True Love and Intimacy

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“Our Natural state is to love and be loved. However, the only way to truly love is to enter the total love of one’s own pure being and to live in that. It is this love that allows us to accept everything about ourselves just as we are, letting us see the inherent perfection in all that appears without needing to change any of it. When we are in tune with the perfection of our own being, we will see that same perfection in everything, and unconditional love will naturally flow. This is how we are able to truly love ourselves and thereby love others. Until then, all the talk about love is just a story.” – Candice O’Denver

In a completely spontaneous way, I recognized the natural presence of love and intimacy when listing my avoidances of relationship in Empowerment Nine of the Twelve Empowerments Training.

This is one of those moments in life you never forget, as it brings about an unimaginable opening, insight and opportunity, where you know that life will never be the same; literally a Wow! Wow! Wow! moment. All of a sudden, I knew what love is! It bypassed the brain, even the heart, and landed me in pure, raw knowing. Love. Love that permeates everything and everyone; that is not created from cause and effect; not objectified; not a love that can be fallen into or out of; just Love. That’s who we are. Period.

How had I missed Love? I felt love before; I had loved many times throughout my life. I love my children, my husband, family, friends, pets etc…yet this is different. The love I recognize is vast, open, spacious, permeating everyone and everything – the true nature of everyone and everything. After 14 years, the pure, raw knowing of Love continues to expand and deepen inexhaustibly.

In the burning grief of examining my avoidance of Love, I recognized the profound meaning of Love.

“Once we are introduced to Open Intelligence, we then realize more and more that the love is in us. We are naturally fulfilled as the living presence of love right now.”  – Era of Great Benefit

I had asked myself so many times throughout my life and relationships, How can I feel lasting intimacy with myself and others? This is how.

“By relying on open intelligence we know that we have the whole package ourselves and that we do not need to get anything from anyone else in order to experience that.” – One Simple Change

When we are not looking to our relationships to feel loved, because we already are this and know it with assurance, we love freely and naturally. We feel comfortable and familiar with loving ourselves, our friends, family, partners and everyone we meet. No one is a stranger. This is intimacy. We are free to serve, care and be of benefit. Self-focus resolves like a line drawn in space.

It is our birthright to know truly real Love, and this is fulfilled through the introduction to open intelligence, the Twelve Empowerments and lifelong support of the Four Mainstays.

Join Us for the Facebook Live and Ask Any Questions

I would love for you to join us this Sunday for the weekly Facebook Live, at 9:30am PT / 6:30pm CET on the Balanced View Facebook Page. I will be joined by a special guest – a longterm practitioner of the Four Mainstays – who will share how you too can recognize and grow assured in the true unconditional love of open intelligence through the Four Mainstays. We would love to receive your questions and share real examples from our own lives of this incredible way to be human. Post your topics to the Bright Community Facebook Group or on our Balanced View Facebook Page.

Take the Next Steps to Discover True Love and Intimacy

Take the first step today by joining the free Be the Power Course and access the Bright Community Facebook Group. You will be able to connect with Trainers, a vibrant community and regularly posted new media. We can’t wait to see you there.

In love,

Mia & the Bright Team