THE HARMONIOUS COUPLE – SEXUAL HARMONY (CONCLUSION)
All of the foregoing couples worked at their relationships, keeping them in alignment. Their harmony involved day-by-day dedication, commitment, and perseverance. They accepted the total reality of each other as well as of themselves, and did not let their defensive postures run their lives or sabotage their relationships. They remained open and devoted to making the relationship work—no matter the cost in time and effort. They did not let the political trends swirling around them affect their very personal, one-to-one dance of life.
Harmony has been a prime subject of philosophers and psychologists through all recorded time. The following poem by Lao Tzu describes the quality of harmony to which I refer:
When we achieve harmony with another person sexually, we achieve a moment of immortality. During that moment we are at one with life, and we have “no place for death.” During that moment love and life are reborn, and death and destruction—along with all the rigid defensive postures that enact them—are rendered inactive, ceasing to have an influence on our relationships.
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