I used to hate my hairline. It creeps forward where my temples are and then tapers back out for my forehead. I used to think that it made my face look narrow and imbalanced.
For years and years, ever since I was in elementary school, I wore my hair parted to the side to cover my hairline. It didn't really do anything, but still it was a mental crutch. I thought that somehow I could never really look beautiful if I wore my hair any other way.
As an adult, I seriously considered laser hair removal to remove the hair on my temples. I would go in front of the mirror and place my fingers on my temples, trying to envision what my face would look like with a broad, round hairline. Surely then my face would look more balanced.
Then, about two years ago, I dived into an emotional educational course called the Satvatove Advanced Course, which is based upon the spiritual principles of the Bhagavad Gita. In the course, I deeply got in touch with living a life at choice.
On the last day of the course, my "graduation" day, I woke up, looked in the mirror...
... and pulled my hair back.
All the way.
My scalp tingled. The line where I had parted my hair for most of my life pulsed as if it had been seared upon my head.
I was astonished to find, upon looking in the mirror, that I looked beautiful. No, more than that, I felt beautiful. My eyes shone. Beauty became something that nothing and no one could determine for me, not even the mirror. Beauty is a quality of the soul.
For me, that was a day of liberation.
A year later, I took the next step - I parted my hair down the middle. My scalp tingled all over again.
And then there are some days when I still choose to wear my hair parted to the side.
After all, when the soul is shining through, who cares about your hairline?!?
For years and years, ever since I was in elementary school, I wore my hair parted to the side to cover my hairline. It didn't really do anything, but still it was a mental crutch. I thought that somehow I could never really look beautiful if I wore my hair any other way.
As an adult, I seriously considered laser hair removal to remove the hair on my temples. I would go in front of the mirror and place my fingers on my temples, trying to envision what my face would look like with a broad, round hairline. Surely then my face would look more balanced.
Then, about two years ago, I dived into an emotional educational course called the Satvatove Advanced Course, which is based upon the spiritual principles of the Bhagavad Gita. In the course, I deeply got in touch with living a life at choice.
On the last day of the course, my "graduation" day, I woke up, looked in the mirror...
... and pulled my hair back.
All the way.
My scalp tingled. The line where I had parted my hair for most of my life pulsed as if it had been seared upon my head.
I was astonished to find, upon looking in the mirror, that I looked beautiful. No, more than that, I felt beautiful. My eyes shone. Beauty became something that nothing and no one could determine for me, not even the mirror. Beauty is a quality of the soul.
For me, that was a day of liberation.
A year later, I took the next step - I parted my hair down the middle. My scalp tingled all over again.
After all, when the soul is shining through, who cares about your hairline?!?
2 comments:
its really true when you start to believe inside from heart then everything in the world are beautiful.
Everything starts to work as soon as we realize that we are spiritual soul, the smallest particle of Krishna. And then the whole world appears to us in its true light.
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