The Hunger for Ecstasy: Fulfilling the Soul's Need for Passion and Intimacy

This is a brilliant restatement of the ecstatic path of devotion, tailored to modern times with reference to, but without reliance on, established religious traditions.

This is a wonderful book. Bonheim helps us to understand that "our hunger for ecstasy is not a problem demanding a solution, but a sacred force humming with intense energy and vitality...a sign of health...Although it causes us to suffer, it also keeps us alive..."When we begin to see desire as sacred, it becomes our "pathway to the Divine...the great hunger...the magnet that attracts us to God, the fuel that drives the spiritual quest, and the compelling force behind our immense appetite for life, love, and adventure."We live in a culture that still has deeply Puritan repressive roots. This book has important timely insights into our real freedom. Bonheim affirms ecstasy (not the drug! ) as our "birthright.

Jalaja's approach to intimacy and passion is heartwarming. Her book "the Hunger for ECSTACY" describes what we all yearn for and so often don't get because we lack the courage to strive for it. This book is full of "hints" for the alert reader to look at their own life and start on our way to paradise, which is within reach for all of us.This is a book for lovers and partners as well as for those who try to make sense out of their own life. It is written with such Love For Life and will surely warm every readers heart, but more than that it give guidance to the inner being of every reader. HIGHLY RECOMMENDED.

Finally we're given permission to honor our desires and pursue them to our heart's content. Jalaja interweaves an historical perspective on our patriarchal culture and its influences, and calls a spade a spade without slamming men or organized religion. The book includes a number of practical, very helpful exercises for exploration. I got an extra copy for the new man in my life.