Mature love is not a surrender of the self but a surrender to the self. The ego surrenders its hegemony of the personality to the heart, but in this surrender it is not annihilated. Rather it is strengthened because its… — 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
“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 to one's community, to one's country and to the earth. Above all it is a feeling of being grounded in one's body, in one's humanity, and in one's animal nature. It can be all of these… — Alexander Lowen Copy Share
“As adults, we have many inhibitions against crying. We feel it is an expression of weakness, or femininity or of childishness. The person who is afraid to cry is afraid of pleasure. This is because the person who is afraid to cry holds himself together rigidly so that he won't cry; that is, the rigid person is as afraid of… — Alexander Lowen Copy Share
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 has arisen because parents have failed to transmit a sustaining faith to their children. The basic reason for this failure is that the parents themselves lacked faith. Without faith, their love was an image not a… — Alexander Lowen Copy Share
“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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