Hozho of the Navajo: A definitively beauty-centric culture is that of the Navajo, or the Diné (meaning “the people” as they refer to themselves). It is guided by a fundamental principle of “hozho,” which embodies a pervasive philosophy of integrated balance, order, harmony and well-being. Difficult to fully translate into English, hozho is at … Read More
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Being Happy – A True Beauty Practice!
Practice the Pursuit of Happiness The happiness that is genuinely satisfying is accompanied by the fullest exercise of our faculties and the fullest realization of the world in which we live. ~Bertrand Russell Do you see the glass half full or half empty? “Pursuit of Happiness” – it’s in America’s Declaration of Independence, and it … Read More
Practicing True Beauty – Honoring Entropy
“Oh this is the joy of the rose: That it blows, And goes!” ~ Willa Cather Rejoice, even in entropy…in darkness, in the entirety of the cyclical nature of birth, death and regeneration. … Read More
To Practice Beauty in Everyday Life – the start
So how does one embody (a current buzzword) True Beauty? As I became more and more convinced of the all-pervasive importance of deep, True Beauty I began thinking about this. One day I sat down at my computer and the answer(s) just flowed out of me. It was if they were channeled. There are 18 … Read More
Shifting Paradigms
How did we get to the point we are at today in our modern western civilization? How did greed, corruption and selfishness become so prevalent? How did our lives get so busy, our frustrations so many, and our sense of contentment and achievement so hard won? We live in an atmosphere charged with the expectancy … Read More