Comments on: Beauty-Full http://spiritualcowgirl.com/?p=276 Wed, 08 Sep 2010 00:24:04 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.1 By: Gidget Commando http://spiritualcowgirl.com/?p=276#comment-422 Gidget Commando Sun, 08 Jun 2008 22:48:45 +0000 http://spiritualcowgirl.com/?p=276#comment-422 You're onto something big. Last night I had dinner with an old pal I hadn't seen in at least a year. He told me how gorgeous I looked. I'd lost maybe 25 pounds since the last time he'd seen me, but that was only part of it. As the night wore on and the conversation got deep, he told me he couldn't remember seeing me that happy before. My life's far from perfect, but a lot of things are going better than they have, well, ever. For the first time, I'm seen and heard and loved for who I am, all of who I am. I'm on the verge of a birthday whose number is upsetting me and a much younger pal told me I never looked more gorgeous. It's not the pounds and it's certainly not the age. The more at peace I am with myself, all of the good/bad/weird/unflattering/divine stuff, the better I look. You’re onto something big. Last night I had dinner with an old pal I hadn’t seen in at least a year. He told me how gorgeous I looked. I’d lost maybe 25 pounds since the last time he’d seen me, but that was only part of it. As the night wore on and the conversation got deep, he told me he couldn’t remember seeing me that happy before. My life’s far from perfect, but a lot of things are going better than they have, well, ever. For the first time, I’m seen and heard and loved for who I am, all of who I am.

I’m on the verge of a birthday whose number is upsetting me and a much younger pal told me I never looked more gorgeous. It’s not the pounds and it’s certainly not the age. The more at peace I am with myself, all of the good/bad/weird/unflattering/divine stuff, the better I look.

]]> By: rob w http://spiritualcowgirl.com/?p=276#comment-424 rob w Mon, 09 Jun 2008 04:20:58 +0000 http://spiritualcowgirl.com/?p=276#comment-424 i found your site following links from namasteyogainrockridge...(i take boatloads of classes there) very interesting post. As a man, i think alot about the dynamic between men and women, and looks, and how that affects things energetically and subliminaly. It is true that cute people have a 'halo effect' that naturally opens up doors, relationships, interest, support, etc. For some people it can feed back upon itself to the point where they expect certain treatment. Many old and new spiritual traditions (as usual) seek to 'solve the problem' by just denying looks altogether. Great. Case closed. Move on to meditation and visions. The middle way, which seems to be the one that creates the best equanimity, seems to be to use what ya got to energize a level of confidence that naturally attracts good things and good people. How you feel internally is really the true beauty that shines forth, and what gets noticed for the right reasons. i found your site following links from namasteyogainrockridge…(i take boatloads of classes there)

very interesting post. As a man, i think alot about the dynamic between men and women, and looks, and how that affects things energetically and subliminaly.

It is true that cute people have a ‘halo effect’ that naturally opens up doors, relationships, interest, support, etc. For some people it can feed back upon itself to the point where they expect certain treatment.

Many old and new spiritual traditions (as usual) seek to ’solve the problem’ by just denying looks altogether. Great. Case closed. Move on to meditation and visions.

The middle way, which seems to be the one that creates the best equanimity, seems to be to use what ya got to energize a level of confidence that naturally attracts good things and good people. How you feel internally is really the true beauty that shines forth, and what gets noticed for the right reasons.

