For centuries mankind has been struggling with the differential between the spiritual desire for non-attachment and the human desire for building relationships.  Many have felt forced to choose...those who took the spiritual path renounced all worldly desires with celibacy, monkhood and other austere practices, giving up all the basic human desires (at least on the surface, as we now know many failed and just pushed their desires into shadowy behaviours).. Those who chose humanity may have chosen hedonism, bit many fell into attachment, addiction and cycles of emotionality. Author John Amodeo has been exploring for several decades how to reconcile these two aspects. A trained therapist and marriage guidance counselor, he was also a Buddhist and spiritual seeker. Though these two worlds were mostly kept separate, John set out to find out how to find the meeting point....very much the core essence of Tantra. The result is that he has found that relationship CAN be a valid part of our spiritual growth, if we apply the right tools and attitudes. In this podcast episode, he explains what that looks like. This includes: * An explanation of the different needs of our spiritual aspect and our human aspect * Exploring where these two meet * How relationship can become our spiritual vehicle * taking a look "attachment" and what that really means * How to avoid spiritual bypassing, but also not get stuck in the human experience To find out more about John and his work, please refer to: www.johnamodeo.com