Last night, I did the Guided Meditation for Beauty - Law of Attraction with lit pink candle and rose essential oil.
During the meditation, we had to visualize our future selves on a TV screen, that we look exactly the way we want toābright eyes, glowing skin, ideal weight. I started to visualize myself as a someone youād see on a digitally enhanced magazine cover, then switched to viewing myself as I am nowāhealthy but with all the imperfections that my body has.
Iāve used apps before where you upload a picture and erase any blemishes, but I wasnāt satisfied with the results; the perfect person just wasnāt me.
I then did drew a card to see what messages the dragons had for me.
Father Time appeared again.
During the meditation, part of me was thinking, āOkay, Iām supposed to visualize my future self, but how far ahead in the future exactly? 20, 30 years?ā
I then had to push aside images of myself as a fragile old woman.
As I was meditating what Father Time has to do with beauty, I started thinking about the elderly. Itās sad how theyāre still treated in the West. We tend to see the elderly as weak and fragile, both physically and mentally. Some of them are putting in nursing homes and are just forgotten about, meaning they rarely get visitors. Many fairytale villains are old, ugly witches, giving us the impression that old and ugly = evil and young and beautiful = good. I think these reasons are why some people are afraid of getting older. Not just because of health problems, but because theyāll lose their beauty.
Father Time reminds us to stop chasing the clock, to not live in the past or fear the future. I think he wad trying to tell me to take care of my body and donāt fear how I will look in the future.
Beauty isnāt the unrealistic beauty standards our society has placed on us.
Beauty is kindness.
Beauty is love.
Beauty is joy, happiness.
Beauty is anything that makes the world a better place.