I was thinking about connection some more after the last post.  I ran across this quote in The Woman Who Loved Airports.  Here’s a paraphrase:

They went back to her hotel room.  They didn’t have sex.  They talked until dawn.  They’ve recognized themselves in each other. 

I love that last bit.  Isn’t that so true?  The connection you feel with another person is about seeing yourself reflected in them.  Oh my god they so *get* me.   What a great feeling that is.

They say even when you fall for someone who’s dissimiliar it’s because maybe you haven’t let those same parts of your own personality come out and play enough.  So it attracts you in someone else. 

Which brings us to another quote.  And yes, Abraham is what’s called a non-physical entity.  Don’t get all messed up about that – just think of how much wiser you’d be if you didn’t have to spend your energy thinking about what to wear or what to have for lunch.

If we were standing in your physical shoes, that would be our dominant quest: Entertaining Yourself, pleasing Yourself, connecting with Yourself, being Yourself, enjoying Yourself, loving Yourself. Some say, “Well, Abraham you teach selfishness. And we say, yes we do, yes we do, yes we do, because unless you are selfish enough to reach for that connection, you don’t have anything to give anyone, anyway. And when you are selfish enough to make that connection — you have an enormous gift that you give everywhere you are. 

Abraham