The Seven Levels of Intimacy: The Art of Loving and the Joy of Being Loved

What is most fascinating is not what people think or believe, but why they think and believe what they do.

3. It is also important to know that not all relationships deserve to experience all seven levels of intimacy, nor are they meant to.

The meaning and purpose of marriage is for two people to challenge and encourage each other to become the-best-version-of-themselves, and then to raise their children and

2. The seven levels of intimacy are not a task to be completed and graduate from.

but surely the more important question is, What keeps people together?

Until you are comfortable with yourself at each of the seven levels of intimacy, you will never go there with another person.

4. You cannot rush intimacy. You cannot force the seven levels; these things don’t happen on a timetable, nor are they rigid.

What keeps people together in dynamic relationships? A common purpose.

It is the maturity of all four that creates harmony and fulfillment for the whole person.