You are the Rose
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You’re probably familiar with the truism that to truly love, you must love yourself first. Love and cultivate the awareness of the creator within you as well as your inner beauty and value.
In The Book of Secrets, Deepak Choprah teaches us a meditation on a rose to uncover the creator within us.
Find a beautiful red rose and hold it in front of you. Smell and absorb the fragrance. Explore the complexity of the the unfolding petals. Softly stroke your cheek and neck . Say to yourself, “Without me this flower would have no fragrance. Without me, this rose would have no color. Without me, this flower would have no texture.”
As you remove yourself from the physical sensations, the rose is nothing but atoms and energy existing in the universe. It is your experience at this moment that creates the beauty of the rose. At this moment, this rose is nothing without you. With you, the rose fulfills its purpose… To be one with your inner beauty. Realize that you are the beauty of the rose. Beauty such as this is truly beauty worth loving, as are you.
With love and Roses on your Windshield,
Paul

Wow, this was a really high quality post. In theory I’d like to write like this too – taking time and actual effort to make a good post… but what can I say… I procrastinate alot and never appear to get something done.