I Feel Beautiful - the Second Commandment for Every Woman to Live by  

Friday, April 17, 2009

Copyright (c) 2009 Dawn McIntyre

No matter what age or size we are, most girls and women continually
ask themselves, "What can I do to feel more beautiful?" I have found
that all women, even the ones that are outwardly attractive, fail to
see and feel the real beauty that exists within us all. The key to
seeing and feeling this inner beauty is to develop a bond with our
soul.

My journey to feeling beautiful was painful at best and sabotaged by
my upbringings at worst. I experienced many physical beatings as a
child that included the rantings and ravings of how fat and ugly I
was. As impressionable as I was as a child, as we all are, I believed
it wholeheartedly. To make matters more difficult, I grew to 5'7''
before I was twelve years old, and with my brown hair and eyes, I felt
like a giant ugly duckling.

As a young woman I was offered many opportunities to model but I
totally lacked the self-image and self-confidence to pursue these
offers and chose to specialize in helping other women look beautiful
through the beauty and fashion industries.

As I embarked on my healing and spiritual journey, I learned to
connect with my soul and to being committed to living as my soul as
often as I could. Over time, it became very natural for me to identify
with my soul and feel its beauty growing inside of me. It was at this
time that I could actually look at myself in the mirror, and rather
than cringe at what I saw, I smiled and felt grateful for the vessel
that my body was, a vessel to house my soul and spirit, that I my live
more fully and full of joy.

There are many things we can do to develop this kind of relationship
with our soul but before I share them with you I feel it is imperative
for you to understand some key components to feeling beautiful now.

The three components we need to work on and develop are:

1. Self-image- Seeing ourselves as beautiful in the present moment at
all times.

2. Self-esteem- Thinking and feeling all that is beautiful about
ourselves and others first and foremost.

3. Self-confidence- Expressing our beautiful selves boldly in areas
that speak to our hearts, without any concern for the approval or
validation of others.

At any point in time, when you are lacking in these areas, it is
helpful to relax any judgments or attachments to what is being felt,
thought or seen and instead simply witness what is going on for you,
as you would witness the same in a complete stranger. This will serve
to release the hold that any negativity would have on you re-claiming
the beautiful you that is real, authentic there only hidden by your
current perceptions.

To intensify and solidify this real beauty within, look to your soul
to guide you and help you reveal the hidden treasure of you. Your soul
is by her very nature based on beauty, joy, and a perfection of being
that is unshakeable once it is revealed, from the inside and out.

To develop this connection and bond with your soul here are some
strategies and tips to help you:

1. Before you go to sleep, ask your soul to guide you, through your
dreams, to ways that you can easily connect with and get to know
yourself at the soul level.

2. When you awake, call your soul to you. Sense your soul all around
your physical being as a brilliant white light and then a feel a
connection between the heart of your soul and your own heart chakra. A
visual that works for this is to see your soul's heart as a diamond
that fits into the center of your heart chakra that is a jewel of
thousands of petals opening up more and more as you make this
connection. Now ask your soul to sound its note of joy, love and
beauty for the remainder of the day. You will become transformed by
this connection and your outer world will reflect the inner beauty
that is you.

3. Commit to living as your soul. As you resonate with the vibrations
of your soul this will be easier to do and making choices and
decisions, moment to moment, will reflect the wisdom, beauty and love
of your soul more often than not.

4. Seek to integrate your soul with your personality. Visualize a
white light coming from your soul's heart pouring into your heart
center. Draw this light up to your head center and back down again to
your heart; creating a continual motion of light between the two
centers - you may feel a slight hum and this is very normal. Sit with
this sensation for a few minutes and repeat silently to yourself "with
this light and the guidance of my soul I choose to live by the
guidance of a wise heart and a loving mind at all times".

You will be guided by your soul to new experiences, places and people
that are more in alignment with the beauty of your soul and that will
reflect the real beauty of you. It will become easier for you to feel
and identify with your inherent beauty and any outer beauty concerns
are transformed in the process, be it physically, mentally, and
emotionally or all three.

_By: *Dawn McIntyre*_

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