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After
Sunday with Jazbell in a CLI Circle context,
Stoney wakes up on Monday morning and finds
the world he knew just two days ago has
vanished. He muses about
Jazbell, about his love for her, about life;
he describe his feeling and shares
many insights. Then, in
reaching out to contact Jazbell, it seem she
has gone to New York without so much as a
word to him.
We now
hear our story from Jazbell's perspective.
Her Sunday CLI Connection experience with
Stoney has had an equally profound affect
upon her. The denial of
her attachment to Stoney has been blown away
and she finds herself in a powerful tug of
way between running to him and running from
him.
Without
a word to him, she flies off to Europe,
under the excuse that it's a business trip,
but soon finds she can't simply run away.
She returns home and on the way stops in
Denver to seek the assistance of her dearest
friend. The two women offer us
some deep insights into the pros and cons of
relationships and the possible ways to solve
this seemingly unsolvable tug of war.
She then turns to her life-long mentor and
friend, Intendr, for some additional
insights about life, love, and
relationships. Intendr also
takes us deep into fears, emotions, and
intentions underlying the concept we call
marriage. Then he offers ways to
transform marriage from an institution onto
a loving partnership.
Jazbell
returns to Stoney and they talk in detail
about their differences and similarities and
how people accommodate each other's styles.
Jazbell still does not acknowledge her
feeling to Stoney.
Then,
in a lighthearted story format, Jazbell
takes the us back to her childhood and
shares with Stoney many of the gifts of
knowledge and wisdom that, over the years,
her mentor, Intendr, has taught her.
Stoney
gets to experience a large and well
organized CLI Circle and finds it very
pleasant and very different from what he
expected and also different from his first
and private CLI Circle where he and Jazbell
were the only players.
Stony
relates to us his first encounter with Sex
as a Spiritual Experience:
Orgasm, like everything else in life, is
limited to what we believe and expect it to
be. In the greater reality;
however, orgasm is a multifaceted jewel that
can be experience in dozens (if not
hundreds) of different ways. As
an example, here's a quote from chapter
eight:
When I
connected with that light, it was as if I
exploded. I, as Stoney,
disappeared. I was no longer me
experiencing an orgasm. I became
the orgasm. I became completely
engulfed in the experience. I
was the experience itself. I
cannot even begin to describe where I was or
what I experienced, or how long I stayed in
that altered state. All I know
is that it was exquisite, ecstatic,
profound, and beyond anything that can be
described in words.
Stoney
is pleased, surprised and delighted as he
experiences Jazbell in social CLI Circle.
He's also surprised at how the party
progresses. Here's a quote from
chapter nine:
For
most of the people present, including both
Jazbell and me, sexual desires soon fade
into the background. Much to my
surprise, the evening becomes a social event
like one might expect at a party where
clothing was worn by all present.
There is, however, one very significant
difference — nobody here is trying to get
into anybody else’s pants.
On the
morning after his second CLIC experience,
Stoney wakes up and finds his world has
change once more. He again muses
about Jazbell and about life. He
describe his feeling and shares many
insights. He also starts wondering
where the form we call "heart-shaped" comes
from because that shape is a poor
representation of an actual heart.
In only a matter of minutes the answer is
kneeling before him. He then again
reverts to writing poetry this time
describing the day he found out about sex.
Jazbell
is finally forced to choose between running
away and confessing her love for Stony.
She has a long heart to heart talk with her
mentor which pushes her into seeing what is
beneath her fear of commitment.
After much beating around the bush, Jazbell
and Stoney finally acknowledges their love
for each other. The discussion
of relationships moves to a deeper more
intense level.
The
book ends with a chapter titled "The Gift."
You'll have to read the book to find out
what the gift is.
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