sunrise this morning + reminders from friends.
Added 2024-02-06 19:19:25 +0000 UTC2-6-24 / self portraits this morning at dawn.
i have been reflecting in meditation on kindness + self love… words that are so common that they can feel empty, yet the actions are immeasurably powerful. without these, there is no harmony. inner or outer. and then there is forgiveness, but that’s for another post…
i forget… i learn. i fall. i get up. again. it is like Yoga āsana, which constantly astounds me with its endless depth + mirroring of Life.
i was with a friend the other day and he said something to me… i immediately had to write it down because i could tell it was coming from deep within his being… he is much older and wiser (not that these two things always correlate, but in this case they do).
his words, as accurately as i could remember them:
be with yourself
be your own best friend
do the work you need to do
be with your Self
all will come
but the relationship
with yourself
is the first
second
and last
love yourself
remember
love yourself
you are the mandala
you are the circle
and you will keep expanding
like ripples in a vast body of water
but you don’t know the circle fully yet
you will
you don’t, but you will
first remember to
be with yourself
care for yourself
know yourself
enjoy yourself
love yourself
always
you cannot be with another
if you do not want to be with yourself
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seems so obvious?
so clear… almost as if
it needn’t be said…
yet when someone embodies
this knowledge
the words
strike fast and sweet
like ancient nectar
thank you
thank you
thank you