]]> By: Luna Gyspy http://spiritualcowgirl.com/?p=276#comment-425 Luna Gyspy Mon, 09 Jun 2008 05:11:36 +0000 http://spiritualcowgirl.com/?p=276#comment-425 Another post I needed to read. I hardly ever think I'm even "pretty", much less beautiful. It is something I do need to work on, since I'm very short and round - not something you see in magazines as beauty. And the drunk frat boy on Bourbon Street screaming "Look at that fat ass chick on the bicycle!" did wonders for my self-esteem, oh yes. But that sort of thing has happened to me since about junior high. However! - Since moving to the Big Easy, I have had more people tell me I'm pretty or even beautiful (occasionally). I still have the bad habit of waving it off and saying "yeah, right" or something to that nature, but I do wonder why it's said to me here more. Is it because I'm more happy here than where I was? Is it because I have lost some weight walking and biking my ass everywhere in 90 degree humid heat? Do people just have a slightly different view on beauty? I don't know, and I suppose it shouldn't matter. I should just let Her be my beauty, and start saying "thank you" instead of "oh please" when even the drunkest weirdo calls me gorgeous. Thanks again for your blog. Always a pleasure to read. Another post I needed to read. I hardly ever think I’m even “pretty”, much less beautiful. It is something I do need to work on, since I’m very short and round - not something you see in magazines as beauty. And the drunk frat boy on Bourbon Street screaming “Look at that fat ass chick on the bicycle!” did wonders for my self-esteem, oh yes. But that sort of thing has happened to me since about junior high.
However! - Since moving to the Big Easy, I have had more people tell me I’m pretty or even beautiful (occasionally). I still have the bad habit of waving it off and saying “yeah, right” or something to that nature, but I do wonder why it’s said to me here more. Is it because I’m more happy here than where I was? Is it because I have lost some weight walking and biking my ass everywhere in 90 degree humid heat? Do people just have a slightly different view on beauty? I don’t know, and I suppose it shouldn’t matter. I should just let Her be my beauty, and start saying “thank you” instead of “oh please” when even the drunkest weirdo calls me gorgeous.
Thanks again for your blog. Always a pleasure to read.

]]> By: ss http://spiritualcowgirl.com/?p=276#comment-426 ss Mon, 09 Jun 2008 13:33:08 +0000 http://spiritualcowgirl.com/?p=276#comment-426 wow amazing of course!!!...loved that post and your unconscious beliefs that I am sure are shared by many...anyway how was the Charleston workshop? whats this new documentary going to be called?? I can't wait!!! wow amazing of course!!!…loved that post and your unconscious beliefs that I am sure are shared by many…anyway how was the Charleston workshop? whats this new documentary going to be called?? I can’t wait!!!

]]> By: Hank http://spiritualcowgirl.com/?p=276#comment-427 Hank Mon, 09 Jun 2008 21:50:25 +0000 http://spiritualcowgirl.com/?p=276#comment-427 By taking great care of yourself, you can take great care of everything else... if that is your path. People who truly don't care about themselves seem to have a harder time allowing others to be 'self-caring!' Judgement comes into play. Yet, you can look really hot, have all sorts of plastic stuff done and still feel empty. Everyone knows deep down that it is not beauty that truly keeps the person coming back to you. It helps, don't get me wrong, but eventually everybody finds out that it is the beauty WITH the personality and grounded heart the actually 'moves' people. Beauty can only take you so far until you have to actually speak with the ones who are attracted to you. The harder some try, the more they seem to rappell that which they seek. Be beautiful! Live in your power; be humble about it, yet still feel great about looking goooooood! By taking great care of yourself, you can take great care of everything else… if that is your path. People who truly don’t care about themselves seem to have a harder time allowing others to be ’self-caring!’ Judgement comes into play. Yet, you can look really hot, have all sorts of plastic stuff done and still feel empty. Everyone knows deep down that it is not beauty that truly keeps the person coming back to you. It helps, don’t get me wrong, but eventually everybody finds out that it is the beauty WITH the personality and grounded heart the actually ‘moves’ people. Beauty can only take you so far until you have to actually speak with the ones who are attracted to you. The harder some try, the more they seem to rappell that which they seek. Be beautiful! Live in your power; be humble about it, yet still feel great about looking goooooood!

]]> By: Keeley http://spiritualcowgirl.com/?p=276#comment-428 Keeley Mon, 09 Jun 2008 22:52:01 +0000 http://spiritualcowgirl.com/?p=276#comment-428 Ummm......you had a flesh wound on your face? I remember you saying your parrot had bit you but for some reason it seemed like a more-than-past tense thing. Never noticed anything on your face but your eyes and a smile. Cheers. Ummm……you had a flesh wound on your face? I remember you saying your parrot had bit you but for some reason it seemed like a more-than-past tense thing. Never noticed anything on your face but your eyes and a smile.

