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Wild Nights: Conversations with Mykonos about Passionate Love, Extraordinary Sex, and How to Open to God Paperback – January 1, 2005

by David Deida (Author)
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"Wild Nights cuts through the illusions of modern spirituality into the depth of life before God. Impure, soaked with all bodily liquids, pierced by clear recognition of death, wide opened with the power of love―living as love―in any moment of daily life. If you do not choose to be a hermit, if you want to practice awakening within relationships, in the realm where sex and death are such powerful momentums―you'd better read this book, and not only once."―Rabbi Ohad Ezrahi, author of Paths of Empowerment

Meet Mykonos, both scurrilous madman and the voice of truth. Wild Nights presents David Deida's remarkable account of his days with the unconventional teacher who revealed to him the deeper wisdom of the erotic path to the divine.

From our very first encounter to the "burden of bliss" that is his parting gift, Mykonos challenges our understanding of what makes a spiritual life. Brutally candid, he offers his teaching to anyone ready to listen, with an uncanny ability to see into the hearts and minds of his students better than they can their own.

Charged with provocative scenes of unbridled passion and play, Wild Nights explodes with spiritual insights into our choice to "open as love, or close and suffer"; yogic sexual techniques including circular breathing and expanding feeling beyond the self and into the heart of a lover; and why, for some, full sexual expression is a requirement of spiritual maturation.

For its honest depiction of the spiritual teacher and student relationship―and the questions it demands we ask about our own sexuality―Wild Nights proclaims David Deida a guiding light in the often cloudy realm of sex and spirit.

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“In the area of sacred intimacy, David Deida is holding a lightning bolt. He sheds an astonishing light.” ―Marianne Williamson, author of A Return to Love

“We all taste God, taste Goddess, taste pure spirit in those moments of sexual rapture, and wise men and women have always used that rapture to reveal Spirit's innermost secrets. David Deida is such a wise one.” ―Ken Wilber, author of A Brief History of Everything

“David is the one western teacher of tantra whose books I read and whom I send students to learn from. The results of true practice, in any tradition, are unmistakable; David Deida demonstrates them.” ―Lama Surya Das, author of Awakening the Buddha Within

“David Deida's teachings on this central human concern, sexuality, emanate from a deeply trustworthy source. He has undergone his own rigorous training and practice. And like Zen, the fruition of David's work is openness, compassion, and love.” ―Genpo Roshi, author of The Eye Never Sleeps

“Wild Nights is a radically effective work that can arouse a shift of consciousness in a way that knocks on the doors of Liberation.” ―Gabriel Cousens, M.D., author of Spiritual Nutrition and the Rainbow Diet

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David Deida
Acknowledged as one of the most insightful and provocative teachers of our time, bestselling author David Deida continues to revolutionize the way that men and women grow spiritually and sexually. His ten books are published in more than twenty-five languages worldwide and are required reading in university, church, and spiritual center courses. His workshops on a radically practical spirituality have been hailed as among the most original and authentic contributions to the field of self-development currently available. Deida is included in The Watkins Review Spiritual 100 List, designating the most spiritually influential people worldwide. He is a founding member of Integral Institute, and has taught and conducted research at the University of California-San Diego School of Medicine, University of California-Santa Cruz, San Jose State University, Lexington Institute in Boston, and Ecole Polytechnique in Paris, France. Some of his recent books include Blue Truth, The Enlightened Sex Manual, and the 20th Anniversary Edition of the international bestseller, The Way of the Superior Man.

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  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Sounds True; trade paper, later printing edition (January 1, 2005)
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • Paperback ‏ : ‎ 216 pages
  • ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 1591792339
  • ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-1591792338
  • Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 9.6 ounces
  • Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 6 x 0.49 x 8 inches
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Acknowledged as one of the most insightful and provocative teachers of our time, bestselling author David Deida continues to revolutionize the way that men and women grow spiritually and sexually. His ten books are published in more than twenty-five languages worldwide and are required reading in university, church, and spiritual center courses. His workshops on a radically practical spirituality have been hailed as among the most original and authentic contributions to the field of self-development currently available. Deida is included in the Watkins Review Spiritual 100 List, designating the most spiritually influential people worldwide. He is a founding member of Integral Institute, and has taught and conducted research at the University of California-San Diego School of Medicine, University of California-Santa Cruz, San Jose State University, Lexington Institute in Boston, and Ecole Polytechnique in Paris, France. Some of his recent books include Blue Truth, The Enlightened Sex Manual, and the 20th Anniversary Edition of the international bestseller, The Way of the Superior Man.

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Daniel Xu
5.0 out of 5 stars Love it or Afraid of it. This's David's teach put in context
Reviewed in the United States on April 15, 2015
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You'd either love it or afraid of it. The goal of this book is to knock down the remains of your reality. If you are still holding onto comfortable arrangements, you will be very offended, challenged, threatened. Then you will convince yourself that this book is a total bulls***. Because if it's true...then everything you earned and held, is fragile and subject to be taken away any moment.
And indeed, everything is being taken away from you in every instant. You'd either put your head into sand pretend everything will work out fine. Or let go of everything and every arrangement. Remaining heart open in both extreme agony and weird orgy.

