Intimicy

 

 

To open ourselves to a depth of creativity in relationship,

to give ourselves, for example,

to a true intimacy of sexual union,

is to enter a realm of vulnerability that

exposes the core of our being to another.

It is for this reason that in the great

love poem we find the refrain,

“Do not stir up or awaken love until it is ready.”

The holy pleasure of intimacy is not

cheap pleasure and cannot be hurried.

It’s full richness is forged only with time and with trust.

– Philip Newell
(Echo of the Soul: The Sacredness of the Human Body p. 91)

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Intimacy isn’t about having a great sex life,

as most of society would have us believe.

Intimacy is about being seen for who we really are

(In–To-Me–See).

This means being open and vulnerable.

~Unknown (Link)
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INTIMidate = To make Fearful
INTIMacy = Facing Fear