The Sun Interview
A Mindful Marriage
Kittisaro And Thanissara On Celibacy, Sex, And Lasting Love
“One can’t assume that, because you have had sex with a person, the two of you are close, or, conversely, that if a relationship isn’t sexual, it lacks intimacy. What makes sexual contact truly intimate is a quality of presence and mindfulness, of honesty and tenderness and love.”
MOREEssays, Memoirs, & True Stories
I Am Not A Sex Goddess
Butt plug. Butt plug. I’ve been walking around muttering these two words to myself for days now, like a six-year-old experimenting with a new curse. (It even sounds like an insult: “You’re nothing but a dirty butt plug!”) I savor the way the words pop crisply from my lips: the hard t of butt and the guttural g of plug. Until a few days ago, I didn’t even know what one is.
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Love, they say, can move mountains. Less romantically, love has also been known to move mountains of crap.
MOREReaders Write
Saying Yes
At 5 a.m. the Amtrak lounge car was deserted except for Leo the attendant, who was wiping glasses and preparing for the day shift, and me, scribbling in my journal because I was too excited to sleep. I was moving across the country with a man I had fallen in love with only a few weeks before.
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