From the Mating Dance to the Cosmic Dance: Sex, Love, and Marriage from a Yogic Perspective [Paperback]

Swami Sivananda Radha (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: October 1994

What part do love and marriage play in the pursuit of spiritual fulfillment? Do the bonds of love, sex, and marriage preclude achieving spiritual liberation? In a daring and ground-breaking book, Swami Radha addresses many of the fundamental questions of relationships. She invites readers to inquire into the purpose of life and to explore the mating dance, often mistaken for love, as well as the cosmic dance—that ultimate potential that is available to anyone willing to go in search of it.

With the accumulated wisdom of years of doing spiritual practice and leading workshops with individuals and couples, she illuminates a path for those seeking a purpose and direction in life. Ultimately, she says, the path of spiritual evolution must be traveled alone, and the intimacy of love, sex and marriage can profoundly affect the journey’s progress. With an approach that is pragmatic and down-to-earth, Swami Radha discusses how intimate relationships can further one’s efforts to attain a higher, cosmic consciousness or, conversely, impede the struggle.

For those who wish to pursue further reading, a comprehensive, annotated bibliography appears at the end of the book.

Also available are the following audiotapes by Swami Radha on the same subject: Yoga, Love, Sex, and Marriage; Sexuality and Celibacy; Fulfillment

--This text refers to the Hardcover edition.

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About the Author

Swami Sivananda Radha (1911 – 1995) is the author of ten classic books on yoga, including Kundalini Yoga for the West and Hatha Yoga: The Hidden Language, and the originator of Ascent magazine. After being initiated by her teacher, Swami Sivananda of Rishikesh, India, Swami Radha returned to North America in 1956. She founded Yasodhara Ashram in Canada and the Association for the Development of Human Potential in the United States. Swami Radha dedicated her life to updating the Eastern teachings for the Western mind. By the time of her death at age 84, she had become one of the West’s most highly regarded spiritual teachers. --This text refers to the Hardcover edition.

Product Details

• Paperback: 181 pages
• Publisher: Timeless Books (October 1994)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0931454328
• ISBN-13: 978-0931454325
• Product Dimensions: 8.9 x 5.9 x 0.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 12 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 3.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #3,096,729 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A Step Ahead of Everything Else in the Field, February 4, 2003

By A Customer

This review is from: From the Mating Dance to the Cosmic Dance: Sex, Love, and Marriage from a Yogic Viewpoint (Hardcover)

This book is a treasure, lifting the age-old game of relationships to a new level, one that we so often imagine is possible but never quite know how to get to. It's more than a read. It's a reading experience, one that could well change the way of thinking about the purpose of a relationship and the challenges that relationships offer. Be prepared to discover something that will stand your preconceived ideas on on their heads! Wonderful. Orginal.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Emotional idependence is the best!, September 26, 2003

By A Customer

This review is from: From the Mating Dance to the Cosmic Dance: Sex, Love, and Marriage from a Yogic Viewpoint (Hardcover)

Swami Sivananda Radha reveals the secret to rising beyond merely tolerating one another. She clearly states, that for continuous love to emerge one has to stop trying to make gratification the underpinnings of a relationship. With some trepidation I was expecting her advice to lean heavily towards celebacy for life!! Much to my sobering surprise found the message was more like - don't let relationships trick you into selling out on your own completness! What an inspiring releif this was to read- a reference book for life!!!

5 of 11 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Promises, February 14, 2002

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This review is from: From the Mating Dance to the Cosmic Dance: Sex, Love, and Marriage from a Yogic Viewpoint (Hardcover)

Promises made & never kept, this book is about a marriage of the soul w/yourself. Nothing really to do w/finding a lover, a mate or a friend. It's all about the relationship you are having w/your soul before you can possibly go & find a mate. Very heavy reading. I felt like I wasted time.