it—along with all the rest of us—to the other. This then allows sex to blossom into authentic sexual union. But there is another reason sexuality is closely connected to loneliness. Human sexual longing is the expression of spirit, not just body. It is our reaching out to touch and to be held by the Infinite. This means that ultimately no finite other can fill all the yearning that is part of our sexuality. We are all yearning to surrender body, soul, and spirit not just to an other but to the Wholly