If the Buddha Dated : : Handbook for Finding Love on a Spiritual Path

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Introduction: What This Book Can and Can't Do for you -- Preparation For Love: Walking a Path of Truth and Loving Kindness -- If the Buddha Dated--or Anyone on a Spiritual Path -- Ground Yourself with Spiritual Wisdom -- What Is This Longing for an Intimate Relationship? -- Stay Loyal to Your Journey -- Notice the Stories You Tell Yourself -- Accept the Dance of Oneness and Separateness -- Be Willing to Cook in the Spiritual Fire -- Be Guided by Spirit, Not Ego -- Spiritual Equality: One Set of Rules for Men and Women -- Practice Loving Kindness to Yourself and Others -- Awaken Your Desire: Who Are You? What do You Want? -- Call Out to the Universe -- Seek a True Equal -- Explore the Ways You Bond -- Fused or Free?: Understanding the Path to Intimacy -- Define What You Want -- Define What You Have to Give -- When to Trust the Power of Attraction -- Free Your Heart-Make Peace with your Parents -- Resolve "Unfinished Business" with Family, Friends, and Past Lovers or Spouses -- Experience the Spacious Mind: Observe Your Limiting Beliefs About How People Meet -- Enter the Sacred Fire: The Journey Toward Intimacy -- Crawling in Love: Explore the Benefits of Staying Conscious -- Using Ads, Dating Services, and Singles Clubs -- Remember, First Dates Are Just a Moment in Time -- Children and Dating: Enough Love for All -- Notes on Same-Sex Dating: Free from the Rules -- When the Buddha Makes Love: Sexuality, Spirituality -- How to Find Yourself When You Lose Yourself: Take Refuge in the Buddha -- Notice the Flow of Giving and Receiving -- Keep Loyal to Your Journey: Stay Awake, Stay Aware -- Make Friends with Your Fears -- Make Friends with Your Ambivalence -- Practice Tonglin: A Meditation for Healing and Compassion -- Tonglin Meditation for Couples -- What to Do When you Want to Run -- Be a Spiritual Warrior: Set a Bottom Line -- What's That Buzzing in My Brain?: Handling Obsessions -- Set Your Attraction Radar to Find a Loving Partner -- Is It Written in the Stars--or on a Page?: Astrology and Graphology -- Accept Impermanence, Loss, and Joy -- Going Deeper: Create a Durable Fire -- Going Deeper: Finding Love Beneath Illusions -- The Sacred Circle of Beginnings and Endings -- Stair Steps to Heaven: Get in, Get out, Move on, and Learn -- Notice the Bittersweet Moments of New Love -- Help the Relationship Expand with Creativity and Playfulness -- Living in the Heart of the Beloved: We Are One with Each Other -- Enjoy the Special Story of How You Met -- Little Commitments: The Daily Bread of Intimacy -- Taking Stock: Listening to Your Buddha Nature -- Big Commitments: The Samaya "Marriage" -- When Nothing Works: Remember Lovers Are a Gift from the Universe -- Tasting the Sweetness: Remember You Are Love, Lover, and Beloved.
Approaching the dating process as a means for awakening, the author offers quotes from wisdom traditions.

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The no gimmicks way to bring your best self to the dating table submitted by ccrose on July 12, 2019, 5:01pm I appreciated the consistent focus on your best self. Ideally, before you conceive a baby, you get your health in order, your mind paying attention to the fears and work on yourself. This book asks that you go within before you really start any efforts, to figure out how you can stay yourself and still love another. A chapter title, for instance: “Be Guided by Spirit, Not Ego.” The whole first section is called “Preparation for Love.”
That makes sense to me since i’ve been out of the love stuff a long time. It’s like preparing for a big undertaking of any kind; take time to listen to your heart muttering, ok, here she goes again.