Ecstasy: Understanding the Psychology of Joy

Because you can swing from branch to branch as easily as that monkey. You can jump from tree to tree and branch to branch. You can climb as quickly as you can to the top, and scamper down again without falling. You cannot get hurt. Just enjoy yourself. Be filled with joy; there is no room for fear. You can do anything, but you must first believe th

We hear the word in Christmas carols—“Joy to the World!” We read it in books—The Joy of Cooking, The Joy of Sex. But what does it really mean?

to bed, but we are loathe to be touched emotionally.

Don’t provoke confrontation or be dramatic. This is not good use of ritual and its nature is inflation, not enthusiasm. It will not achieve any productive result.

We want more things—more cars, more money, more clothes, more drugs, more fun—but we’re frightened of touch, of making real contact with another person.

But the original meaning of irrational knowledge is simply knowledge gained through our senses rather than through our rational thought processes.

We often bemoan the “loss of intimacy” in our society. We are quick to take a stranger

Don’t do anything that would hurt others, literally or on the unconscious level. When you perform rituals you unleash powerful psychological energy, and it is most rewarding to aim this energy

Tantric yoga,