Relationships have an extraordinary power to affect us. They matter so much that countless books have been written, offering guidance and tools to find, nurture and maintain them.
So, one might reasonably ask: why another?
Most relationship books focus on improving relationships. This book opens with a different question:
Why are we so pulled toward being in relationship?
The Pathwork Guide approached the topic of relationship-as well as every human question-from a different direction. Whether offering lectures on a spiritual path to self-realization or answering general questions about life, the Guide gave insights and answers aimed at awakening ever-deeper levels of our psyches.
When we bring awareness to these deeper aspects within the psyche, we begin to flourish. Then relationship can flourish as well-creating deeper union between partners.
The Pull explores relationship as an essential part of human and spiritual development. Rather than asking how to find and fix relationships, we ask how and why relationship affects us so deeply.
Why are we attracted to certain people, but not others?
And why do the same frustrating struggles seem to repeat?
Our connections with others have the power to reveal hidden parts of ourselves. When we pay attention at this level, relationship becomes a powerful vehicle for spiritual growth and transformation.
Relationship then serves as a gateway to union with all that is.
Part I: Connecting
1 The cosmic pull toward union
2 The counter-pull: Frustration
3 The importance of how we communicate
4 The spiritual significance of human relationship
Part II: Attracting
5 Pleasure: The Full Pulsation of Life
6 The forces of love, eros and sex
7 The spiritual symbolism and significance of sexuality
Part III: Matching
8 Mutuality: A cosmic principle and law
9 A venture in mutuality: Changing our negative will
10 Affecting and being affected
Part IV: Uniting
11 Man and woman
12 Self-fulfillment through self-realization as a man or a woman
13 The new man and the new woman
14 The evolution and spiritual meaning of marriage
Part V: Loving
15 Aspects of the anatomy of love: Self-love, structure, freedom
16 Life is relationship
17 Relating: Sadness versus depression
18 Three aspects that prevent loving
19 Love: Not a commandment
The Pull is a roadmap for anyone seeking more authentic relationships, greater self-awareness, and a life rooted in truth, freedom and love.
About the Author :
A neatnik with a ready sense of humor, Jill Loree's first job as a root-beer-stand carhop in Northern Wisconsin was an early sign that things could only get better. She would go on to throw pizzas and bartend while in college, before discovering that the sweet spot of her 30-year sales-and-marketing career would be in business-to-business advertising. A true Gemini with a degree in Chemistry and a flair for writing, she enjoys the challenge of thinking creatively about scientific topics. Her brain fires on both the left and right sides. That said, her real passion in life has been her spiritual path. Raised in the Lutheran faith, she became a more deeply spiritual person in the rooms of AA, a spiritual recovery program, starting in 1989. In 1997, she was introduced to the wisdom of the Pathwork, which she describes as "having walked through the doorway of a fourth step and found the whole library." She completed four years of Pathwork Helpership training in 2007 followed by four years of apprenticing and discernment before stepping into her full Helpership in 2011. She has been a teacher in the Transformation Program offered at Sevenoaks Retreat Center in Madison, Virginia, operated by Mid-Atlantic Pathwork, where she also led marketing activities for over two years and served on the Board of Trustees. In 2012, Jill completed four years of Kabbalah training in a course called the Soul's Journey, achieving certification for hands-on healing using the energies embodied in the tree of life. Not bad for a former pom-pom squad captain who once played Dolly in Hello Dolly! She is now the proud mom to two adult children, Charlie and Jackson, who were born and raised in Atlanta. Having grown weary of borrowing other people's last names, Jill now happily uses her middle name as her last-it's pronounced la-REE. In her spare time, she enjoys reading, writing, running, yoga and hiking, especially in the mountains. As she turns the corner onto the back nine in life, she has consciously decoupled from the corporate world and is now dedicating her life to writing and spiritual teaching. Discover more from Jill Loree at www.phoenesse.com.
