December 2, 2012

Today's Truth and Beauty: Don't forget to remember who you are. En♥, -me!

"Who are you?" "What are you?" The only one equipped to answer such questions for us is ourselves. Yet, it often takes the probing of another to usher us into a space of introverted reflection to seek the answers to such questions. Why is that? Beyond the convenient responses that define us by a profession, title, birthplace, and family name, there is a charge to understand conclusively the core of who and what we truly are. The truth and beauty comes in grasping the concept that we already know. It's simply up to us to open ourselves to allow ourselves to remind ourselves.

From My Cocoon, 12/01/12, 11:41:45 AM
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November 26, 2012

Today's Truth and Beauty: Be. En♥, -me!

The truth and beauty is in perpetually internalizing our is-ness such that we externalize our is-ness.

"You just gotta ignite the light and let it shine
Just own the night like the 4th of July...
It's always been inside of you, you, you
And now it's time to let it through
'Cause baby you're a firework
Come on, show 'em what you're worth"

– Katy Perry, Firework

From My Cocoon, 01/30/13, 9:43:12 PM 
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November 24, 2012

Today's Truth and Beauty: To show love is to be love. Embody that which you already are. En♥, -me!

The truth and beauty is in incarnating our true star power.

We.
Are.
Love.
Amen.
So be it.
So.
Be it.
So, BE Love!

From My Cocoon, 01/30/13, 7:38:56 PM
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November 13, 2012

Today's Truth and Beauty: I am. I was. I am. I am to be. I am. En♥, -me!

Both eastern and western philosophies share a variation of the mantra, "So Hum" or "I Am." Engaging in the practice of this meditation is instrumental in establishing the harmony of the self with the oneness of the breath of all creation. The truth and beauty is in internalizing the notion that our is-ness is unchanged. When uniting our breaths across the parameters of chronological reference, their dance stirs up a powerful fire that sets our kindred souls ablaze.

From My Cocoon, 12/19/12, 3:49:28 PM
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November 12, 2012

Today's Truth and Beauty: The greatest gift acquired without effort reveals who I was now and who I am then. En♥, -me!

Though the lessons of its application may be a bit challenging to comprehend at times, the greatest gift acquired without effort is love. The ease with which it exists is timeless and eternally dependable. In fact, most of us were recipients of love upon the announcement or our presence's anticipated arrival in diminutive form. As human beings, we were gifted with love before we could even conceptualize how to consciously recognize, receive, and return the bestowal. The truth and beauty comes in recognizing that though we are presently human, our presence is supernatural in the continuum of life and the convergence of past, present, and future. The essence of the soul is love, and choosing to share in its mystique can reveal everything we ever were and everything we ever will be. In return, we are capable of being everything we are...now. Be love.

"Love begets love." – Unknown

From My Cocoon, 12/19/12, 3:25:33 PM
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November 10, 2012

Today's Truth and Beauty: I am BEING the HUMAN manifestation of love. En♥, -me!

Most of us have probably been exposed to the idiom, "Read between the lines." It's a common way of urging someone to look (with the mind's eye) beyond that which appears on the surface for a deeper meaning and understanding. As such, what would happen if we read between the lines of the title / label with which we commonly distinguish ourselves from other animals: human beings? More than human beings, we can affirm that we are being human! The truth and beauty prevails in the theory that as extensions of an infinite source, all things are in a perpetual state of existence (i.e., being). Thus, our esoteric is-ness forever remains while the exoteric garment changes. This time around, we are manifesting in humanity.

From My Cocoon, 12/19/12, 12:41:58 PM
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November 7, 2012

Today's Truth and Beauty: That which I seek from without is already within. En♥, -me!

Jean Houston said while speaking with Oprah Winfrey about her response to people who regard her as a guru, "...But in my definition, guru is spelled: G, U R U." Classic! The same sentiment is echoed in the self-love and empowerment anthem, "The Greatest Love of All" when Whitney Houston sings, "Everybody's searching for a hero. People need someone to look up to. I never found anyone who fulfilled my needs. A lonely place to be, and so I learned to depend on me." There are those of us who put a lot of effort into finding the perfect teacher, source of wisdom, love, guidance, and encouragement. We search outside of ourselves for someone (or something) to show us the way. And it almost seems like just when we get comfortable with trusting the instructional bird that our ignorance and excitement have convinced us that we have secured, it flies away. We're left lonely and looking for a new guide to come and accompany us on our path. The truth and beauty is in comprehending that while we are searching for our one pre-appointed bird to show up and stay in our hand for the entire journey, we actually have two birds waiting to awaken in the bushes of our own soul. We already have (and are) what we are looking to receive.

From The Passenger's Side, 12/16/12, 1:15:46 PM
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