The Art of Happiness - Part 2

Our Divine right and natural state of being is Freedom and Joy. When we are living in freedom and joy, we are more in alignment with our true nature. Are we ever lonely? Lonely people have a real difficulty with self-disclosure, communication, and are poor listeners. Yet within all beings, there is a seed of perfection, and compassion is required to activate that seed, which is inherent in our hearts and minds. We must show up completely curious, recognizing the Divinity and One Life in everyone we meet. We must show up completely present and vulnerable. This is intimacy. How do we activate intimacy? Through touch, in sharing our innermost self with another, through connecting with another, through connecting with Nature. Love wants to be expressed, wherever and however it shows up. We need only courageously expand our concept of intimacy to include all other forms that surround us. Although we can practice with one, we can understand that we are intimately connected to everyone. If what we seek in life is happiness, and intimacy is an important ingredient of a happier life, then it clearly makes sense to conduct our lives on the basis of a model of intimacy that includes as many forms of connection with others as possible.