Marriage Counseling Won't Help Your Sexless Marriage

It is an interesting phenomenon that most of the complaints about sexless marriage come from women rather than men. It could be of course that when men get resistance to their desires for sex they either retire into a shell or look elsewhere. If you're looking for healthy intimacy in your marital relationship that includes sex I think I can be of service.

The Greatest Sex Possible is a Shallow Replacement for Intimacy of Any Kind

OK, be honest; how many times did you reread the above sentence?
In order to truly intellectually understand the above sentence you have to begin with some basic principles.

The first principle is that raw sexuality is nothing more than an organic function of the body.

The second principle is that you are not just a body; so even if your body's needs are met it doesn't mean that your needs are met.

The third principle is that you are a soul who has a body and a mind. Where sexuality definitely taps the mind it does not make it to the soul.

True soul intimacy, on the other hand, is a soul call from one to the other. Just as the mind has no physical boundary and can imagine anything material without limits, the soul has no spiritual boundary and can project and receive infinite love. The greatest craving each of us has is for infinite love. True soul intimacy is the expression of infinite love and satisfies far beyond the imagined connection of sexual performance. When one learns how to practice intimacy in their marital temple the notion of raw sex seems so beneath them. Then properly utilized sex becomes a fitting vehicle for a loving couple to express intimacy, but not until.

Our society places far too much emphasis on sexuality to the point of where it has been given meaning that is completely false. But people in general don't know that so when they have sexual union they are striving for a physical pleasure which effectively hides the more subtle connection of the souls. Even the small act of shifting your intention will greatly enhance your experience of intimacy. I go into great detail in my book Lessons For A Happy Marriage because the pain of a sexless marriage, which really means a marriage without intimacy, is very difficult to bear. Marriage counselors don't understand the above principles and so marriage counseling cannot help. But don't give up! The simplicity of the steps I'll give you will have you and your spouse connected in ways you never even imagined.

Truly, the answers don't lie in buying sexy clothes or watching pornographic movies; those things will only make matters worse. Don't let your love, which is infinite in nature, be eclipsed by the body's natural desires. It is your body, and it is your mind. When you rise above slavery to these two possessions you will be amazed.


Posted by Paul Friedman on January 29, 2009
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