wow. this is a special one.. you have gifted me with a really important sentence
If you create a connection between you and your higher-self and God/Goddess/All That IS, then you will have the intimacy that you need. It is both the only connection you need and all that you need.
Making this connection and working on yourself will bring you the joy.
THANK YOU!! This is what i needed to hear...
There are many guided meditations for getting in contact with your higher-self.
Lazaris' first book had a good one in the back of it.
But mostly it is just telling your higher-self, "if you are out there, please show me"
Basically any kind of permission to pass across the veil.
You have free will, and in order to preserve that, finding God or your higher-self has to be by choice, and has to be initiated from your side.