This book is not structured principles as in the Superior Man, nor practices as in Instant Enlightenment. It's like an easier to understand version of Waiting to Love. It's powerful because his teaching is put into the context of story.
Story wise, it sucks. Don't buy this book as a novel. Go watch a soft porn with good plot instead.
Do read this book is you are ever curious about author's personal story. It's not a pretty picture..
Do read the book if you don't like reading novels but this is the last book you haven't touched by the author.
Do read the book if you can't let go of anything or arrangement. It's going to help you loosen the tension of obsession.
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James
5.0 out of 5 stars It’s a beautiful work of art, it’s a “burden of bliss”, and it’s not for everyone
Reviewed in the United States on December 23, 2017
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Wild Night’s has a certain depth to it, a wisdom that is secret and completely unknown to society and even most of the spiritual culture we’ve been taught in the West.. It’s about understanding what ‘Love’ really is, to know Love’s meaning truly in heart and to know you breath it everyday as a tangible force. The wisdom and the understanding of Love is the missing piece that all of us humans are looking for, but in all the wrong places. This lack of understanding towards ‘Love’ is why everyone believes Life, if you dig deep, has a sad emptyness to it, a sad lack of ‘Love’ to everything: this makes people prone only to surviving and acquiring things to survive even more. If life has no true meaning, if there isn’t something bigger than what we make of our lives, then it’s obvious we would think life is about survival and only creating your own personal meaning. Life is not about this, life is about discovering your true meaning, not creating it. It’s about discovering the fact that there is something bigger than you and I, that if you allow it, it will blow your heart open into the revelation of this “God”. You will be more at peace, and freer regardless of the pains we go through. But this lack of understanding makes everyone try to carve out a comfortable space of their own against each other, fighting even against their loved ones. It makes people prone to jealousy, to hate, to violence. Love/God is everywhere, anywhere, all the time, but if you can’t feel it, it doesn’t mean life is just a biological game of survival. This is what this book is about, it’s about opening to this Love, it’s about opening to understand this Wisdom that life and the world is already carrying, right now.
I read all the negative reviews about this book and I was disappointed to find they all misunderstood the message of the book. Of course everyone’s entitled to their opinion. And certainly this book is not for everyone, because not everyone’s ready to understand the message; our western culture is still in a very primitive stage and this is why this message of Love is a bit of a burden (“of bliss”), a chapter of the book) to those who understand it in this era of our human history.
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CWard
4.0 out of 5 stars Mixing sex with sacred, far from typical
Reviewed in the United States on August 13, 2009
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David Daida is a real sex guru in a healthy way. I've read three of his books and they all take the reader towards seeing sex as tantra, sacred, and/or enlightened activity. This is not new age-y, nor anything mystical-shmistical.

It's not your typical orgy, and it's a scene that I wouldn't recommend anyone try without a very seasoned guide. Even with a seasoned guide, someone could get hurt for a lifetime, as he describes toward the end of the book.

I read "The Way of the Superior Man" with less interest.

I feel his best is "The Enlightened Sex Manual: Sexual Skills for the Superior Lover." This explains why "men don't get it" and how they can. It is superior, definitely. Far above the typical, physical-level sex guide.

Marianne Williamson, Ken Wilber, Genpo Roshi and Lama Surya Das have all given well deserved endorsements on the back of this book.
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Robert Richie
5.0 out of 5 stars Where's the movie?
Reviewed in the United States on August 30, 2020
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Really good book.Not sure how much of it is based on fact or fiction, but the story and underlying principles are great. I've read it straight through once and hope to read it 100x straight through again. Where is the movie?!?!
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Mag Roland Kissling
5.0 out of 5 stars Poetisch und erleuchtet
Reviewed in Germany on May 7, 2019
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Spirituellen Texten fehlt oft die poetische Dichte und Ambivalenz. Nicht so diesem. In erfrischend ehrlichen und erdigen Erzählungen zeigt Deida den Weg eines Schülers mit einem ungewöhnlichen Meister. Einem, der trinkt, vögelt und furzt und dennoch Gottes erster Diener ist. Der Erleuchtung durch Sex, Tod und Gott predigt.
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Amayra
3.0 out of 5 stars Unique way to deliver these teachings
Reviewed in Australia on October 31, 2020
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Interesting read. I read finding god through sex prior to this. I feel that without reading that first, the messages in this book would have been too ambiguous.
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Ciaran
5.0 out of 5 stars as love and consciousness
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on April 18, 2016
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Wow. This book is a game changer for me. Talk about a paradigm shift. It's the story about a guy (presumably DD) came to know his Spiritual teacher Mykonos, a rascal who is fond of smoking, drinking and women. The shift in perception for me was that previously I saw Spirituality as something to be obtained but Mykonos teaches that anyone in this very moment can open completely as God, as love and consciousness. If you are new to David Deida I would definitely suggest starting with this one. It's a compelling story, hard to put down once you pick it, one I'm sure I'll read several times over. Mykonos, I believe is a fictional character, but there are some beautiful and terrible truths exposed by him in this book. It's a wonderful read and will certainly open you up further to DD's work.
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J. Turton
5.0 out of 5 stars Wild Book ;)
Reviewed in Canada on October 8, 2013
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I don't know that I felt it to be the best writing, but David points out a lot of areas that people are still holding on to fear. And whether or not I want/need to engage in "wild" ways I can learn to be honest about just how far I can go into my fears and habits. Enough blame, take responsibility and learn how I create or perpetuate suffering so I can live as love to create freedom. ;)
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Jimmy Scratch
1.0 out of 5 stars Absolute trash
Reviewed in Canada on October 6, 2020
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This is poorly written, idiotic, and naive claptrap. I wish I could get my money back, but I bought the kindle edition.
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