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CONTENTS

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
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