If we believe that by setting aside the mask against the dreaded Sars-cov-2, we have permanently rid ourselves of it, it is only an illusion.
The theme of "facial imperfections" has returned strongly, pushing beings to adopt a different kind of mask.
Dr. Shefali Tsabary says in the book "A Radical Awakening":
"We were raised by parents to be sheep, we used their feelings as our own, we assumed their goals as our own, and we turned their thoughts into our thoughts.
Instead of developing our authentic selves, so that we could be validated and loved by ourselves, we learned to put on masks and play false roles to be validated.
Our parents believed that we belonged to their small worlds and not to the larger cosmos.
After several decades, we wear the masks so well that it's hard to tell what is false and what is true.
Only after becoming aware of the masks and abandoning them can we begin to change our patterns."
I worked with someone who, beyond dental alignment, was dissatisfied with their own facial aesthetics, especially the appearance of their lips and nose.
We don't have absolute control over life, that's true, but there are three things that can be successfully managed:
The significance we give to a thing, aspect, event, situation.
The decision we make.
The action we will take.
Before proceeding with an invasive aesthetic procedure, anywhere on the body, not just in the maxillofacial area, please stay within yourself for a moment with honesty and answer the following 10 questions:
Why do you want to do this?
What is your self-image or self-worth?
Who do you admire or who is the authority figure you refer to in terms of body, fashion, style, health, and who may set inappropriate, unrealistic, non-conforming standards for your personal priorities?
Which area of your life do you think you will improve?
What do you feel you would lose if you do not achieve the fashionable Face/Body?
How does the aspect you want to escape/remodel help you in what you are and do today?
How is the body you were born with a blessing for your mission here?
Have you achieved with a body and an image perfect for what you have to fulfill, what makes you believe you are defective?
Do you believe that a relationship, a label, a social norm, a hierarchical position is nourished, obtained, or maintained through structural corrections?
What physiological compensations will the brain trigger after perceiving changes in tissue shape?
I would encourage you to sincerely explore the answers, to feel the murmurs of life that will not be the same after various invasive procedures.
Beauty can sometimes be counterfeited, but it cannot be reproduced in series, in a template, like a stereotype.
When it appears, it defies any definition, being unique, dignified, untranslatable.
Any work of art can be copied as a detail, but its essence never.
The purpose of life is to be a whole human, not a museum masterpiece!
Femininity does not mean bold lipstick and injected lips, it is not a silicone breast, it is not a plump posterior, it has nothing to do with expensive and extravagant or provocative accessories, it does not scream, it is not ostentatious.
It has more to do with an inner elegance manifested externally, in a balanced and sensitive attitude, with a pure simplicity of exposure, translated into a complex image.
I believe that Beauty and Art also have a rational expression.
It's not just about sensitivity and a visual appetite for things, but it's a mental intervention, of reflexivity, of thinking, a participation of the mind.
The great Michelangelo once said: "You paint with your brain."
Obviously, I am not the decision-maker when someone asks me what to do.
And I don't think any doctor is either.
You're already used to me not giving fixed solutions, that I advocate for harmony, for simplicity, that I look deeply beneath the apparent surface of reality, that I lead you behind the "scenes".
I won't say yes or no, but only this much:
Show interest in knowing yourself, your personal priorities, and the essence of your being.
Be mindful of the mental patterns that structure not only external realities but also the balance of the body's physiology.
Invest in learning about yourself, not in manipulating yourself to be accepted, loved, or to obtain something according to unrealistic egoistic standards.
In the material dimension, everything is dual, has two poles, two equal parts, just like a coin: if you want youth, look for what form of it you already have in your life, if you want beauty, define exactly what it represents for You, not for the World, and observe how it exists within you or around you.
We haven't seen day without night, light without darkness, warmth without cold, moisture without dryness, roughness without smoothness, etc.
Moreover, there is a universal law that says: "The more you desire something, the more you will generate its opposite."
This law faithfully explains the need and the increasingly acute attachment to corrections toward an imagined, illusory, sterile standard that cannot be reached.
Today there will be a new teeth whitening, tomorrow another injection in a certain area, another layer of nails, another hair color, "new" eyebrows, the day after tomorrow an augmentation of "fallen" tissues, and the circle does not close on its own until that "radical awakening" appears, until you accept that part of yourself that does not conform to the generally accepted image.
I saw somewhere a statistic communicating the fact that only about 2% of human beings displayed in media networks look exactly like that in reality.
The remaining 98% are "pre-processed," stylized, homogenized, standardized.
Slava Rostropovich, the famous conductor and cellist, in '89, publicly, in front of the Berlin Wall, said: "I asked God to reconcile the two parts of Europe and my soul."
I sincerely wish for you, in the form of a prayer, alignment between the restless parts of yourself and your soul.
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