Sublime
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Alexandra Diamond-Rivlin • Eusexua is so much more than an ode to clubbing
what we call our despair is often only the painful eagerness of unfed hope.
George Eliot • Middlemarch (AmazonClassics Edition)
Alexandra Diamond-Rivlin • Eusexua is so much more than an ode to clubbing
Ecstasy is bodiless. It is experienced as overwhelming delight and/or inspiration.
Barbara Carrellas • Urban Tantra, Second Edition: Sacred Sex for the Twenty-First Century
We feel high and connected and powerful. That is a heck of a pleasurable buzz, but it’s not ecstasy. That’s adrenaline.
Barbara Carrellas • Urban Tantra, Second Edition: Sacred Sex for the Twenty-First Century
But as a culture, we consume far too much of this faux ecstasy.
Barbara Carrellas • Urban Tantra, Second Edition: Sacred Sex for the Twenty-First Century
In ancient Greek, the word for the highest degree of human happiness is eudaimonia, which basically means “well-daemoned”—that is, nicely taken care of by some external divine creative spirit guide.
Elizabeth Gilbert • Big Magic: How to Live a Creative Life, and Let Go of Your Fear
Certain highs, produced by taking synthetic or natural drugs, or alcohol, or feeding an addiction to food, sex, work, or social media (to name but a few), make us feel as though we’ve transcended our struggles. But that feeling is temporary. At best, it leaves us needing more of that high