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LOVING FROM YOUR SOUL Creating Powerful Relationships By Shepherd Hoodwin |
Acknowledgments
Preface
Introduction
- Part 1: The Nature of Love
- Chapter 1 Love
- No one is "bad" because of what he does. Unloving acts spring from a lack of true understanding.
- Chapter 2 Love and Anger
- So-called negative emotions such as anger are calls to constructive action.
- Chapter 3 Learning Love
- Every experience ultimately adds to your knowledge of love.
- Chapter 4 Expanding Love
- Everything in the universe is motivated to expand love.
- Part 2: Relationship with Yourself
- Chapter 5 Loving Yourself
- Loving yourself is loving others, and vice versa.
- Chapter 6 Beauty, Comparison, and Choice
- Comparisons between bodies are meaningless. Any type or size of body can be beautiful.
- Chapter 7 New Beliefs about the World
- Your view of the world helps determine your experience of it.
- Chapter 8 Loneliness
- Even when you are alone, there are myriad opportunities for blending.
- Chapter 9 Being at Your Source
- When you are at your source, you take primary responsibility for filling your own needs. Your relationships can then be about sharing.
- Part 3: Relationships in the World
- Chapter 10 Inner and Outer Doors of the Heart
- When the inner door of your heart stays open, the outer door can open and close as is appropriate.
- Chapter 11 Listening
- Listening and acting work together. Listening is as powerful as acting.
- Chapter 12 Communicating Your Whole Being
- Freely communicating all the parts of yourself is a prerequisite for blending.
- Chapter 13 Friendship
- Friendships provide us with support and lessons in accepting both what is like us and what is not.
- Chapter 14 Interacting with Others
- All our relationships give us opportunities to grow.
- Relationship with the Universe
- Why People Are in Your Life
- Morality
- Appropriateness
- Being Frank
- Explanation
- Chemistry
- Receiving
- Being Loved by Others
- Maintaining Inner Peace
- Being Another--An Exercise
- In Good Relationship--A Meditation
- Chapter 15 Different Ways of Loving
- Appreciating the variety of ways that love manifests helps us not to limit ourselves and others.
- Part 4: Family Relationships
- Chapter 16 Parents
- Our experiences with our parents reflect our inner state.
- Start Within
- Get the Ball Rolling
- Father
- Mother
- Receiving Love from Parents
- Chapter 17 Children
- By not wanting too much from children, we can give them the space they need to grow.
- To Someone Trying to Get Pregnant
- A Child's Love
- Choosing Not to Have Children
- Children and Divorce
- Caring for Children
- More Listening
- Part 5: Mate Relationships
- Chapter 18 Finding Your Mate and Developing Intimacy
- Your intuition can help guide you to those with whom you agreed to possibly mate. Honesty and communication are keys to developing intimacy.
- Chapter 19 Working with Mate Relationships
- Opening to relationships without clinging to them allows you to be balanced in them.
- Room in Your Life
- Coming Close
- Asking the Universe
- An Abundance of Relationships
- Making Choices
- Marriage
- Flexibility
- Projection
- Fear
- Setting Boundaries
- Being Male
- A Light Touch
- Letting Go
- Balance
- Ending a Relationship
- Healing the Rip
- Complementarity
- Pioneering
- Chapter 20 Sexuality
- Sex is a joining of energies. It can take many forms.
- Sex and Balance
- Eros and Agape
- Higher Intimacy First
- Bisexuality and Homosexuality
- Sex on Higher Planes
- Chapter 21 Relationships and Power
- Any relationship is powerful when there is alignment and agreement based on empathy and clear communication.
- Part 6: Communion
- Chapter 22 Essence Contact
- Direct contact with your essence or with that of another can bring ecstasy.
- Chapter 23 Oneness
- Opening to oneness enhances your individuality.
- Chapter 24 Blending
- All creation is a result of blending, from babies to universes.
- About the Author
- Glossary
- Other Summerjoy Michael Books by Shepherd Hoodwin
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