David Deida

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David Deida (born March 18, 1958 in Cleveland , Ohio ) is an American author who writes about the sexual and spiritual relationships between men and women. His ten books have been published in 25 languages. He leads workshops on spiritual growth and intimacy and is a founding partner of the Integral Institute . He has researched and taught at American and French universities. Deida is the author of numerous essays, articles and books such as The Path of the True Man , Sex as Prayer and the autobiographical novel Wild Nights .

Life

David Deida was born as David Greenberg and later changed his last name. He earned a bachelor's degree in theoretical psychobiology from the University of Florida in 1982 and a master's degree in biology from the University of California , San Diego in 1989 .

From 1976 to 1989 Deida had research contacts with the neuroscientist Francisco Varela at the Institut Pasteur and the École polytechnique . From 1983 to 2000 he worked with yoga teacher Sofia Diaz to develop yoga techniques for intimate relationships. From 1986 to 1988 Deida studied with the American spiritual teacher Adi Da . In the mid 1990s, Deida began publishing books and teaching seminars on spiritual practice, sociocultural evolution, and non-dual sexuality.

Core theses

  1. Masculine / feminine or Yin and Yang are polar , energetic forms of expression that are visible at every moment in landscape, architecture, weather, etc. as well as as an aspect of human behavior. With this viewing angle you can see sexual polarity in everyday life not only between people.
  2. To understand sexual polarity, it is useful to recognize whether your own essence (identity or essence) is more feminine, neutral or masculine. It corresponds to the biological sex in only approx. 80% of people, in approx. 10% it is neutral and in approx. 10% opposite.
  3. Personality structures ( roles , behavioral patterns ) develop through experiences and impressions in the first 30 years of life . When the outside world rejects polar behavior, a complementary personality layer is formed as a protective mechanism. These onion skins of personality envelop the sexual core in alternation between masculine and feminine. This makes contact with one's own sexual identity more and more difficult and the behavior is experienced as incongruent. If people only meet from these unconscious patterns, the result is often unsatisfactory.
  4. When the polar drives become conscious, love skills open up, which ultimately transcend the love partner as a projection screen and can lead to spiritual enlightenment experiences . Deida finds suitable methods for this in teaching buildings of Yoga , Tantra , Daoism and Sufism (cf. Rumi ).

Works

  • with Wulfing von Rohr: Why are men so difficult? How women understand their partners and can live better with them; Guide to a fulfilling relationship. Fischer-Media-Verlag, Münsingen / Bern 1996, ISBN 3-85681-321-7 .
  • The man's path - Yin and Yang in relationships with women, sexuality and work. Droemer Knaur, Munich 1997, ISBN 3-426-86142-9 .
  • The True Man's Way - A Guide to Mastery in Relationships, Work, and Sexuality. Kamphausen, Bielefeld 2006, ISBN 3-89901-089-2 .
  • Naked to the truth a spiritual companion for the brave through life & death, love & sex. Kamphausen, Bielefeld 2007, ISBN 978-3-89901-076-3 .
  • Instant enlightenment fast, deep and sexy. Kamphausen, Bielefeld 2008, ISBN 978-3-89901-144-9 .
  • You are Love. Men, sex and deep love happiness - a guide (not only) for women. Kamphausen, Bielefeld 2008, ISBN 978-3-89901-129-6 .
  • with Andrea Panster: Enlightened Sex Ecstasy as a spiritual path. Goldmann Verlag, Munich 2012, ISBN 978-3-442-21978-0 .
  • Sex as a prayer. Guide for women and men to ecstatic love and passion. Kamphausen, Bielefeld 2012, ISBN 978-3-89901-442-6 .

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  • It's a guy thing: an owner's manual for women. Health Communications, Deerfield Beach, Fla. 1997., ISBN 1-55874-464-9 .
  • Wild Nights. Conversations with Mykonos about Passionate Love, Extraordinary Sex, and How to Open to God. Sounds True, 2005, ISBN 1-59179-233-9 .

DVDs

  • Spirit, sex, love: David Deida recorded live. Plexus, Austin, TX 2001, ISBN 1-889762-08-3 .
  • Function, flow & glow. Integral Institute, 2005.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Biography on David Deida's official website ( memento of the original from July 21, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , accessed August 1, 2014.  @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.deida.info
  2. ↑ David Deida, Sofia Diaz: The Tantra of Relationship. (Audio program) 1990.
  3. ↑ David Deida: Before There Is Perception, What is There? Biological Cosmology and the Limits of Knowledge. In: Laughing Man Journal. 1986, 12, pp. 34-49.
  4. Jump up ↑ The True Man's Way - A Guide to Mastery in Relationships, Profession, and Sexuality. Kamphausen, Bielefeld 2006, ISBN 3-89901-089-2 , pages 11-23
personal data
SURNAME Deida, David
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Greenberg, David (maiden name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American author
DATE OF BIRTH March 18, 1958
PLACE OF BIRTH Cleveland , Ohio , United States