The Beauty That Lies Within

The meaning of beautiful has indeed been stereotyped through the influence of media, and we may forget our own personal definition of beauty. The essence of being beautiful is being happy, healthy, and confident. Being happy is to want, what you have and being content with your blessings. Looking healthy is having good skin, learning how to manage stress and having a healthy diet with exercise. Lastly, the key is to find and embrace your own personal beauty with confidence.

Beauty lies in strength and peace. Not everyone is born beautiful but it's what you do, with what you have that matters. It means you must be at peace with yourself and everything around you, have the strength to look in the mirror and like what you see, and the courage to love the little faults you notice but can't change. You work your way from the inside out because what you feel and do on the inside level will always show on the surface. Beautiful is finding perfection in the imperfection. It is in the flaws that you find a person more interesting to look at.

Beautiful means so many things depending on the context. When you think of true beauty, it is usually associated with confidence and happiness. When someone radiates beauty, they are letting others know they are sure of themselves, comfortable with their appearance and truly happy inside and out. But the materialistic (and realistic) side of you also thinks of beauty as something you see rather than you feel.

Exotic women exude a certain degree of beauty that the average women does not. Women who break the mold and defy what society deems "pretty" are beautiful. Beautiful does mean perfection, a size zero or blonde hair with blue eyes, however a beautiful woman knows survival tactics on how to take care of herself and has a certain pride about her body and attire.

People are drawn to beauty, they want to look at it, admire it and touch it. Fate has been very kind to a beautiful woman and it can definitely help in life to be beautiful. In reality, people judge you on how you look, whether we like it or not. But how you feel inside encompasses your outside appearance, because true beauty from within never ages. Learning to adapt little changes in life could be your best survival techniques to staying beautiful and smart all the time.

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Why Vintage Fashion Is So Popular Today

In modern times, vintage fashion has gained more popularity, since it nostalgically reflects the lifestyle of a golden era that started in the "Roaring Twenties" and lasted up to the late sixties. This was a new trend-setting time when fashion took on completely new traits, beginning largely in the leading metropolitan centers, like New York, Chicago, Philadelphia and New Orleans, before rapidly spreading to other cosmopolitan cities like Paris, London and Berlin; during a period that showed sustained economic growth and prosperity.

The phrase 'Roaring Twenties' was meant to portray the cultural, artistic, and social dynamism of the period. As 'normalcy' gradually returned to the political upheavals in wake of the First World War, jazz music began to blossom, modern womanhood was redefined by the flapper, Art Deco touched new heights. The flourishing era was partially disrupted by the Wall Street Crash, when effects of the 'Great Depression' began to take hold. Moreover, this era was set apart by new discoveries and inventions of far-reaching significance; extraordinary industrial expansion; accelerated aspirations and consumer demand; as well as major cultural and lifestyle changes.

The 20s is similarly termed as the pivotal decade in that fashion entered into modern times. This was a time when women and girls first began to abandon the constricting fashions from the past and started to wear clothes which were more comfortable, such as girls ivory lace dress, pretty dresses, champagne cotton dresses, and lace mini dress. In a similar manner, men as well as boys abandoned the highly formal everyday attire in exchange for boys grey suit, charcoal suit, beige suit, 3 piece waistcoat suit, casual suit, youth suits, and clothing suits. For the main part, though their hats show different traits, suits worn by men today are again based on the ones worn by somber gentlemen in the late twenties. Overall, the twenties can be categorized into two distinct fashion periods. In earlier part of that decade, the change was relatively slow since people were somewhat reluctant in spontaneously embracing the new fashion styles, while by mid-twenties many passionately adopted the styles that were associated with the times.

The inner spirit of vintage fashion is marked by a discontinuity feeling associated with a break from traditions or modernity. Everything now appears feasible through adaptation of modern technology. Ever new technologies, innovatively employed in fashion designing, now help to proliferate 'modernity' to wider segment of the population globally. Decorative frills have been shed in exchange for practicality in daily life, compared to earlier fashion trends and moods.

As far as future of vintage fashion is concerned, good quality has the habit of always becoming the norm. Once this occurs, poor quality products will eventually be looked upon as collectible novelties. To find a true vintage fashion product, which though cheaply made has not fallen to pieces, will still be a real scarcity; hence, considered a valuable piece in time to come. Today, some obstinate collectors go as far as even searching for paper dresses belonging to the sixties.

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What You Should Know About Natural Contraception Methods

I know, when I was in my teens and I had started seeing my first boyfriend, it was perfectly normal for my mom to straight away recommend I take the pill. It was after all a great form of protection, so that I wouldn't become a teenage mom!

Unfortunately, the pill has incredible side-effects on the body, not just on a short-term basis but a long-term basis. Many fertility related diseases are now finding a common link to the Contraceptive Pill and various forms of synthetic hormone based contraception methods.

What you may not know is that there are perfectly natural ways of determining your fertile days in the month, which don't involve injecting or altering your natural hormonal balance.

You actually only have about 7 days in your cycle where you are able to fall pregnant. These days are called your days of Ovulation.