Cheers.

]]> By: Serenity http://spiritualcowgirl.com/?p=276#comment-429 Serenity Tue, 10 Jun 2008 15:14:21 +0000 http://spiritualcowgirl.com/?p=276#comment-429 I clearly remember my mother brushing the tangles out of my long dark hair as a child. I would stand there in tears, angry, in pain and begging for her to stop. Frustrated, she would simply tell me, "it takes pains to be beautiful". My five year old self would then scream, "I don't want to be beautiful". I agree that beauty has served me well many times and it has also hurt me a time or two due to low self-esteem & poor boundries. I've come along way to awaken my inner peace and to experiance my Divine truths. I found the Red Book at precisely the moment my inner Goddess intended (hooray for intuition). Today I continue to say, "thank you" when given a compliment on my appearance, and I find when I'm given a heartfelt observance on my actions, my words, my generous spirit & willingness to help others, I again say, "thank you", but this time I'm giving thanks to my Divine. Now that my spark has been lit I'm doing whatever it takes to fan the flame! I clearly remember my mother brushing the tangles out of my long dark hair as a child. I would stand there in tears, angry, in pain and begging for her to stop. Frustrated, she would simply tell me, “it takes pains to be beautiful”. My five year old self would then scream, “I don’t want to be beautiful”. I agree that beauty has served me well many times and it has also hurt me a time or two due to low self-esteem & poor boundries. I’ve come along way to awaken my inner peace and to experiance my Divine truths. I found the Red Book at precisely the moment my inner Goddess intended (hooray for intuition). Today I continue to say, “thank you” when given a compliment on my appearance, and I find when I’m given a heartfelt observance on my actions, my words, my generous spirit & willingness to help others, I again say, “thank you”, but this time I’m giving thanks to my Divine. Now that my spark has been lit I’m doing whatever it takes to fan the flame!

]]> By: Aerolin http://spiritualcowgirl.com/?p=276#comment-430 Aerolin Tue, 10 Jun 2008 20:02:25 +0000 http://spiritualcowgirl.com/?p=276#comment-430 I absolutely LOVE your visualization of unplugging and plugging back in to Goddess! I've had issues in this department, too. I just recently began reading Eckhart Tolle's A New Earth, and I think the secret-agent is actually my ego whose theme song is "Not enough" with variations like "More, more, more," "Woe is me," etc. :) I absolutely LOVE your visualization of unplugging and plugging back in to Goddess! I’ve had issues in this department, too. I just recently began reading Eckhart Tolle’s A New Earth, and I think the secret-agent is actually my ego whose theme song is “Not enough” with variations like “More, more, more,” “Woe is me,” etc. :)

]]> By: Grace http://spiritualcowgirl.com/?p=276#comment-431 Grace Tue, 10 Jun 2008 22:42:12 +0000 http://spiritualcowgirl.com/?p=276#comment-431 As a woman of a certain age who is 2 years into menopause, the subject of physical 'beauty' comes up often between my friends and I. (Most of us are in the same chronologial Boat...) I appreciated your list of "Truths"...both of them. And my own personal affirmations and self talk closely reflects that second list. Of course, I'd have to wonder if I'd feel quite so sparkly and shiney after saying them if - in fact - I was humpbacked, toothless and balding, rather than a middle aged woman who looks 'good' for her age! (and who fights a hereditary propensity for a post-menopausnal shape like SpongeBobs tooth and nail). You are definitely a beautiful young woman, as the picture on your "About Me" shows. How do you think your life would be different...spiritually...if you hadn't grown up as one of the fortunate ones? :) As a woman of a certain age who is 2 years into menopause, the subject of physical ‘beauty’ comes up often between my friends and I. (Most of us are in the same chronologial Boat…)

I appreciated your list of “Truths”…both of them. And my own personal affirmations and self talk closely reflects that second list. Of course, I’d have to wonder if I’d feel quite so sparkly and shiney after saying them if - in fact - I was humpbacked, toothless and balding, rather than a middle aged woman who looks ‘good’ for her age! (and who fights a hereditary propensity for a post-menopausnal shape like SpongeBobs tooth and nail).

