M e d i t a t i o n   o n   I n t i m a c y   a n d   E c s t a c y

Intimacy is invited;
ecstasy is invoked.

Ecstasy is experienced as one-ness;
intimacy requires two-ness.

Intimacy is exclusionary: us vs. them;
ecstasy is all encompassing: I experience the all.

Ecstasy banishes alone-ness;
intimacy vanquishes loneliness.

Intimacy requires time to create and build;
ecstasy occurs in a moment, as a flash.

In nature, ecstasy is mirrored in visions of galaxies;
intimacy is revealed in the morning dew on a petal.

Earth and water remind us of intimacy;
ecstasy is charged with fire and air.

Ecstasy is felt when God touches a man's soul;
intimacy is known when another man touches my soul.

Poetry and painting can be intimate;
music and dance conjures ecstasy.

Ecstasy craves movement, radiates vibration;
intimacy commands stillness, creates peace.

Intimacy speaks softly in hummingbird whispers;
ecstasy sings as a night-filling chorus of angels.

Ecstasy colours the sky in rainbows;
intimacy reveals itself in subtle shades of gray.

Intimacy is a secret uncovered with another in dim light;
ecstasy is mystical knowingness acquired in a supernova.

Ecstasy is infinity squared;
intimacy is finity shared.

Intimacy craves touch;
ecstasy transcends it.

When I look into your eyes and see timeless visions: this is ecstasy;
when I look into your eyes and see my soul reflected: this is intimacy.

When I hold you,
  taste your soul,
      know that I am safe and not alone,
          feel your breath on my heart from the inside-out:

this is intimacy and ecstasy merged.

January 8th, 2003

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Poems 2003
by Alexander Inglis
January 2003