PRESS RELEASE:
DO I
DARE TO READ WARRIOR LOVE?
The picture of a God-like muscular man with arms
outstretched, standing on a slip of sand with blue sky and sea going far into
the distance, is an enticing metaphor for this book that asks us human beings a
revolutionary question?
“Could humanity make a huge shift in consciousness and
realize we are more naturally polyamorous than monogamous?”
Reading this searching question by the author, Roger
King, made my stomach feel kicked with excitement and fear at the same time.
How dare he ask such a touchy question to my comfortable little world?
How dare he ask me to consider a secret fantasy?
Could I love more than one woman at the same time and
be honest to both women?
How dare he ask me to bare my soul to be open about my
secret desires and fantasies? And then, in all pertinence, allow those women to
also have the same freedom as me?
Yet, there was a part of me that was curious to
purchase this book, to read and turn the pages. I wanted to explore how Roger
came to this anti-mainstream state of honest self-disclosure.
Warrior love unfolded a warrior man who earned his stripes through 65 years of life; going
through two marriages and listening to many hurt and abused souls in his
profession as a counsellor.
I found the quiet revolutionary genius that had
survived tough parents and years of working with ex-prisoners and the mentally
unstable.
I found a man willing to risk everything: His
reputation as a therapist; his marriage; children; and the loss of respect of
his friends and neighbours.
I found myself uncomfortable in his truth of “coming
out” like a gay man in the 1960’s.
I could hear the gossip of people around this
contentious book; the wonderful hypocritical people who cast religious stones at
people like Roger – yet have plenty of secrets to hide themselves.
I wondered, could I write such a truthful book as a
critical journalist, if I separated from a hurt angry wife after almost 30 years
of marriage?
Could I admit to having secret affairs? And still love
myself enough to write such an honest book?
Could I bare all to a world media that could
appreciate me one day and crucify me the next?
Could I, a man, trust myself to be open, and become a
warrior of love rather than a victim of fear? Could I dare to be me? Or will I
stay safe and hidden in marriages of boredom and just cast out the Rogers of
the world into a desert of crazy men?
I dare you to read WARRIOR LOVE!
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