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12/11/2008 12:49 AM UTC
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Thank you for checking out my show, Glow With The Flow on The Vortex Network. I hope you'll visit again. And I LOVE what you've done with the word F.L.O.W. I wish I'd have thought of it first! Stay in the F.L.O.W. United in Love, Sheryl Lynn
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Since 2005, The F.L.O.W. (For Love Of the World) began as a dialogue between three men, Marc Collins, Angelo Hunt and Roy Frank sharing their feelings regarding their past relationships. Through their dialogue Marc, Angelo and Roy forged a bond that is not common among men. The discussions quickly moved from telephone conversations, to the Internet with male and female participants, to monthly forums held in a variety of venues bringing men and women together to discuss relationships. The Flow (For Love Of The World) is a relationship dialogue consisting of an online internet forum (www.flow4theworld.com) and regularily scheduled relationship events where there are discussions regarding such topics as “Why Men Fear Love & Intimacy”; “Sex, Religion & Spirituality”; “ Are You Ready For a Relationship?”; among others. F.L.O.W. events provide a platform where fundamental relationship issues are candidly discussed that go beyond “baby momma drama”. Originally from the New York Metro Area, Marc, Angelo and Roy came together to share their knowledge of relationship pitfalls, challenges and successes. . The Flow Advocates: * One of the Prime Relationships is with yourself: Having a healthy, loving relationship with yourself is a key to successful relationships. * We are complete within ourselves: Relationships should enhance who we are not complete us. * Relationships are experiences that allow us to grow and redefine ourselves, if we choose. * We are responsible for our choices and consequently our relationship outcomes
Date / Time: 12/13/2009 11:00 PM UTC
Category: Life
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It’s often projected in the media that for women to understand men is the key to finding and keeping a partner. Whether you are a man from Mars or women trying to think like a man, looking at the current relationship landscape, do these abstractions really lead to meaningful connections? The subtext of this line of thought is often that women must cater to or adapt to the way men behave or think, becoming objects in need of fixing in the service of men. But really, do men have any more useful relationships strategies than women?
Date / Time: 1/29/2009 9:40 PM UTC
by Roslyn Rogers Collins
We came.... By the millions On planes and buses and trains From all directions and corners Faraway places and neighborhoods The seasoned and the innocent Draped in furs Wrapped in blankets Making our sojourn into history Long strides, standing shoulder to shoulder All on one accord To see, to feel, to revel.
We came.... Each with our own story To witness for ourselves and others Hands that never waved a flag Lips that never sang "My country tis of Thee, sweet land of liberty" Eyes that never thought they would see Hearts that never thought they should care Chilled bodies warmed by soaring spirits
We came.... In peace as global eyes gazed on America With our varied textures and tones, tongues and theologies To honor dreams To embrace seasons of change To savor moments of hope To believe together That perhaps it really is possible To have one nation under God... That all men and women are created equal... That the broad stripes and bright stars might indeed include us all.
We came... To glimpse you, mosaic man, fashioned for such a time as this To share with you our tears of joy, To pray your protection, wisdom and strength To stand together, on your behalf, on our behalf To celebrate a turning in the pages of time On the wings of souls who lived and died for this very day.
We came and we are here In quest of possibilities once unimaginable but now within reach
We are here collectively excited by this time in our lives.
We are here Standing in the sunlight, poised on a democracy of inclusion, and stepping into tomorrows. Copyright January 23. 2009 The Obama Presidency not only presents new possibilities for governance with integrity, but with an outwardly cohesive, affectionate, African American couple and family, what impact will the Obama's have on family and relationships? Please share your comments with The FLOW community or send an email to flow4theworld@comcast.net.
Copyright January 23. 2009
The Obama Presidency not only presents new possibilities for governance with integrity, but with an outwardly cohesive, affectionate, African American couple and family, what impact will the Obama's have on family and relationships?
Please share your comments with The FLOW community or send an email to flow4theworld@comcast.net.
Date / Time: 1/26/2009 2:49 AM UTC
Sex and its relationship to a meaningful spiritual life is a topic largely ignored, greatly disparaged by organized religion, and largely misrepresented in the media and society. Nonetheless, this disconnection is a burning issue that exists just below the surface of our consciousness, confronting us all, whether religious, spiritual, or unbeliever.
We live in a society where we are bombarded by sex and, unfortunately, religion has failed to put sexuality in any useful context (outside of marriage and procreation), while our communities and societies are ravaged by AIDS, unwanted pregnancies and widespread sexual abuse and dysfunction. The media has taken the sexual disconnect created by religion and has made it a psychologically loaded abstraction and absurdity. Sexuality has been reduced to body parts and sexual acts.
The tragedy of this is that many apply these media induced frames of reference to their lives and relationships which has resulted in the sexual pathology that surrounds us. We are living in the eye of a storm! Can we talk about it? As quiet as it's kept, sex fails to drive relationships, it is the meaning that we bring to the sex and sexuality that does not affirm and honor our highest selves that currently dominate our relationships.
The disconnect between sex and spirituality had its beginnings in the Greek philosophy which has heavily influenced early Christian thought and continues to this day. In the book, Sexuality and the Black Church", author Kelly Brown Douglas says:
"...Christianity gradually became influenced by the aspect of Greek thought that denigrated the body and fostered a profound split between the body and the spirit." She goes on to say that in Greek philosophy, "...the body [was] the home of the irrational passions of man." "Sex was viewed as corrupt when it emerged from passion."
We are sexual beings. This is an acknowledged fact from the cradle to the grave. This is whether we are abstinent, celibate or sexually active. Our sexuality is an expression of our humanity. Sex and sexuality, I believe, was not created to be as an albatross, a trap, or an impediment to spiritual growth. How ignoble a concept of The Creator does this foster? This is man creating God in his own image with all of man's prejudices and irrationalities. Ms Douglas explains:
"Spirituality concerns a person's connection to God and, thus, inevitably involves her or his sexuality. "...sexuality is that fundamental dimension of human beings that governs intimate, sensual, affective, emotional, and sexual relationships. Human sexuality and spirituality are inextricably linked because involve a person's relationship to God"
We live in a society where our humanity has been relegated to strictly defined compartments causing too many to lead lives of desperation struggling to fit in. Reconciling the sexual/spiritual divide, discovering the sexual "you" is part of the human development process, a realization of who we are as a unique individuals made in the image and likeness of the Creator. Ms. Douglas again comments:
"Human sexuality is what provides men and women with the capacity to enter into relationships with others. Sexuality is the dimension of humanity that urges relationship. Sexuality is a gift from God that, if properly appreciated, helps women and men to become more fully human by entering relationships. Sexuality thus expresses God's intention that we find our authentic humanness in relationship."
Some discover their sexual selves and are empowered by it, many, due to the religious/social stigma placed upon sex, drown in a sea a shame, guilt and spiritual, infirimity, even within the confines of marriage or a committed relationship. The FLOW has explored this issue at the 2007 Harlem Book Fair with the panel discussion "Sex, Religion and Spirituality" and at the 2008 Harlem Book Fair with Sexuality: Is It Who You Are or What You Do?
This dialogue must continue. Join us. Please share your opinions or send The FLOW email at flow4theworld@comcast.net.
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