You can determine if you are ovulating by measuring your bodies temperature as it is always slightly elevated during those days. There are now new devices, which can accurately determine if you are ovulating. The Lady Comp is one of the most popular brands. By knowing when you are fertile, you can then determine if you want to abstain from sex completely during those few days or if you want to use a condom or diaphragm, which prevents you from getting pregnant, should you wish to have sex during those days.

I find it frustrating that we have become so reliant on pills and hormonal treatments as a form of contraception. These synthetic hormones are not supposed to reside in our bodies and create so many imbalances, which many women have to deal with for many, many years afterwards.

Falling pregnant at a young age is not convenient and doesn't make sense but pumping teenagers with synthetic drugs, during their growing years is also incredibly short sighted.

What many people don't realise is that there are perfectly natural ways of going about contraception. Just knowing and recognising when we are ovulating is the first step to not just preventing pregnancy but also realising when other imbalances are occurring in our bodies.

We deserve to be fertile well into our 40's and I personally believe that using synthetic contraception is merely causing imbalances to prevent this opportunity for many women.

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Loving Your Body

Are you, one of the 9 out of 10 women in our country today, who is in a war with your body? Do you believe the only way you'll have the body you want, the body men will be attracted to, is by controlling your body: rigidly exercising, putting yourself on massively depriving diets, and repeatedly telling your body what is not OK about it (which is putting it mildly)? At rock bottom do you realize that you believe that your body is dangerous, not to be trusted and is the enemy? We live in a world where there is a profound mistrust and fear of our body. And the real truth is that your body can be a very trusted friend and partner.

Do you realize there is another way to live? Do you know your body is the way you experience life and if you lock it up, or are afraid of it, you deprive yourself of being fully alive, fully present, living moment to moment. Are you willing to unlock the door and stop treating your body as if it were a wild animal but rather a wise friend?

Are you ready to Love your Body, discover who and what it really is, break out of centuries of bondage, and reclaim your female power, beauty and freedom from the inside out???

HOW CAN WE LOVE OUR BODIES?

1. There is only one way: accept your body as it is now. There is a place in us that lives from acceptance and love, it loves and accepts what is, and doesn't judge. Look at your body from the place in you that loves and accepts what is.

2. Your acceptance has to be from you head and your heart. You are not accepting when your head says "I accept" while you are feeling otherwise from your heart. That's conflict, not acceptance.

3. Make your body your friend and partner.

4. Enjoy the pleasure, your body can feel: sensual, subtle, sexy...

5. Listen to its pain-your body is your best barometer for letting you know attention must be paid-emotional or physical.

6. Listen to all the needs of your body: bodies like to rest, play, sleep, move, dance, breathe, and much more.

A NEW WAY

Did you know that you can accept your body and still choose to lose weight? But losing weight from fear or judgment is diametrically the opposite of losing weight from LOVE. Did you know that when you eat what your body wants and you eat slowly, really experiencing the food, you will eat less and you will lose weight naturally? Discover it's not your body that stuffs it's face when you are lonely, angry, frustrated... And when your body is being fed by life and all the other things it loves your body won't want to eat as much, because food will not be it's only source of pleasure.

Remember accepting you body as a friend is a process. It will take time. Be kind to yourself.

Take your first step... you are on your way to walking in balance, honoring the whole of you and living from love and trust, not fear and control. You are on your way toward ending your war. How good for you and our world.

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Cashmere and Pashmina Shawls in the West

The earliest mention of beautiful Cashmere shawls on the western fashion scene seems to be around middle of the 18th century, when these shawls were brought in the suitcases of British officers and merchants on their return from India. Also there is a reference to these shawls in the rich memoirs of Lord Clive.

An academic paper of the same period describes them "as the most delicate woollen manufacture in the world, so much prized in the East, and now so well known in England".

By the end of the 18th century, we find evidence of use of 'Cashmere' shawls by the nobility of Europe, in the portraits of that period. The stiff and formal dressing gave way to softer, flowing style making use of draped 'Cashmere' shawls and stoles.

The wave of 'return to antique/classic', towards the end of the 18th century further fanned the use of 'Cashmere' shawls.

In France, the earliest records of Cashmere shawls talk of these being given as gifts to French rulers, by the ambassadors of Tipu Sultan, around 1787. It could also be that the beautiful cashmere wraps made their way to France via England or they trailed Napoleon's military expedition to Egypt in 1798, when a number of soldiers brought back shawls for their women folk. Napoleon's partner Josephine is said to possess as much as 60 - 400 cashmere shawls!

Josephine' s patronage confirmed the fashion, making the delicate cashmere shawl, the rectangular 'doshala', fashionable in Europe!

Over the years, the popularity of shawl/stole grew because it could be draped in many ways and it was sensuously soft and warm. The portraits of the time (froml8th century to mid 19th century) depict the ladies draping a beautiful cashmere shawl; the paisley or other flower motifs adding up to the richness and drama of the portraits!

As the 19th century progressed, the industrial revolution swept on and many a down - market imitations were available throughout - in jacquard woven or printed on cotton (lately on soft viscose). The lower cost drapes made it easy for women all over the world to own a shawl and in many cases an imitation!

