Licking the Razor's Edge (2015)

In essence, it is simply unwise to alter how you appear when doing so obscures who you
truly Are. And yet, once you have identified the places in your life where such a fixation
exists, you might wish to release the former and replace it with the latter. After all, a life
of deep-seated Gratitude (appreciating your own innate Beauty) & Wonderment (reveling
in the Beauty in everyone & everything around you) is so much more Joy-full than one
that continuously chases after a “beauty” that is hollow and “desires” that are fickle.
So how can we do so? How can we replace the yearning to possess the “beautiful” &/or
be seen as “attractive” with a humble reveling in the true Beauty that is our birthright – a
sense of Beauty that is available to us from the first instant of our conception until our
final moment of death?
Consider the following as good places to start …
Practical TIP #01 — RE-COGNIZE YOUR OWN BEAUTY
This tip is pretty simple, and yet extremely effective. Every one of our criticisms of the
people and/or the things around us is founded in a patent lack of faith that we ourselves
are beautiful. Indeed, it is only possible to “see” in others what we already believe
ourselves to be.
So, if you see someone as any form of “ugly” (e.g. “too skinny”, “too fat”, “too homely”,
“too scarred”, “too poorly dressed”, etc), then you are actually letting yourself know that
you find yourself to be somehow similarly unattractive. Remember: one finger pointed
outwards at another is always three fingers pointed back at yourself!
And yet your belief that you are not Beautiful (a belief hidden barely beneath your
criticisms of others’ “ugliness”) is not the Truth. No matter how you look or how you
dress; no matter what others might think about your personal appearance, you are a
beautiful person – period!
And I don’t just mean inside your Heart – I mean your outward appearance as well.
I mean how you dress and how you look and how you move.
I mean how you smile and how you laugh and how you talk.
I mean everything about you is patently, objectively beautiful.
And I mean that anyone who tells you anything different (including your own ego) is
simply displaying their now ignorance of that Truth.
Would you like some proof that even your ego can’t refute? Head right now to a mirror,
stand in front of it, and have the humility and the courage to take a loooooooong, deep
look at your self; not the “self” that you have been labeled to be … but the Self you truly
Are.
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