And as my ritual continues of going through my daily journal (focusing on manifestation, an angel card as part of my meditation, and jotting down the top 4 "most important things to do today") I selected:
Intimacy
Passion is the quickest to develop and the quickest to fade. Intimacy develops more slowly, and commitment more gradually still. ~ Robert Sternberg, American psychologist
(this is an excerpt from Kimberly Marooney's book Angel Love)
The angel Intimacy is the "Beloved angel of God". True moments of intimacy are precious gifts of connection when hearts merge in the pure love that comes from God. During an intimate exchange, love can feel any number of ways: sweet, sensual, respectful, sexual, passionate, tender, powerful, or alive. Over time, the quality of love often changes to become richer as experiences deepen, resulting in a great fulfillment.
How can you become more available to intimate exchanges with the people you love most? Intimacy with family and friends occurs when you can safely reveal you innermost feelings and desires. Finding one person with whom you can share the full range of your being is a rare experience. Do you feel both an affection and a deep understanding with someone? Do the two of you create opportunities of intimacy when it is safe for you both to affectionately open your hearts? Or do you tolerate shallow chatter with no emotional connection?
Intimacy happens when two hearts connect in the sincere desire to experience something new. Expectations, on the other hand, prevent intimacy, such as wanting a connection to feel like a favorite experience you had previously. In fact, it is as possible to have a brief, intimate connection with a stranger while waiting in line for coffee as it is to experience on with your mate in a more private situation. Do you have the knack of starting up comfortable and revealing conversations with strangers?
Do old fears come up when you feel vulnerable? Lack of trust in yourself or in another person deflects intimacy. Instead, use your discernment before opening your heart. Let the lessons of heartbreak from your life become the wisdom of discernment. With keen awareness, you will know when it is safe to offer your heart in an intimate exchange with another.
Desires felt during intimate connections can be confusing when they are accompanied by sensual or sexual feelings. Yet it is natural to want to have sex when your feelings are intimate and passionate. Does being in a committed relationship cause you to close your heart to these kinds of intimate conversations with others, perhaps because you don't trust yourself? Are you afraid of losing your partner's love? Be aware that intimate and loving experiences are often quite brief and don't need to lead to sex or betrayal.
Are you avoiding the pain of feeling a broken heart? Pain is a part of human love. Heartbreak opens your heart to God's love. His love is the most intimate and personal of all because it is unconditional and wholehearted. The deeper desires you feel during intimate connections are for God's pure love.
The angel Intimacy is waiting for the opportunity to take you into an intimate experience with God so you can share that love with the people in your life. When you are filled with God's love, you find the freedom to express your full sense of being alive without fear or self-doubt. With God's love, fear loses it's grip.
Actions to Attract the Angel Intimacy
- Write about your realizations, feelings, and experiences in a journal so you can gain awareness into the ways you avoid intimacy. Use questions selected from the preceding section to guide your contemplation. As you look over what you have written, ask the Angel Intimacy to help you see how past experiences cause you to run from opportunities from intimacy.
- Make a peace offering to a loved one with whom you have had a falling out.
- Invite an acquaintance you'd like to get to know better to have lunch with you.
- Write a love letter to your most intimate companion.
- Meditate to the music listed below, focusing on the desire for your heart to open so you can experience more intimately satisfying connections.
Music: Sarah McLachlan, "Fumbling Towards Ecstasy"
Jude, "I know," on Music from the Motion Picture City of Angels
Creed, "Arms Wide Open," on Human Clay
This, followed by the "Soul to Soul Meditations" quote from Gary Zukav
To be compassionate requires that you share your passion with others. The passion of so many now is one of pain, of shock, of grieving, and of loss. Compassion allows you to feel those difficult emotions and the pain that lies beneath them.
As I continue my day, with the possibility of this fog not lifting, I embrace the opportunities to have intimate connections with people I connect with, by phone or in person.
Loralee
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