Apollo 11 astronaut Neil Armstrong’s first words from the surface of the moon on July 20, 1969, “That’s one small step for a man, one giant leap for mankind.”
A Giant Leap Forward in Exploring
Are You Ready?
Join us on our journey
exploring the ins and outs of
intimacy.
We’ll take this journey a step at a time culminating in a leap forward in our ability to nurture intimacy in any relationship.
Presence is our first step. 
What defines presence? How do we identify when we are being present?
Of vital importance is our commitment to focusing our full attention on the other, being 100% with them – right here, right now in this moment. This is an ongoing recommitment moment by moment to maintain presence.
We detect presence by the feeling we are experiencing. Ester Hicks/Abraham explains that the human form has had an emotional guidance system installed which is a tool or navigational aid for determining our degree of alignment with Source or Presence. When we feel irritation, frustration, anger, resentment, contempt, fear, anxiety, grief, regret, sadness guilt, blame, shame, apathy or despair our attention has been drawn to a memory. We are misaligned with Presence.
We can use our awareness of this feeling as a warning signal to steer clear of danger, to change course, to realign with Presence by coming fully present in this moment. We become present by letting the memory go, releasing or transmuting the story we carry in our subconscious mind. Transmutation happens in an instant. When it doesn’t we can know that we are resisting change. We are wanting to stay our course or make only a slight correction in direction. This is more like moving or rearranging the furniture in a room, rather than moving house altogether.
Our alignment with Presence is felt as the flow of unconditional love, joy, awe or peace through our being. This flow moves through us and out towards those in our environment touching them with Presence. Our presence is felt as Presence, a power greater than our personal being.
Joe Vitale in his book “zero limits” has popularized the Self-Identity Ho’oponopono process of Dr. Ihaleakala Hew Len. You can read Joe’s book or go directly to Dr. Len’s website at http://www.hooponoponotheamericas.org/whos-in-charge-english.htm to learn how we can clear the way for Divine Intelligence to move through us. Joe quotes Dr. Len’s teacher, Marrnah Nalamaku Simeona. “Ho’oponopono is a profound gift that allows one to develop a working relationship with the Divinity within and learn to ask that in each moment, our errors in thought, word, deed, or action be cleansed. The process is essentially about freedom, complete freedom from the past.”
When we are free of the stored memories, we naturally align with Presence and intimacy is appreciated in the flow of love.
For the continuation of this series on Intimacy go to
Steps to Intimacy on our iTransPlay blog
