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Posted by Ash on March 1st, 2008 in Mind-Body-Spirit

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Universal love and sensuality - the key words for the Goddess Oshun. I’m going to divide this into two posts, this first one regarding universal love.

A light bulb moment for me in being able to see myself as connected to All and that we are all, as humans, unique and worthy of love was in seeing that I don’t need to change anyone. I am always amazed at the energy people spend in trying to make someone else different so they can feel better about themselves.

I was reading a magazine yesterday that asked the question: If someone is doing something or looking a way that you think is wrong, what should you do?
One answer was this - Unless they are about to severely hurt someone else, what does it matter? It is completely NONE of anyone’s business!
I loved that answer! It is so true and it can really alter how you feel about everyone. Work on who you are, don’t worry about who anyone else is.

Now to the second part of universal love. You can’t truly love anyone else if you don’t love yourself. Despising yourself makes it pretty much impossible to really love someone else.
Several years ago, I made the decision to fall in love with myself. To look at myself as if I was not in my own skin. We are all interesting. I love going to blogs and reading the lists of 100 things about the owner. People are fascinating!

Here is something I did that was great for entering into my journal and was a wonderful way to see myself from another perspective.
See yourself as a character. You are going to write about yourself in third person, as if describing a character you like. Write in the present tense and describe you as things are right now. Write about what you love and where you want to be and what you want to be doing. Go into vivid detail.

Here is a snippet of mine:

….”She has long soft brown hair with soft grey, green eyes that twinkle when she laughs, and she laughs a lot. A contagious genuine laugh. She is easy-going, with a laid back casual lifestyle. You’ll find her most days in comfy jeans and a t-shirt revealing the art of someone she knows and celebrates. Surrounded by her dog and cats, she is either immersed in plaster, paints or digital images, or taking a swim in the pool. Just as much as she loves time to create, she loves to be surrounded by family and friends either jetting off to Paris for the weekend, or gathered in her backyard around the pool with the grill going, good food, music, wine and lots of laughter…..”

I occasionally add to this as I find something that I wish to have or do. Things that I wrote about several years ago that were not in my life yet, now are. The snippet above is pretty mild…don’t be afraid to write about some great adventure you want to go on….I only shared a small section of mine, but there are parts that are wild and crazy!
Daydream and see yourself from the viewpoint of another, living the life you really want to live!

And to help you feel good and relax while you daydream…….

Sonoma Lavender Spa Wrap - Purple Wrap yourself in the relaxing warmth of lavender. After warming the lavender and flaxseed insert, replace it in the plush wrap and drape the spa wrap over your shoulders. You’ll feel tension melt away in minutes.

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