Licking the Razor's Edge (2015)

A great way to free yourself from the delusion of “ugliness” is to go forth and
consciously See the innate, objective Beauty of everyone you meet for one full day. To
do so, simply go forth and look for people you would normally judge as “plain” or
“unattractive” (or even “ugly”) and then choose to keep looking at them more & more
closely until you wake up to the fact that your judgment is not only painful – it is also
patently incorrect.
The sooner you can actively See this Truth in the folks you encounter in your everyday
life, the sooner You will be free to fully enJoy the same.
“She had a way of seeing the Beauty in others, even, and perhaps most especially, when
that person couldn’t see it in themselves.” ~ J. K. Rowling
Practical TIP #04 – SHIFTING the “WHYS” of your “WHATS”…
“What is the quality of your intent? …
What each of us must come to realize
is that our intent always comes through.
We cannot sugarcoat the feelings
in our heart of hearts.”
~ Thurgood Marshall
When we are battling any addiction, the choices we make are not nearly as important as
the reasons behind those decisions. Addictions (be they to cigarettes or to eating meat or
to focusing on external appearances) are fear-based behaviors, and as such, they thrive on
each & every one of our intentions that are self-centered (and therefore at least partially
founded in fear).
As such, it makes perfect sense that we can only combat addictions by engaging in
actions with selfless intentions – grounded in desires focused on the benefit of others, as
opposed to those that benefit ourselves.
For example, in the case at hand (the addiction to appearance), going to a fitness studio in
order to “look better” and hopefully be judged by others as “more attractive” will
obviously feed your addiction to superficial appearances. On the other hand, going to the
same fitness center on the same day at the same time and doing exactly the same workout
in order to live a healthier life — in order to thereby be able to serve others more
effectively — is one way to actually free yourself from that very same addiction.
In essence, replacing your addiction to false “beauty” (with a renewed understanding of
true Beauty) does not really require you to do anything differently, as much as it demands
that you completely shift the reasons why you choose to do whatever you do.
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