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An Inquiry of Intimacy
Where does our longing for partnership and meaningful relationship come from? How can we find more connection in our daily lives?
Intimacy is a universal desire that emerges as longing, a deep calling for partnership, and the innocent desire to be known and seen.
Much of our culture points to intimacy as something that is meant only for our significant partners, that it implies sex and is something to be guarded with and only shared with those closest to us. I believe that expanding our definition of what intimacy can mean and how it is shared will take us all one step closer to our collective healing.
The most profound and essential intimacy we can experience in this life is the one with our own hearts and spirit. Our ability to be fully intimate with others is directly proportionate with the connection we have with ourselves.
Unfortunately, in today’s modern age the capacity and skill to reveal our depths without getting lost or entangled requires a quality of personal intimacy and inner grounding most people were not taught while growing up.
It seems that for most of us, the moment we began to form awareness and cognition we were distracted away from our inner landscape. For various reasons we find ourselves in a…