You are definitely a beautiful young woman, as the picture on your “About Me” shows. How do you think your life would be different…spiritually…if you hadn’t grown up as one of the fortunate ones? :)

]]> By: TarotByArwen http://spiritualcowgirl.com/?p=276#comment-432 TarotByArwen Wed, 11 Jun 2008 03:46:52 +0000 http://spiritualcowgirl.com/?p=276#comment-432 I read this and laughed hysterically. Not because you got bitten. Because my Blue Front Amazon (who no longer lives with me I'm sad to say) once did the same thing. I misread his energy totally and got one ouchie ouchie lip bite. Nothing like a parrot to remind you of your place in their world! Great blog. I read this and laughed hysterically.

Not because you got bitten.

Because my Blue Front Amazon (who no longer lives with me I’m sad to say) once did the same thing. I misread his energy totally and got one ouchie ouchie lip bite. Nothing like a parrot to remind you of your place in their world! Great blog.

]]> By: Rob http://spiritualcowgirl.com/?p=276#comment-433 Rob Wed, 11 Jun 2008 23:31:05 +0000 http://spiritualcowgirl.com/?p=276#comment-433 I had the pleasure of being at your talk in Mountain View last week. I bought your Red Book, read it and loved it. It was a book I had been looking for. I showed up at 7:30 and asked what was going on? When the woman said “Sera here is giving a talk about her book”, I looked over and your smile captivated me. It was the best part of my day. Thanks. Yesterday I had a rough day and my looks did not change the outcome, until I went to Yoga class, where I had the gift of humility. When I got to Yoga I felt un-comfortable and alone. Everyone seemed so old and lumpy. I assume I had the right to feel this way, being, handsome, happily married, 48 and a bit out of shape. I was also annoyed that there were no “cute” girls there. After all this is yoga class. As the class proceeded and the instructor engaged me in the class, I started to see the beauty in the people, they were laughing and having a great time. I really felt energized and part of the program in a short period of time. I plan to return to the class next week. It reaffirmed in my mind how judgmental I can be based on first glances, and how I would miss out on so many wonderful experiences if I acted negatively on those first impressions. I thought “When All Else Fails go to Yoga” First time blogger. I had the pleasure of being at your talk in Mountain View last week. I bought your Red Book, read it and loved it. It was a book I had been looking for. I showed up at 7:30 and asked what was going on? When the woman said “Sera here is giving a talk about her book”, I looked over and your smile captivated me. It was the best part of my day. Thanks.

Yesterday I had a rough day and my looks did not change the outcome, until I went to Yoga class, where I had the gift of humility. When I got to Yoga I felt un-comfortable and alone. Everyone seemed so old and lumpy. I assume I had the right to feel this way, being, handsome, happily married, 48 and a bit out of shape. I was also annoyed that there were no “cute” girls there. After all this is yoga class. As the class proceeded and the instructor engaged me in the class, I started to see the beauty in the people, they were laughing and having a great time. I really felt energized and part of the program in a short period of time. I plan to return to the class next week. It reaffirmed in my mind how judgmental I can be based on first glances, and how I would miss out on so many wonderful experiences if I acted negatively on those first impressions.

I thought “When All Else Fails go to Yoga”

First time blogger.

