be. Doing so would begin the process of popularizing a model worthy of emulation, the hero as warrior and lover, all rolled into one glorious human ...
Part 5 of 8 "Men in Relationship: The Hero Who Admits He Is Afraid" Many men are reluctant to embrace relationships but relationships are the marquee event in the Olympics of Life. Winning the gold medal in relationships is as good as it gets in this world. Ask yourself: Is a great ...
Fantasy Fun Fantasies provide opportunities to explore all aspects of sexuality with a love you trust in a situation that is safe, even though some fantasies might involve danger, violence, or taboos. Suggested guidelines for exploring fantasy: No-one gets hurt—no means no, and stop ...
This simple meditation brings tranquility, healing, and balance as you direct golden energy through the channels of your body, from your head to your feet and back again. Time for Exercise: five to 10 minutes Properties Required: none Steps: Sit comfortably with closed eyes, straight ...
"Surrender" The challenge and opportunity of faith is to surrender to God’s will (the Divine rhythm, the flow of the Tao) believing that however badly things might be going in this moment, in the long term you will attain your heart’s true desire and your life will unfold in a way ...
"Body Pleasure and Relationship – Body Freedom"n(Part 3 of 7)nby Al Link and Pala Copelandn Fortunately, a mate relationship gives you a perfect arena in which to learn to overcome your negative body conditioning and to celebrate your body’s desires. When you are in a loving ...
"Freedom and Responsibility" The essence of Soul Freedom is faith. Science is what you believe because of the evidence. In spiritual matters, faith is what you believe, despite evidence to the contrary. Faith enables you to keep going when all appears hopeless and to say, “That ...
Developing an Empirical Awareness of the Four Freedoms You can do simple experiments to comprehend that all elements of you are interconnected. For 30 seconds think a very negative thought, for instance, your partner has left you, you have been fired, or your home has burned down. Stop the ...
Dirty Dancing The phrase “dirty dancing” comes from the movie by the same name, but actually there is nothing dirty about doing a striptease for your lover. This is one of the most erotic gifts you can give each other. Time for Exercise: 15 to 30 minutes Properties Required: music ...
Vision and Purposenn Choice is the foundation of all Four Freedoms. You reclaim your freedom by making new choices and acting consistently to support those choices. Although you won’t get what you want if you don’t know what it is, you don’t have to know exactly what ...
SOUL FREEDOM EXERCISESnExercises To Do On Your Ownnby Al Link and Pala Copeland EYES WIDE SHUT Your eyes are windows to your soul. Do you allow people in or lock them out? Time for Exercise: five minutes to one hour (several sessions are an option) Properties Required: magnifying ...
Part 4 of 8n "Twelve Keys to the Kingdom of Your Heart’s Desire" Thought cannot heal a broken heart, and thinking will never open a heart that is closed. Only feeling can accomplish such miracles. As Blaise Pascal said long ago, “The heart has its reasons which reason knows ...
GROUNDINGn Grounding is a simple yet powerful energy connection exercise. Through it you connect your individual energy flow to the energy flow of Mother Earth. As you tap into this great force of life, you will become calm and revitalized. Time for Exercise: 10 minutes Properties Required: ...
Heart Freedom ExercisesnExercises To Do Togethe by Al Link and Pala Copeland Song of LovenSongs of romance are sure-fire heart-melters, especially when they are sung just for you by the one you love. Time for Exercise: three to five minutes to sing Properties Required: Obtain the lyrics to a ...
Ultimate Reality: Consciousness n n If the difference between particles and waves is so slippery, and if time and space are so easily transcended, what is the fundamental nature of reality? What is real? One answer is consciousness. Consciousness is original and fundamental, everything ...
Just as we are sometimes taught that pleasure is a sinful path to follow, so are we warned of the terrible power of desire. Desire can lead us to overindulgence, to betrayal, and to misery. “The abstinent run away from what they desire, but carry their desires with them. When a ...
The Four Freedomsnby Al Link and Pala Copeland The desire to love someone through and through and to be loved that way in return, for a lifetime, burns in almost every heart. Although we are all truly worthy of such love, it is not something that will usually happen by itself. A superb ...
Poet’s Prophecy Having something to look forward to is one of the supreme motivators in life. Helping your partner to see and believe that good things lie ahead is one of the great gifts you can offer. When lovers expect the best from each other, they are more likely to get it. The ...
