Polyamory as a Spiritual Path

[Anita Wagner]

This is a program description I've submitted to the Free Spirit Beltane sacred sexuality conference organizers. This event is held April 30 - May 4, 2008 in Darlington, MD. Should make for an interesting discussion. Comments?

Polyamory as a Spiritual Path

Many polyamorists are spiritual people. Just ask for a show of hands at any polyamory conference, and fully two thirds of the crowd will say they identify either as Unitarian Universalist and/or Pagan, with the rest coming anywhere from Judaism to Christianity to athiesm. How does the practice of polyamory manifest for you as a spiritual matter? What do you seek that relates to spirituality in a polyamorous partnership? How important is it to you? These are but a few of the questions we will explore in this facilitated group discussion.

[carmic]

It is great to see in writting that many of those who advocate and practice alternate sexual life style are spiritual people. I practice a spiritual way but often feel that fellow spiritual travelers would reject my life choices. Many people hold to traditional values that seek to control rather than to liberate. Spirituality and sexuality liberate. Both are related. I find that I grow spiritually when I am most liberated sexually, at least in the brain.

[merlinflh]

It is great to hear. Wife and I are both very spiritual and our strongest sexual/friendships are with those of those that follow a similar spiritual path. It feels great to be open and free of the constraints that the majority of society put upon love and relationships. The first time we had an expierence outside of our traditional marriage it was liberating...it has opened up a whole new us both as a couple and those who have become or closest friends and lovers.

[beki]

Nice.

I was always thinking that people who are "religious" would reject me...but I am finding that there are religious people, as well as spiritual people, who are ok with others being poly.

Society is getting more open and hearing about polyamory.

Lately I have been feeling polyamory as a way for us humans/energy lights to connect with more and more of us...I feel that tribal living worked until people divided other people intentionally, and polamory enables us to connect and reconnect to past people and similar energy lights in this lifetime.

At a pure level. No relationship or need - altho I still am wrapping myself around that, lol, I am not with that many people, I only allow who I want, but I find 4+ people is just the beginning these days.

The more I can shed the monoamorous programming, and untangle from the inner child stuff, the more I am feeling more and more I just want to have fun and no worries.

xo
Beki