Spiritual Friendships

Spiritual Friendships
By Meilena Hauslendale

As we walk along our paths in life, we will encounter several
forms of friendships. There will be friends of convenience,
friends by association, and friends of the heart. Friends out of
convenience are friendships that you might have simply because
you both are accessible to one another. These friendships are
common in a work or school environment as people are united by
place alone. You might even term these friendships as
‘associates’ instead of friends, because you associate with one
another because you feel that you have to.

These types of friendships can easily disappear as quickly as
they came or they can actually turn into more meaningful
friendships as time moves on. Then there are friends by
association, friendships that exist because of an association
with another friend. You might acquire these forms of
friendships because of your current friends. You acquire your
friend’s circle of companions and make them your own. These
associations can lack strong foundations and even knowledge of
one another, but either way, you respect them as a part of the
friend that originated the encounter.

Then there are friendships that are few and far between,
friends of the heart or friends of the spirit. You may find this
form of friendship with or in addition to your significant
other. This type of friendship is guided through a profound
spiritual connection. They are very pronounced and spiritually
ignited. They can overcome distance. They can surpass cultural
and language barriers. They can surpass age and even gender.

They do not exist out of convenience or association. These
friendships exist out of respect and purpose. This unity of
beings connects our hearts to our souls. They remind us and
encourage our greatness and contribute to our over all
well-being. These friendships exist on the purest of levels.
They are not sexually motivated. They do not even necessarily
rely on the power of any physical contact. They exist on a level
all on their own.

What these friendships do touch are our hearts. They leave
precious imprints where they matter the most. These friendships
are gifts unto themselves as they are aligned with our inner
workings and details. They somehow give us comfort no matter
what our state of mind and they seem to blanket our worries with
little or no effort. They exist not out of force, but out of
care.

These spiritual friendships allow us to actually feel the
insides of another. They allow us that close of a connection
that typically both people can feel the others thoughts and
emotions. We are attracted to them because we are intended to
be. These friendships may baffle and surprise us as they can
sneak up on us quickly, but they are friendships that need not
go unnoticed and certainly not forgotten, for however long they
are to stay.

About the Author: Inspirational Artist & Author Meilena
Hauslendale's work and articles are displayed internationally.
She is the founder of Silence Speaks International Artist
Association and the Editor of Intrigue Magazine. Published books
include, Making Your Purpose Your Business and Recognizing
Unhealthy Relationships. Website: http://www.meilena.com

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