Henri J. Nouwen
Life of the Beloved
"Our sexuality reveals to us our enormous yearning for communion. The desires of our body to be touched embraced and safely held belong to the deepest longings of the heart and are very concrete signs of our search for oneness. It is precisely around this yearning we experience so much anguish. Our society is so fragemented our lives surendered by physical and emotional distance there are few places we can fulfill the yearnings for communion. When everything about us overstimulates and overextends our senses and what is offered to us to for the fulfillment of our deeper needs generally has a seductive quality about it, no wonder we are plagued by fantasies disturbing feelings and thoughts. It is nearly impossible to find a place where our whole being body mind and heart can feel safe and protected."