It would be worthwhile to mention here that the shawl historians have discovered a very interesting similarity between Scottish 'Kirking Shawl' and 'Kashmir Doshala'. In both cases, the shawl has a plain light colored field and deep sober coloured palette for the border in classic motifs. In Scotland, a traditional bride would wear it to church (kirk) on first Sunday after her marriage and first attendance at church after her baby's birth!

From the late 19th century to late 20th century, the shawl business witnessed many changes. The traditional big sized rectangular shawls gave way to jackets and waistcoats made out of it. More shawls stayed in cupboards (rather being seen in streets or public places), only to be termed collectors' items later. And yet, others were used as 'throws' to be draped casually over sofas and pianos!

The 21st century has had a mixed response to the classic shawl. At one hand, there is a genuine admiration for the pure Cashmere shawl for its super soft feel, warmth and rich hand embroideries, on the other the modern independent generation seeks the smaller, less cumbersome styles to go with their life styles!

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Beauty Is Random

I have something to share with my brother's and sister's around the world. We as human beings have been embracing physical beauty, from the beginning of civilization. From birth to death we are told how we look like, again and again, by thousands if not millions of people. Ever since we are little, mommies and daddies wanted us to look good, ever since we were kids. In another sense, beauty is the talk of all civilizations, meaning- everyone wants to be beautiful.

Well, did you?

Did you or anyone else ask for that facial structure of yours or can you change it at will?

Let me put it this way, think of the many people you have seen up until now. You may have thought the many of them as, 'hot', or ugly and thus as such making it a habit, in time dividing all the handsome one's into the good people and the ugly and terrifying one's as evil or the bad kind, somewhere deep in our minds.

Never stop questioning

When people are born, does one even ask for the face one would come to have? Did you ask for your facial structure? If your face looks so "good" or "evil" does it make you exactly so? When a person's face is completely marred, does hers or his personality immediately change to something like presumably "evil"?

When a person does bad, is there any devious facial change? Or is it that, when a person is being good his face changes to being so angelic?

Sometimes, people got to the extreme length of judging that complete stranger, a rapist.

How dare you judge a person by appearance alone?

When you judge, ask yourselves:

1) Have you spoken to this person at all, to making sure of being worthy of your "judgment"?

2) Have you ever seen he/she commit a crime anywhere?

3) Ask yourself "by what means am I judging that complete stranger and what proof do I have to claim that he/she is anywhere near bad?"

What we've been doing

Due to The urge to know the good from the bad, we mislead ourselves into judging the face's of people, which shouldn't be depended upon to judge the good from the bad.

This is a different kind of prejudice, letting innocent ones burn.

Understand

Please give absolute neutrality, no matter how people look like, at least from here on. It's what people are in the inside that matter's. The face is just identity. Even time doesn't want that beautiful face to be permanent.if you want it to be permanent, then you are valuing yourselves for the wrong reasons. Who we are and what we do is what we should value. The demon may only lie within.

Denial is the first step to acceptance.

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Shoun and His Mother

Shoun's father had passed away while he was still a student of Soto Zen, leaving him to care for his elderly mother, which he continued to do after he became a teacher.

Shoun always took his mother with him when he went to the meditation hall. When he visited monasteries, he could not live with the monks, since his mother accompanied him, so he built a small house and looked after her there. To make a living he copied Buddhist verses and sutras, and in this way earned enough for food.

People would laugh at Shoun whenever he bought fish for his mother, as monks are not supposed to eat fish. Shoun was not bothered by this, however, his mother was hurt to see people mocking her son. Eventually, she told Shoun: "I have decided to become a nun and to be vegetarian as well." She did just that, and Shoun and his mother studied together.

Shoun was a music lover and was a master harp player. His mother played too, so on nights lit by the full-moon they played together.

One evening, a young damsel was passing by Shoun's house and heard their music. Profoundly affected by the harp music, she invited Shoun to her house to play the next evening. Shoun accepted the invitation. He met the young woman a few days later on the street and gave thanks for her hospitality. People laughed at Shoun, as he had paid a visit to the house of a lady of the streets.

The day came when Shoun left to give a lecture at a distant temple. When he returned a few months later, he found out his mother had died. Nobody had known where he was to contact him, so the funeral had begun without him.

Shoun walked up to the coffin and knocked with his staff, saying: "Mother, your son has returned."

He then answered on behalf of his mother, "I am happy to see you returned, my son."

Shoun replied, "Yes, I am glad too, mother." He then announced to the people around him: "This funeral ceremony has finished. You can bury the body."

When Shoun himself got old, he knew his passing was drawing near. He asked his students to gather round him the next morning, and told them he would pass away at noon. Offering incense to a picture of his mother and his Zen teacher, Shoun wrote this poem:

For fifty-six years I lived as best I could,

Making my way in this world.

Now the rain has ended, the clouds are clearing,

The blue sky has a full moon.

The students assembled around him, chanting a sutra, and their teacher passed away during the recital.

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