Touch
What is it about touch that delivers us to Love? We know when we’re being softly touched that it indeed feels good. A warm caress, a gentle stroke, they serve to awaken us to that Divine presence. It is this Divine presence which inhabits us all and to which we are awakening.
We believe that we are different from the Divine. Knowing that our lives are interconnected with the Divine and with each other, we begin to open ourselves to receiving without question or justification. To be touched by another not only feels good, but unlocks the door to our deservedness and our inner self.
When did we come to that juncture in our lives where we stopped receiving, as if to say “I don’t really need that anymore”? We all need physical contact. We are visceral. We feel. We respond to a welcome touch with surrender. We recoil when blows are struck. We surrender when caresses make their way across our body.
It is sad to hear an adult say “I don’t need it” when touch becomes unavailable. We are concerned with appearances here, not wanting to appear needy. In receipt of touch we fear appearing weak, especially to ourselves.