I love this topic because it brings up so much stuff for so many people, a great jumping off point to look deeper into the nature of our beliefs, conditioning and biological programming. This is an interview with a woman, a new mother, discussing on this podcast her open relationship with her husband. She is exceptionally articulate, open-minded, grounded and brave. The intro music is horrible. Try to get past it. I would love to read your comments about this after you’ve listened to it.
The New Man- Polyamory with Kendra Cunov
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Kendra does a great job of articulating both common threads with polyamory, and her own experience. I found myself in agreement with and/or shared experience of, most of what she had to say.
I have just listened to the interview on polyamory with Kendra Cunov – it was very enlightening, informing and reassuring, although I felt that there were still one or two questions not put to her by the interviewer, such as the extent of sexual intimacy and discovery on the dates she mentioned. Does he or she experience part of the sexual act with some partners whilst experiencing the full act with others, and does this affect anything, such as the level of trust reached between her and his partners, and vice-versa? Does this matter? Is it indeed irrelevant? Also, to live within a supportive community I would think is a rare privilege these days. Nonetheless, the most significant line of the interview, I thought, was at the very end when she said that engaging or not with other people outside the primary relationship enables us to have more choice in our lives. The key word is of course ‘choice’. The majority of us who have not seriously considered an open relationship before have shyed away from it in the face of bigotry, taboos and closed minds. Finally, to be successful in finding a counsellor who is supportive of polyamory must be truly wonderful. Thank you, lucid-living, for enabling us to listen to this interview with someone who is intelligent, well informed on the subject and candid about her life.
That’s great. I certainly feel we are here for more than merely relationships. Always making sure not to deny relationships at the same time AND being as aware as possible of conditioning around and beliefs about relationships. If we are aware of the fact that all of us, to some degree, are subject to egoic relating then there is more possibility to see the larger perspective. Relationships are fun if your free. Polyamory, monogamy, celibacy are all silly labels if you’re free. When you’re free relating is included in the big picture cause the big picture is BIG and it has room for everything!
My thoughts while I listened to polyamory:
There’s no such THING as a relationship. There’s only BEING related, being in communication, saying what you are committed to. Honoring your word.
Polyamory is a distraction.
We are here for a bigger purpose than working on relationships.