Start the day by getting to know your self anew.  Pause this morning to really look at yourself in the mirror (naked is best, looking slowly — and neutrally; non-judgmentally — from head to toe).  Avoid condemning or criticizing what you see.  Instead, simply note over & over that “This is the body I have been given” … Next, put on some comfortable clothes and sit down for a few minutes in a comfortable chair.  Be very still and simply listen to your breathing … Thereafter, take a few moments to look verrrrry closely at your hands.  Now head to the mirror again and examine your eyes similarly.  Take your time here and notice all the different shades and hues and spots and levels of both your retinas.  Notice how they are similar and yet simultaneously quite different.  Indeed, the neat thing about hands and eyes is that they are per se Beauty-full (even by society’s extremely limiting standards).  Notice how amazing yours are – and thereby notice how uniquely amazing you ARE! … Glance in mirrors and windows throughout the day today; not to see “how you look”, but rather to remember your innate Beauty – to remember this morning’s moments of True-Self re-cognition.

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