True Beauty Is “Who” You Are
Not What You Look Like
There will always be the desire and pursuit of beauty as seeking some ideal or perfection; based on what constitutes for someone, what is beautiful.
Beauty is in the eye of the beholder; which also reminds you that you have the free will to choose what you will see as beautiful; and to also look for the beauty that is innately present in all living beings and not simply what is “pleasant to look at”.
You can appreciate the beauty in nature, in life, in living beings, and yet when you look at others, judge based on the outer image of what you decide is beautiful against your particular definition.
What if you were to witness the beauty within all living beings; and in all situations? Would your ideas of what is beautiful shift to include not simply the outer canvas but the inner nature of each being?
How do you become more beautiful without needing to change what you look like?
When you feel beautiful is it not also when you are innately happy; experiencing the pleasure and joy of your deliberate actions; how you treat others; how you are able to be of help; and in knowing that you are doing the right thing; that you are able to live graciously and with kindness directed outwards towards all others (and unto yourself).
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Whenever you are kind in action; loving and generous in spirit; willing to offer your help and to be of service without conditions; compassionate in nature — you are beautiful. In those moments, you are the true beauty of your inner nature; you are loving in attitude and in kindness, willing to be the highest example of yourself.
True beauty is not what you or anyone else looks like. We can appreciate someone’s outer beauty yet experience their inner self to be unkind or egocentric. We can witness the inner beauty of someone as they exude loving kindness and they instantly become more beautiful on the outside. You wear your beauty. It originates within you.
Remember that true beauty — eternal beauty — begins on the inside. It lights up a room, it boosts your confidence, and it allows you to exist of your natural state — that of joy and happiness. This is the power of beauty which has very little to do with how you look except perhaps for the noticeable smile and the inner knowing that reminds you of when you are living as your beautiful self because you are being love.
Take a moment with me now and go inward. Close your eyes. Soften your breathing. Follow the natural inhalation and exhalation of your breath.
What is your beauty in this moment? Let yourself intuitively answer.
Think of your beauty as your many inherent abilities and gifts. It is not necessarily an outward beauty but rather what allows you to feel and be beautiful within.
This may be experienced as knowing who you are, it may be the gratitude you hold, and what daily actions depict your beautiful nature.
Beauty may be illuminated by how you have chosen to live life. For example, your deliberate acts of kindness directed at others and yourself, that allows you to feel your beautiful nature as love in action.
Your inner beauty is what shines brightly. It is what exudes love, generosity, and kindness as fundamental aspects of what you are.
Remember that you are not your ‘looks’, your abilities, not even your wisdom and virtue. You are the purest form of love as energy. All of the actions that you choose derived out of this state is how you exude true beauty.
“When you act out of your truest nature, you exude the beauty of love effortlessly as what you are.”
- dorothy ratusny
Feel the energy of your true nature as love; as what you are. Become more familiar with this experience and the feeling of your inner beauty shining brightly so that now you are able to call on it often; and to live as your beautiful nature in all moments.
You are able to live in the perfect grace of what you are because doing so feels incredible, ‘right’, and effortless.
You have the most incredible beauty within you. It is what you are. Own it. You do this by allowing yourself to experience the energy of love that flows through you and to be of this beautiful nature.
There is nothing more that you have to do, simply experience what is already occurring; and be witness to it. Be aware of the moments that you shine brightly of your light and your beauty.
Let your beauty inspire, calm, soothe, protect, nourish, uphold what you are. Allow yourself to be this in all moments as much as possible .
Feel your beauty — your power — your self — as love. Feel it now. Be it now.
Dorothy is host of The WISDOM podcast. You can find more of her words (written and spoken) in The WISDOM BLOG and in The Wisdom Archives. 💜
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Sharing the wisdom and beauty of divine love with you…
Namaste💜
