November 17, 2012

Today's Truth and Beauty: The uniqueness of my impact is unconventional by design. En♥, -me!

There is no harm in recognizing just how special we are. How else can we maximize our potential? The truth and beauty is in owning our potential by truly comprehending that the one thing we all have in common is individualized gifts and abilities. Every being has a unique something that defies convention, and the universe thrives off of it. Let's commit to going within and exploring what makes us stand out, for the betterment of all.

From My Cocoon, 12/22/12, 12:27:05 PM 
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November 16, 2012

Today's Truth and Beauty: True abundance can be enjoyed by relenting to the evenflow of the source. En♥, -me!

Have you ever realized how much better things seem to be when you just take a step back, breathe, and let go? Authentic abundance is accompanied by an indescribable peace of mind, and that peace does not dwell in resistance. The truth and beauty is in releasing the controlling hold we habitually desire to have over life's occurrences.

"Let it be, let it be

Let it be, let it be

Yeah, there will be an answer

Let it be"  

– The Beatles, Let it Be

"You could give it all away, give it all and be unstoppable

All away, everything is really possible

All away, you never really own it anyway

It’ll all fall in place, if you just let go"

– Jason Mraz, 5/6

From My Cocoon, 12/22/12, 12:11:07 PM
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November 15, 2012

Today's Truth and Beauty: Sow the seed that will bear fruit for all. En♥, -me!

Society has so successfully ingrained the message of "do for self" in our minds that it sometimes seems like the word "selfless" has been long removed from our vocabulary. We can easily get so wrapped up in our own microcosms of the world that we fail to remember that it is our union with the cosmos that even makes our microcosm possible. Every now and then (more often than not), it pays to plant things in our gardens that will benefit more than just ourselves. The truth and beauty comes in understanding that the garden which is planted with others in mind is the garden of perpetual harvest.

NOTE: A great example of this concept is demonstrated by the Hoe Mama movement.

From My Cocoon, 12/19/12, 4:30:17 PM
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November 14, 2012

Today's Truth and Beauty: CHERISH the gift. HONOR the giver. BE GRATEFUL for the experience. En♥, -me!

The truth and beauty is not in being selective, but in applying the principles of gratitude to all things.

From My Cocoon, 12/19/12, 4:08:18 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 11, 2012

Today's Truth and Beauty: YOU've sown what YOU've reaped! En♥, -me!

Often times, we choose to issue out a warning to others by proclaiming the idiom, "You reap what you sow." It's a sentiment that is echoed throughout various communal and spiritual practices worldwide. But how often do we turn the words back on ourselves and reflect on the converse proclamation? Before we surrender to the impulse to place blame on other people, places, and things for the fruit of our present conditions (be they perceived as helpful or a hindrance), suffice it to say that the fruit is a reflection of what we ourselves have planted. The truth and beauty is in owning the fact that as farmers of our own fields, we are responsible for what has grown, and we have a responsibility for what grows.

"Your Vision is the promise of what you shall one day be; your Ideal is the prophecy of what you shall at last unveil." – James Allen, As a Man Thinketh

From My Cocoon, 12/19/12, 1:07:20 PM
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