Essence of Emotionn n Poets, mystics, philosophers, and scientists have long pondered the mysteries of the heart. Religious thought claims the heart as the center of spiritual love. Christianity associates divine love with the Sacred Heart of Jesus, Hindus revere Shiva’s sacred heart, ...
Heart Freedom ExercisesnExercises To Do On Your Ownnby Al Link and Pala Copeland Freeing the Fool Time for Exercise: five to 15 minutes Properties Required: none Steps: When have you felt foolish, embarrassed, or humiliated? Recall the circumstances of those situations. What if these ...
Novocain How do you dull your emotional pain? How do you hide from hurting? Time for Exercise: five to 15 minutes Properties Required: nonenn Steps:n n Identify any strategies you use to dull, deny, avoid, or suppress emotional pain. The first step for healing emotional pain is to ...
"Keeping Your Heart Open" As you proactively manifest Heart Freedom, in the context of a monogamous committed relationship, your burden of fear, pain, and insecurity declines continuously and sometimes dramatically. You can heal wounds from childhood to the present quite naturally without ...
Sweet Feet Time for Exercise: 15 minutes to one hour Properties Required: plastic dishwashing pan, two towels, bar of fine soap, sloughing cream, pedicure items, e.g., pumice stone, toenail clippers, nail file, nail buff, nail sticks, nail polish, foot creams, and lotions Steps: Gather ...
MAGIC WANDn Time for Exercise: five to 15 minutes Properties Required: magic wandnn Steps: Make a magic wand from materials you find around the home, anything simple or elaborate, but beautiful. Take turns with the wand. Say to your lover, “With this wand I ...
Properties Required: none Steps: Have a conversation in which you help each other recall examples of synchronous events or meaningful coincidences in your life. In particular, identify the good things that both happened to you and in which you also actively participated. Scenarios of such ...
"Mind Freedom in Relationship: Conscious Attention to What Matters" Mind Freedom -Part 4 of 8 The world is demanding and constantly changing. People tend to ignore one of their most important anchors for intellectual sanity, emotional security, and spiritual wisdom—their primary ...
Taking Action – Body Freedom"n(Part 7 of 7)nby Al Link and Pala Copeland The best way to learn—and unlea —is to take action. Remember that your Body Freedom is your responsibility. It is neither mandatory nor automatic. You can claim your Body Freedom with the following ...
Mind Puzzle Time for Exercise: 15 minutes to one hour Properties Required none Steps: Ask yourself the following questions. The first question is the most important one. All the other questions follow from that one. The first question is: “Who am I?” Some common answers might ...
No Boundariesn Sacred lovemaking has no goal (you are not trying to get to orgasm) but there is a purpose—the union of the lovers. During sexual/spiritual ecstasy, the boundaries between lovers disappear. If you have secrets and barriers to protect yourself emotionally from your lover, ...
Mind Freedom ExercisesnExercises To Do On Your Ownnby Al Link and Pala Copeland What I Notice Today Your relationship is like a garden. You must pay attention to it every day weeding a little here, and watering a little there, so that it will thrive. Time for Exercise: two minutes Properties ...
"Claiming Your Body Freedom – Body Freedom"n(Part 6 of 7)nby Al Link and Pala Copelandn Divesting yourself of your body’s armor, so that you can be fully at ease in your body and share it completely with your beloved, requires learning a few new things and unlea ing some old ones. ...
You Go First The poet Alta once wrote, “Let’s stop hurting each other. You go first.” Somebody has to go first if things are going to change for the better. Time for Exercise: 15 minutes to one hour Properties Required: nonenn Steps: Identify a contentious issue ...
Body Freedom ExercisesnExercises To Do Togethe by Al Link and Pala Copeland Games Galore Time for Exercise: 30 minutes to all day and night Properties Required: varies with each game Treasure Hunt I Place notes (e.g., sticky notes) to lead your love on a search for sensual, sexual ...
Sacred Bathing Time for Exercise: 15 minutes to one hour Properties Required: fine bath soaps, bath oils, bath salts, bubble bath, fresh or dried flower petals, shampoos, incense, essential oils, music, candles, refreshments (optional) Steps: Make sure the room is wonderfully warm.nn ...
Heart Freedom ExercisesnExercises To Do Togethe by Al Link and Pala Copeland Permission Please Time for Exercise: one minute Properties Required: nonenn Steps: Ask your partner’s permission to be her lover. Look into her eyes and hold her hand while you speak. Most important is how ...