Another area Deida addresses - one could say his unique "specialty" - is the relationship between sexuality and spirituality.
"Women or God, that's the traditional choice for so-called spiritual men, you see. But it is a completely unnecessary choice."
The debate is a heated area of controversy that has raged for centuries: in order to be spiritual, must one give up sexuality? In order to enjoy sexuality, must a person give up spirituality?
Spirituality is approached in different ways, according to more masculine or feminine styles. Men, for example, find spiritual connection outside of life - through meditation on emptiness, or a vision quest, for example. Women, on the other hand, find connection within life - through love, celebration, fullness.
"The feminine grows spiritually by learning to live as love rather than by hoping for it. The masculine grows spiritually by learning to live as freedom rather than by struggling for it."
"The Feminine is in life and wants to move with the energies of life. The Masculine is transcendental to life, and wants to be free of life, outside of it, watching it perhaps but not caught up . . ."
Many argue that sexuality, if approached properly, has the potential for being of being not just temporary physical pleasure, but in fact, an actual spiritual experience.
