Hi!

I've been gone from here for a few months... I was losing the battle against the porn/masturbation addiction, not completely, I just couldn't abstain for more than a few days at a time. Started getting into the self-hate thing a bit and didn't feel I had anything constructive to offer here. Decided I would return when I'd cracked the 6 week mark - but that hasn't happened (yet) and I've come to realise that this isn't something I can do alone... and, for me, the support of this community is the light that illuminates the path of recovery.

Hi Marnia,

I'm making very slow but steady progress with
connecting intimately with a woman. I gave up on my usual
visit east this year because I realize I tend to get the
women all stirred up and being without a partner, I tend to
be more vulnerable than most. I seem to get beat up by
frustrated women who are in unfulfilling relationships. I
find support from men at this level to be very weak. Without
work connections in the east, I can't offer the women much
more than a phone/email partnership for the long term.
I've a cuddle buddy friend 4 hours away by car who is a

A tidbit I picked up recently. There's a famous experiment called the "Marshmallow Test", the basics of which are that you put a marshmallow in front of a child. The adult leaves the room and says that, if the child can hold off eating the marshmallow until the researcher comes back, the child can have two marshmallows.

There are a few experimental communities today where overcoming the pain in sex and living the connection between sexual experience and spirituality is an important part. The experiments include learning to overcome jealousy, possessiveness.

See http://www.zegg.de/index.php?english

and

www.tamera.com

Hi forum members!

I had a short email conversation with Marnia recently. She asked me to post it here... So here goes.

Arnold

Hi Marnia,

Thanks so much for your book. It has shed a great deal of light on my
struggles and given me hope of a way out.

The best community amongst the people I feel spiritually close to (Osho
sannyasins) is in and north of Montreal Quebec Canada. I am doing what I can to get closer to them (I currently live in BC Canada).
Have there ever been translations of "Peace Between the Sheets" into
French?

Cheers,

Arnold