]]> By: kenya http://spiritualcowgirl.com/?p=276#comment-434 kenya Thu, 12 Jun 2008 05:22:11 +0000 http://spiritualcowgirl.com/?p=276#comment-434 sorry about your love peck from your parrot pal. painful and mis-timed, but -- as these things go and your blog reads -- lesson filled. timely with my adventure while packing up my boxes at my parents' house. as i neared my last box of items to sort through and toss or re-pack, a saudered frame of double-sided glass slid -- hidden -- from the top of a box and rammed into the bridge of my nose. never saw it 'til it was smashed on the ground, but oh did i feel it. so today, to ease the bruised pain, i sip a nice red wine and check out my swollen bridge and slightly bruised eyes. these reminders are what they are. thankfully! hope your lip heals speedily and easily! sorry about your love peck from your parrot pal. painful and mis-timed, but — as these things go and your blog reads — lesson filled.

timely with my adventure while packing up my boxes at my parents’ house. as i neared my last box of items to sort through and toss or re-pack, a saudered frame of double-sided glass slid — hidden — from the top of a box and rammed into the bridge of my nose. never saw it ’til it was smashed on the ground, but oh did i feel it.

so today, to ease the bruised pain, i sip a nice red wine and check out my swollen bridge and slightly bruised eyes. these reminders are what they are. thankfully!

hope your lip heals speedily and easily!

]]> By: Lauren http://spiritualcowgirl.com/?p=276#comment-435 Lauren Fri, 13 Jun 2008 05:59:33 +0000 http://spiritualcowgirl.com/?p=276#comment-435 For a long time, I wasn't very self aware and I guess I didn't know I was attractive at all. Didn't cross my mind, I'm not your typical girly girl and I cringe at anything pink & fluffy. I had never been pursued before either. So you can imagine my utter confusion when in high school I was asked out by the *cutest* guy in my class. My mind just stopped working then and there and I couldn't answer back anything at all. What do you say when you get run over by a bus out of the clear blue? I ended up bailing out of that scene immediately and have lived to regret it. Now adays, I try a little more to recogize my own beauty and not to get too angry when I recieve catcalls in public. For a long time, I wasn’t very self aware and I guess I didn’t know I was attractive at all. Didn’t cross my mind, I’m not your typical girly girl and I cringe at anything pink & fluffy. I had never been pursued before either.

So you can imagine my utter confusion when in high school I was asked out by the *cutest* guy in my class. My mind just stopped working then and there and I couldn’t answer back anything at all. What do you say when you get run over by a bus out of the clear blue? I ended up bailing out of that scene immediately and have lived to regret it. Now adays, I try a little more to recogize my own beauty and not to get too angry when I recieve catcalls in public.

]]> By: kim sequoia http://spiritualcowgirl.com/?p=276#comment-436 kim sequoia Fri, 13 Jun 2008 15:12:03 +0000 http://spiritualcowgirl.com/?p=276#comment-436 Woot! Love LOVE love this post. Thank you for a relevant navel-gazing that I could fall into...;> Here is a share on my thoughts of beauty, because there can never be enough: http://underthewingmothering.blogspot.com/2008/03/ramblin-gods-want-you-to-be-beautiful.html Woot! Love LOVE love this post. Thank you for a relevant navel-gazing that I could fall into…;> Here is a share on my thoughts of beauty, because there can never be enough:

http://underthewingmothering.blogspot.com/2008/03/ramblin-gods-want-you-to-be-beautiful.html

]]> By: Helen http://spiritualcowgirl.com/?p=276#comment-437 Helen Sat, 14 Jun 2008 00:39:00 +0000 http://spiritualcowgirl.com/?p=276#comment-437 To start out with I'd like to say how much your book/website/blog is like a warm bubble bath for the inside of my body and my spirit! It is such a joy to read your blog and your book - I tried to slow down when I was reading The Red Book so I wouldn't devour it in 2 days. Your honesty and humour within your blog is so refreshing, it helps me to remember to ground my feet but let my spirit soar (and to understand why I get that divine kick in the pants when I need it...). It is also wonderful to chew over the different ideas you put forth long after I've actually read your blog - they resonate like the echoes of a gong for days. Thanks so much for your words, your complete honesty and your spark, the world needs all of them right now, and more. Keep them coming! To start out with I’d like to say how much your book/website/blog is like a warm bubble bath for the inside of my body and my spirit! It is such a joy to read your blog and your book - I tried to slow down when I was reading The Red Book so I wouldn’t devour it in 2 days. Your honesty and humour within your blog is so refreshing, it helps me to remember to ground my feet but let my spirit soar (and to understand why I get that divine kick in the pants when I need it…). It is also wonderful to chew over the different ideas you put forth long after I’ve actually read your blog - they resonate like the echoes of a gong for days.

