Living Intimately

To love life, and in particular to love other human beings, is one of the central ideals of every spiritual tradition. It is also one of life’s greatest challenges. Love requires us to be real. Its source is the essence of our being that is somehow hidden or enfolded within us. Our desire and our efforts to love uncover the mysterious wound of separation from our authentic self. For this reason, our relationships can help us realize the spiritual essence of ourselves. Living Intimately is both a guide for couples wishing to enhance their intimacy with each other, and a profound exploration of the fundamental unity that underlies all life. It describes how we can deepen our connection with ourselves and with other people by attuning to the spiritual essence of our being. IT provides exercises at the end of each of the following chapters so one can practice relating with other people in the dimension of spiritual oneness. They include ways for partners to directly experience the clear, unified space of fundamental consciousness, to contact each other from the core of their bodies; to experience the continuity of love, awareness and physical sensation, and to refine their senses so that they can see, hear and touch each other on a more subtle level.