Power seems to confer on its possessor a mantle of superiority, specialness, and sexual potency, which the envious person desperately wants because… — Alexander Lowen Copy Share Image
A person who doesn't breathe deeply reduces the life of his body. If he doesn't move freely, he restricts the life of… — Alexander Lowen Copy Share Image
In my opinion the hectic and almost frantic pace of modern living is a clear sign of the fear we have of… — Alexander Lowen Copy Share Image
Mature love is not a surrender of the self but a surrender to the self. The ego surrenders its hegemony of the… — Alexander Lowen Copy Share Image
Fear is another emotion that is strongly suppressed. We cannot afford to be afraid, and so we don't allow ourselves to sense… — Alexander Lowen Copy Share Image
The person senses what it feels like to be free from inhibitions. At the same time he feels connected and integrated –… — Alexander Lowen Copy Share Image
Unfortunately, most people do not stop to feel their tiredness. Faced with the pressures of life, they believe that it is a… — Alexander Lowen Copy Share Image
Spirit is not a mystic concept. The spirit of a person is manifest in her aliveness, brightness of his eyes, in the… — Alexander Lowen Copy Share Image
As one grows older, the sense of separateness is slowly reduced. Old people do not live on an ego level. Their concerns… — Alexander Lowen Copy Share Image
The modern individual is committed to being successful, not to being a person. He belongs rightly to the 'action generation' whose motto… — Alexander Lowen Copy Share Image
Not to fear a person with power--to profess, instead, one's love--is to deny that that person has power. — Alexander Lowen Copy Share Image
“You will stay in therapy as long as you feel it is worth the time, effort and money you invest.” — Alexander Lowen Copy Share Image
It is only by making the past alive again for a person that a true growth in the present is facilitated. If the past… — Alexander Lowen Copy Share Image
Faith is a quality of being: of being in touch with oneself, with life, and with the universe. It is a sense of belonging… — Alexander Lowen Copy Share Image
“As adults, we have many inhibitions against crying. We feel it is an expression of weakness, or femininity or of childishness. The person who… — Alexander Lowen Copy Share Image
A person who doesn't breathe deeply reduces the life of his body. If he doesn't move freely, he restricts the life of his body.… — Alexander Lowen Copy Share Image
Above all, faith is grounded in one's body, in one's humanity, and in one's animal nature. It is an biological phenomenon and not a… — Alexander Lowen Copy Share Image
Sexuality is not a leisure or part-time activity. It is a way of being. — Alexander Lowen Copy Share Image
The ego exists as a powerful force in Western man that cannot be dismissed or denied. The therapeutic goal is to integrate the ego… — Alexander Lowen Copy Share Image
Are we not witnessing a situation where children are conciously rejecting their parents' value despite love and devotion given to them? The present situation… — Alexander Lowen Copy Share Image
“Happiness is the consciousness of growth. [...] If my definition has validity, it suggests that most people come to therapy because they sense their… — Alexander Lowen Copy Share Image
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