Dancing With the Beloved: Opening Our Hearts to the Lessons of Love

by Paul Ferrini

Romance may open the door to love, but it does not help us walk through it. Something else is needed. Something deeper. Something ultimately more real. Challenging times must be weathered. Love must be strengthened beyond neediness and self-interest. It must die a thousand deaths to learn to rise like the phoenix beyond adversity of any kind. Love is not a fragile, shiny thing, kept separate from the pain and misery of life. It is born of our willingness to learn from our mistakes and encounter the depth of our pain, as well as our partner's pain. That is the way it is. In time we learn that all pain is the same pain. And we have compassion for the other people who inadvertently step on our toes as they learn to find the inner rhythms of the dance. Like us, they will stumble and fall hundreds of times until that moment of profound aceptance when grace comes and the beloved takes their hand in the circle.

160 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 2001

Reviews

[Susie Kim · Rating 5 out of 5]

Beautiful book

Beautiful book on love. Loved the poetry as well. Lots of wisdom in a small book. Definitely recommend to all.

[Rebecca · Rating 5 out of 5]

One of the best books about relations with self and significant others I have read. This book has a place on my bedside table bookshelf.

[Amélie Jolie · Rating 5 out of 5]

Petit livre, GRANDE claque