Thanks so much for your words, your complete honesty and your spark, the world needs all of them right now, and more. Keep them coming!

]]> By: zenventurous http://spiritualcowgirl.com/?p=276#comment-438 zenventurous Sat, 14 Jun 2008 17:34:35 +0000 http://spiritualcowgirl.com/?p=276#comment-438 Hi Sera, Great post! This is a topic with many seemingly conflicting wisdoms or truths. I must admit it was your physical beauty that attracted me first. I saw your picture on Zaadz (Gaia) and found it striking (ironically, it was the picture of you kissing Anaya). What separated you from just being another pretty face; however, was what you had to say in your description of yourself. I was captivated by your depth of wisdom, and ability to beautifully express that in such a creatively entertaining but also profound way. This is what has kept me a devoted fan and inspired me to buy many copies of your book to share with friends and recommend it to others. It is your expressed inner beauty and talent that makes you most beautiful. I admit, I enjoy seeing and meeting naturally beautiful girls, I've met many of them. Most I forget in a very short time. It's the inner beauty that lingers on my mind and keeps a person in my thoughts. Being physically attractive I believe, lowers people's defenses faster. It helps stimulate /create the interaction. It's the connection though, the shared joy or appreciation of something in common that is inspirational and makes a person really magnetic. If you think of appreciation as giving and receiving energy, than it is the energy exchange that we are after in life, in relating, in expressing and appreciating beauty. In that sense, it's the openness of our heart and soul that will bring us the greatest joy and make us truly beautiful. Shine on you beautiful Goddess! Hi Sera,

Great post! This is a topic with many seemingly conflicting wisdoms or truths. I must admit it was your physical beauty that attracted me first. I saw your picture on Zaadz (Gaia) and found it striking (ironically, it was the picture of you kissing Anaya). What separated you from just being another pretty face; however, was what you had to say in your description of yourself. I was captivated by your depth of wisdom, and ability to beautifully express that in such a creatively entertaining but also profound way. This is what has kept me a devoted fan and inspired me to buy many copies of your book to share with friends and recommend it to others. It is your expressed inner beauty and talent that makes you most beautiful.

I admit, I enjoy seeing and meeting naturally beautiful girls, I’ve met many of them. Most I forget in a very short time. It’s the inner beauty that lingers on my mind and keeps a person in my thoughts.

Being physically attractive I believe, lowers people’s defenses faster. It helps stimulate /create the interaction. It’s the connection though, the shared joy or appreciation of something in common that is inspirational and makes a person really magnetic.

If you think of appreciation as giving and receiving energy, than it is the energy exchange that we are after in life, in relating, in expressing and appreciating beauty. In that sense, it’s the openness of our heart and soul that will bring us the greatest joy and make us truly beautiful.

Shine on you beautiful Goddess!

]]> By: Gidget Commando http://spiritualcowgirl.com/?p=276#comment-439 Gidget Commando Tue, 17 Jun 2008 20:25:33 +0000 http://spiritualcowgirl.com/?p=276#comment-439 Why am I suddenly remembring the movie with Jeannine Garofolo and Uma Therman, <i>The Truth About Cats and Dogs</i>? One was seen but never heard, the other heard but invisible. Each one had to confront her own demons and screw some stuff up before beginning to be seen <i>and</i> heard. I was a late-bloomer, lookswise. Parents thought I was cute but boys never noticed me; I was the smart, chunky, dowdy one. I married the first guy who would have me and was very lucky to have escaped safely. It really wasn't until my 40s, a decade or so after I'd divorced, that I started to be noticed regularly. It's still rather foreign to me to be the one who's seen, but now I'm glad I wasn't conventionally attractive when I was younger. I think I appreciate it more and yet can experience it with a little healthy detachment. Why am I suddenly remembring the movie with Jeannine Garofolo and Uma Therman, The Truth About Cats and Dogs? One was seen but never heard, the other heard but invisible. Each one had to confront her own demons and screw some stuff up before beginning to be seen and heard.

