'make up' is an act of love.

[Guest guest]

Face lift, make up, dressing up nicely

is an act to love and kindness. We try

to present our most pleasing face to

the world. This way, we act kindly,

lovingly towards the world.

 

Just like we serve food well arranged

in clean plates, juice in a beautiful,

symmetrical glass to our children; just

like we speak in a pleasing, kind,

loving voice to our kids; we present

ourselves, our body, our face, our

soul in the most pleasing, kind,

beautiful way that we can. Beauty is a

service to the world and serving

beauty, elegance and symmetry is among

the greatest service we can do.

 

 

 

>>I am reading Kt's new book,

A Thousand Names for Joy

(which has opened me up incredibly) and am

now on Chapter 15. In it she says,

" When you have what you want-when

you are what you want-there's no

impulse to seek anything outside

yourself. Seeking is the movement away

from the awareness that your

life is already complete, just as it

is. "

 

>>There's more, but that's the general

idea. I feel a deep resonance with

this... but also wondered what the

motivation was for her getting a

face lift.

 

>>And yet, if Kt did NOT get a face

lift to " feel better about herself, "

then why? Is it equivalent to that

which motivates us to do anything?

Why is " face lift " different than say,

making a sandwich? Is it just a

judgment call to say that getting a

face lift is somehow about

insecurity or vanity?

 

 

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