When I meet someone, I often open into a channel that reaches into deep awareness. This is also an invitation to deep awareness. It is not a one way process, and not mine alone. What I do is also an invitation for them to join me on this plane of awareness. I open a door.
I am curious about them and encourage their curiosity about me. I want to know all the experiences they have found to be insightful at the same time I invite them to explore the same of me.
It is the kind of exchange I have with students that sit around me at the University of Minnesota. We have a mutual sharing and curiosity, usually something I initiate. I am aware of them, and I ask about them and what they experience. They sometimes mimic my inquiry. I find that many of them are curious too.
With many people, I notice that the invitation is open-ended and without direction. The frequent and common denominator is that we might share an awareness between us.
There are no rules. There are no pre-conceived notions. There is only a prescribed willingness to grow in awareness.