I was a late-bloomer, lookswise. Parents thought I was cute but boys never noticed me; I was the smart, chunky, dowdy one. I married the first guy who would have me and was very lucky to have escaped safely. It really wasn’t until my 40s, a decade or so after I’d divorced, that I started to be noticed regularly. It’s still rather foreign to me to be the one who’s seen, but now I’m glad I wasn’t conventionally attractive when I was younger. I think I appreciate it more and yet can experience it with a little healthy detachment.

]]> By: Debbie http://spiritualcowgirl.com/?p=276#comment-440 Debbie Thu, 19 Jun 2008 14:04:49 +0000 http://spiritualcowgirl.com/?p=276#comment-440 Loved the post. I could relate. I have bought into some othe the false beliefs also. I have been up and down in weight all my life. Currently up. When I was younger and at a lower weight there was a curious power. I could walk into a room and men and women would stop and look. There was at times some potential danger-strange guys following me at stores and trying to use me as a pillow on a train. Now although I am heavier-I still feel beautiful-its a inner thing and I have inner power. Thanks for the bloq Loved the post. I could relate. I have bought into some othe the false beliefs also. I have been up and down in weight all my life. Currently up. When I was younger and at a lower weight there was a curious power. I could walk into a room and men and women would stop and look. There was at times some potential danger-strange guys following me at stores and trying to use me as a pillow on a train. Now although I am heavier-I still feel beautiful-its a inner thing and I have inner power. Thanks for the bloq

]]> By: kk http://spiritualcowgirl.com/?p=276#comment-441 kk Wed, 25 Jun 2008 01:27:11 +0000 http://spiritualcowgirl.com/?p=276#comment-441 Thank you for your humor and vulnerability. I love reading your stuff. Today I taught and wrote about how if we can just be more like Nature, who knows her perfection, we wouldn't have to work so hard in life. Nature doesn't try to impress us, isn't unreasonably needy, doesn't hurt the feelings of others or try to make them feel small... Nature knows her true nature, her perfection. She is herself. Nature is natural. And if humans can tune in to this and be like nature, we can experience genuinely our True Nature - which is wildly astonishing and perfect. Thank you for your humor and vulnerability. I love reading your stuff. Today I taught and wrote about how if we can just be more like Nature, who knows her perfection, we wouldn’t have to work so hard in life. Nature doesn’t try to impress us, isn’t unreasonably needy, doesn’t hurt the feelings of others or try to make them feel small… Nature knows her true nature, her perfection. She is herself. Nature is natural. And if humans can tune in to this and be like nature, we can experience genuinely our True Nature - which is wildly astonishing and perfect.

]]> By: Margarit http://spiritualcowgirl.com/?p=276#comment-443 Margarit Wed, 25 Jun 2008 23:30:07 +0000 http://spiritualcowgirl.com/?p=276#comment-443 Daaamn. So true, so true. What a post! I found your blog today through Gala Darling's ICING blog and I'll probably go ahead and get your book soon too as well as add your blog to my favorites. You basically wrote the kinds of feelings and thoughts I've been having since I was young. I would tell my mother how much I wish I could be me but that the world was holding me back. I'm still struggling with coming out of my shell at 24 and I feel I'm at a turning point. Finding you and your work will surely help guide me through my upcoming changes. Thank you!! Daaamn. So true, so true. What a post! I found your blog today through Gala Darling’s ICING blog and I’ll probably go ahead and get your book soon too as well as add your blog to my favorites. You basically wrote the kinds of feelings and thoughts I’ve been having since I was young. I would tell my mother how much I wish I could be me but that the world was holding me back. I’m still struggling with coming out of my shell at 24 and I feel I’m at a turning point. Finding you and your work will surely help guide me through my upcoming changes. Thank you!!

