Mirror of Intimacy: Daily Reflections on Emotional and Erotic Intelligence Quotes

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Observe the rhythm of passers-by on the street, at work, everywhere. Summon loving acceptance and let their tempos move you emotionally and corporeally. Try to assimilate new ideas by trying out the rhythms of those you encounter.

Mirror of Intimacy: Daily Reflections on Emotional and Erotic Intelligence

Intensity-seeking is an enslavement of our own perpetuation. When we step out of the delirium of always seeking someone new, and meet the same old sad and lonely child within, our healing journey begins. Exhausting ourselves with novelty is a defense...

Mirror of Intimacy: Daily Reflections on Emotional and Erotic Intelligence

Caring is open-hearted, keeping us available to transmit love to a stranger through simple eye contact and without condition. This is not the opportunistic sizing-up of sexual cruising; instead, it’s the felt recognition of the divinity and humanit...

Mirror of Intimacy: Daily Reflections on Emotional and Erotic Intelligence

When loneliness is a constant state of being, it harkens back to a childhood wherein neglect and abandonment were the landscape of life.

Mirror of Intimacy: Daily Reflections on Emotional and Erotic Intelligence

All infants and children require and deserve comfort in order to develop properly. Soft cooing voices, gentle touch, smiles, cleanliness, and wholesome food all contribute to the growing body/mind. And when these basic conditions are absent in childh...

Mirror of Intimacy: Daily Reflections on Emotional and Erotic Intelligence

Are you repeating someone else's narrative, taking it for granted? Talk therapy sessions and 12-step recovery shares help develop the ability to present a coherent life narrative through the safe structure of clear rules of communication that support...

Mirror of Intimacy: Daily Reflections on Emotional and Erotic Intelligence

Our souls yearn for connection with all souls. There are people we think we prefer and others we don’t, but half the time that’s a lie: We tell ourselves the fairy tale of our hatreds out of fear, but we revisit that tale as it suits us. Deep dow...

Mirror of Intimacy: Daily Reflections on Emotional and Erotic Intelligence

Perhaps the most important sexual tool is consciousness. If we think we are "not enough" or "too much," we surely are. Similarly, when you give a gift, create artwork, or perform any task with the thought that it's "not enough" or "too much," it sure...

Mirror of Intimacy: Daily Reflections on Emotional and Erotic Intelligence

Sometimes it’s only in the ecstasy of unrepressed movement that we may enter the stillness of our authentic selves. In such sacred moments, the world seems to be in step. This is why the idea of finding love across the dance floor endure — symbol...

Mirror of Intimacy: Daily Reflections on Emotional and Erotic Intelligence

When we are able to look beyond appearances and to behold that which we truly are, we recognize that our essence is interwoven with the divine and that we exist as one of its expressions.

Mirror of Intimacy: Daily Reflections on Emotional and Erotic Intelligence

Yes, sex is troublesome and beautiful. And only when we drop our expectations, and know that we'll have moments of great sex and moments when our sexuality confounds, pains, or infuriates us, will we be liberated to enjoy it in a way that's true to o...

Mirror of Intimacy: Daily Reflections on Emotional and Erotic Intelligence

Stand up for the underdog, the 'loser.' Sometimes having the strength to show loving support for unacknowledged others turns the tides of our own lives.

Mirror of Intimacy: Daily Reflections on Emotional and Erotic Intelligence

We might feel that we must demonstrate explicitly when we’re upset, or not upset. This perceived need may stem from our family of origin, from how we learned to be heard when a simple “no” wasn’t enough. We may have learned to mask certain fe...

Mirror of Intimacy: Daily Reflections on Emotional and Erotic Intelligence

People often ask: If there’s a God, how can He allow so much suffering in the world? Realize all world suffering you perceive is a mirror to your own psychological self-abuse, gender imbalance, prejudice, poverty, and hunger. You couldn’t even pe...

Mirror of Intimacy: Daily Reflections on Emotional and Erotic Intelligence

Summoning gratitude is a sure way to get our life back on track. Opening our eyes to affirm gratitude grows the garden of our inner abundance, just as standing close to a fire eventually warms our heart.

Mirror of Intimacy: Daily Reflections on Emotional and Erotic Intelligence

Superficial social niceties are far different from the deep emotion of thanksgiving.

Mirror of Intimacy: Daily Reflections on Emotional and Erotic Intelligence

Tread lightly on your partner’s heart. It was given to you for safekeeping.

Mirror of Intimacy: Daily Reflections on Emotional and Erotic Intelligence

To develop emotional and erotic intelligence we need to practice enlarging our inner passion at every moment. It doesn’t matter what’s going on in our world, or even how we feel about ourselves in the moment. In fact, the best time to accomplishi...

Mirror of Intimacy: Daily Reflections on Emotional and Erotic Intelligence