“The Way of the Superior Man lays out a challenge before all men to fulfill their true purpose and to be authentically masculine. It will guide you on your journey to a successful and spiritually complete way of life. I invite you to live in the moment, to love openly, and to step up to the plate with this book in your hand.”
Anthony Robbins, author of Awaken the Giant Within; and Unlimited Power“The Way of the Superior Man is quite wonderful. Finally, a guide for the non-castrated male. This book will offend and infuriate some, inspire and test others, but challenge virtually everybody. Few are the books that discuss strong sexuality within strong spirituality, instead of tepid sexuality diluted by a mediocre spiritual stance. This book steps straightforwardly into the challenge. Love it or loathe it, it is a shout from the heart of one perspective of the eternal masculine.”
Ken Wilber, author of Sex, Ecology, Spirituality; No Boundary; and Grace and Grit“I keep giving this book away; I think I’ve owned thirty different copies already. I tend to pass it out to anybody, man or woman, who has made a commitment to—or even has a passing interest in—the art of loving. David Deida gets it—like no one I’ve ever read and he writes about it forcefully, honestly, and downright poetically.”
Michael Tucker, actor & author“At last! A book that explains the heart and soul of a woman to men. As a woman, I’ve never felt so understood and validated. This book is a key to helping men and women take their relationships one step further. Finally, a clear and brilliant guide to unraveling the mystery of relationships.”
Marci Shimoff, co-author of Chicken Soup for the Woman’s SoulThe Way of the Superior Man
A Spiritual Guide to Mastering the Challenges of Women, Work, and Sexual Desire
The Ultimate Spiritual Guide for Men What is your true purpose in life? What do women really want? What makes a good lover? If you’re a man reading this, you’ve undoubtedly asked yourself these questions—but you may not have had much luck answering them. Until now. In The Way of the Superior Man, David Deida explores the most important issues in men’s lives, from career and family to women and intimacy to love and spirituality, to offer a practical guidebook for living a masculine life of integrity, authenticity, and freedom. Join this bestselling author and internationally renowned expert on sexual spirituality for straightforward advice, empowering skills, body practices, and more to help you realize a life of fulfillment, immediately and without compromise. “It is time to evolve beyond the macho jerk ideal, all spine and no heart,” writes Deida. “It is also time to evolve beyond the sensitive wimp ideal, all heart and no spine.” The Way of the Superior Man presents the ultimate challenge—and reward—for today’s man: to “unify heart and spine” through the full expression of consciousness and love in the infinite openness of the present moment.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Part One: A Man’s Way
1 Stop Hoping for a Completion of Anything in Life 2 Live With an Open Heart Even If It Hurts 3 Live As If Your Father Were Dead 4 Know Your Real Edge and Don’t Fake It 5 Always Hold To Your Deepest Realization 6 Never Change Your Mind Just to Please a Woman 7 Your Purpose Must Come Before Your Relationship 8 Lean Just Beyond Your Edge 9 Do It for Love 10 Enjoy Your Friends’ Criticism 11 If You Don’t Know Your Purpose, Discover It, Now 12 Be Willing To Change Everything in Your Life 13 Don’t Use Your Family As an Excuse 14 Don’t Get Lost in Tasks and Duties 15 Stop Hoping for Your Woman to Get Easier
Part Two: Dealing with Women
16 Women Are Not Liars 17 Praise Her 18 Tolerating Her Leads to Resenting Her 19 Don’t Analyze Your Woman 20 Don’t Suggest That a Woman Fix Her Own Emotional Problem 21 Stay With Her Intensity––To a Point 22 Don’t Force the Feminine to Make Decisions
Part Three: Working with Polarity and Energy
23 Your Attraction to the Feminine Is Inevitable 24 Choose a Woman Who Is Your Complementary Opposite 25 Know What Is Important in Your Woman 26 You Will Often Want More Than One Woman 27 Young Women Offer You a Special Energy 28 Each Woman Has a “Temperature” That Can Heal or Irritate You
Part Four: What Women Really Want
29 Choose a Woman Who Chooses You 30 What She Wants Is Not What She Says 31 Her Complaint Is Content-Free 32 She Doesn’t Really Want to Be Number One 33 Your Excellent Track Record Is Meaningless to Her 34 She Wants to Relax in the Demonstration of Your Direction
Part Five: Your Dark Side
35 You Are Always Searching for Freedom 36 Own Your Darkest Desires 37 She Wants the “Killer” in You 38 She Needs Your Consciousness to Match Her Energy
Part Six: Feminine Attractiveness
39 The Feminine is Abundant 40 Allow Older Women Their Magic 41 Turn Your Lust Into Gifts 42 Never Allow Your Desire to Become Suppressed or Depolarized 43 Use Her Attractiveness as a Slingshot Through Appearance
Part Seven: Body Practices
44 Ejaculation Should Be Converted or Consciously Chosen 45 Breathe Down the Front 46 Ejaculate Up the Spine
Part Eight: Men’s and Women’s Yoga of Intimacy
47 Take into Account the Primary Asymmetry 48 You Are Responsible for the Growth in Intimacy 49 Insist on Practice and Growth 50 Restore Your Purpose in Solitude and with Other Men 51 Practice Dissolving