5 REASONS TO DITCH THAT SKIN PRODUCT

Choosing the right skin product is like picking the perfect mate: Look for the good things they offer, but be aware of red flags.

That’s because certain ingredients in skin treatments may irritate or damage your skin. If your skin’s been acting up, check your products’ labels for any of these five red flags:

1. Smell-good fragrances: They may tickle your nose, but these little molecules set off allergic reactions in up to 14 percent of people. Symptoms could range from itching and redness to vomiting and convulsions. READ MORE>>>

LIVING IN THE PRESENT - SOME PRACTICAL TIPS

One more reason why it is difficult for some people to live in the present is that they don’t know themselves well enough, and they secretly don’t love themselves. This is why they are in a rush, trying to escape from themselves. Once we get down to the core of this issue, once we know and accept ourselves, many of our pressing problems will be resolved. When we stop behaving in an ignorant and unfriendly way toward ourselves, our life transforms. Use the tips below to transform your life.

Be mindful of your breath. There is no need to use sophisticated breathing techniques - just pay attention as you breathe in and breathe out. Try to breathe deeply and slowly. Try to enjoy this process. This is such an easy thing to do, and yet if you will try it for a certain time, you will find yourself to be more peaceful and calm. If will be much easier for you to stay mentally present – not dwelling on the past and not dreaming of the future.

Be mindful of your physical feelings. Ask yourself: “How do I feel right now? Am I sitting in a comfortable position? Do I feel comfortable with the shoes and clothes I wear, and with the things around me? What is my body trying to tell me?” Again, this is an easy thing to do - but so many people go through life ignoring their feelings until their bodies begin to scream. When we get in touch with our feelings on a day-to-day basis, we open ourselves to its guidance and valuable suggestions.

Do not rush. Sometimes we are so afraid to be late for something that we don’t realize that the world does not depend upon us for its survival. Of course, it is good to be on time - but a wise person knows that it can be better achieved not by intensity of efforts but by careful planning. As you plan your day, give yourself more time to do the important things and eliminate the non-important things as much as possible. You might do them if you will have spare time, or don’t do them at all. If you have an appointment, try to leave in time to easily be on time. But if you are still late, don’t feel guilty about it. Next time, you will be even more wiser.

Be grateful for the delays. When you are in a traffic jam, or if you are standing in a line, try not to be angry or upset like some others. Rather, realize that this delay is a gift. You have a chance to be alone with yourself for a minute or so, without being distracted. Watch for your breath and for your physical feelings, try to become relaxed. Say a simple affirmation or two. Smile to yourself. Look at people around you with sympathetic eyes. In an instant, your tension will go away, and you will get in touch with joyous spirit of the present moment.

Essential Oils - Our Partners on the Spiritual Path

When we think of the word “healing”, we normally consider that we are speaking about the physical body. But true healing, in my opinion, doesn’t take place on the physical level. The physical body is the most dense of our bodies. In fact, it is the end result of our thoughts, worries, and experiences. Therefore, it’s only logical that trying to heal the physical body would be like the little dutch boy who runs from place to place – trying to plug up all the holes in the dam. Successful healing, then, would take place in the most subtle body we have….the light body or spiritual body.

We can either be the dutch boy who runs frantically back and forth and never really resolves the core of the issue. Or we can go right to the source and apply our healing efforts where subtle changes ripple through out the entire being. Because of their high vibrational properties, essential oils are really a spiritual approach to healing.

We all talk about spiritual development – the ascension of consciousness to higher levels of all-pervasive awareness but most of us (the masses) don’t really spend enough time in this pursuit to really understand what it means. However, the time is ripe for humanity to really begin the process of spiritual development and essential oils can assist us.

Essential oils and the process of anointing have always been used to advance humanity into a spiritual reality. In the writings on the temple walls in Egypt, we see people smelling the lotus blossom.

As a Buddhist, the lotus flower holds a lot of spiritual meaning to me. However, the rose has replaced the lotus in our society. It has the highest frequencies and stimulates an increase in energy within the center of the brain where the “control center” of our physical body resides – the Limbic system and can be activated by smell. It is by raising the frequency within our physical body that we raise the frequency within our spiritual bodies.

Rose ~ (rosa damascene) Because the rose has the highest vibrational frequency, it important for spiritual development. It is considered a supreme healer of both the body and spirit, and it is very easy to use with basic natural healing techniques. True rose oils are the number one choice for opening the heart chakra - the first step in spiritual pursuits. Trying to live a spiritual life without opening our hearts is like pouring water into a vase that has a hole in the bottom.

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