Intimacy: close or warm friendship; "the absence of fences created a mysterious intimacy in which no one knew privacy" [syn: familiarity, closeness]
2: a feeling of being intimate and belonging together; "their closeness grew as the night wore on"
Can we have an intimate relation with God while staying in this world? If not why not? If yes, how do you know if that type of relationship is a mutual interest between God and you and not something that is coming from your own imagination?