]]> By: SophieWise http://spiritualcowgirl.com/?p=276#comment-444 SophieWise Thu, 26 Jun 2008 07:09:48 +0000 http://spiritualcowgirl.com/?p=276#comment-444 I too came through iCiNG. I have to say reading your blog over the past two days has totally flipped my switch. I normally shy away from anything to do with religion or spirituality. Fear of being perceived at non rational or loopy has kept me away. After reading through, my eyes have been opened to the many winks the universe has been sending my way. I now feel loopy for not paying more attention and I want to thank you for that. My 18th birthday super (15 days) soon and your book is at the top of the list! I too came through iCiNG.
I have to say reading your blog over the past two days has totally flipped my switch. I normally shy away from anything to do with religion or spirituality. Fear of being perceived at non rational or loopy has kept me away.
After reading through, my eyes have been opened to the many winks the universe has been sending my way. I now feel loopy for not paying more attention and I want to thank you for that. My 18th birthday super (15 days) soon and your book is at the top of the list!

]]> By: MJFabulous http://spiritualcowgirl.com/?p=276#comment-445 MJFabulous Thu, 26 Jun 2008 13:13:02 +0000 http://spiritualcowgirl.com/?p=276#comment-445 Hi there Sera, Got onto your blog via the marvellous Gala Darling (one of my favourite bloggers of all time who went to listen to a talk to you did in New York recently) and I have to say- you make more sense then every single Sunday School, religion lesson and sermon I have been forced to sit through my entire life. I've always felt a stronger connection with the Goddess than anything else (snaps more Mary Magdalene, baby) But I think it's something more than that. You've flicked a switch in my head. You're brilliant. I will be eagerly awaiting your Australian tour (!) and your blog is now on my favourite blogs ever list. I can't wait to read more! Hi there Sera,

Got onto your blog via the marvellous Gala Darling (one of my favourite bloggers of all time who went to listen to a talk to you did in New York recently) and I have to say- you make more sense then every single Sunday School, religion lesson and sermon I have been forced to sit through my entire life. I’ve always felt a stronger connection with the Goddess than anything else (snaps more Mary Magdalene, baby) But I think it’s something more than that. You’ve flicked a switch in my head. You’re brilliant. I will be eagerly awaiting your Australian tour (!) and your blog is now on my favourite blogs ever list. I can’t wait to read more!

]]> By: Brianna http://spiritualcowgirl.com/?p=276#comment-446 Brianna Thu, 26 Jun 2008 17:26:22 +0000 http://spiritualcowgirl.com/?p=276#comment-446 I just stumbled upon this (via Gala Darling as well!) and I think I might be in love. What you're on about really locks in with what I've always felt, which is I Don't Dig This Whole Religion Thing, But I Don't Know What To Think So Sometime I'll Have To Think About It. Well, it's summer and I have nothing to do but take my dog on runs, make delicious meals for myself, ride my horse, and read -- so time for me to do some reading and thinking! As far as I'm concerned, the Universe has been sending me all kinds of big, fat kicks in the pants, and this is one of them. I'm happily leaping over from high school to college and my life is full of realizations going YES, this is the way I want to live! Thank you for adding one more log to the growing fire :) I just stumbled upon this (via Gala Darling as well!) and I think I might be in love. What you’re on about really locks in with what I’ve always felt, which is I Don’t Dig This Whole Religion Thing, But I Don’t Know What To Think So Sometime I’ll Have To Think About It.

Well, it’s summer and I have nothing to do but take my dog on runs, make delicious meals for myself, ride my horse, and read — so time for me to do some reading and thinking!

As far as I’m concerned, the Universe has been sending me all kinds of big, fat kicks in the pants, and this is one of them. I’m happily leaping over from high school to college and my life is full of realizations going YES, this is the way I want to live!

Thank you for adding one more log to the growing fire :)

]]> By: Rachel http://spiritualcowgirl.com/?p=276#comment-447 Rachel Fri, 27 Jun 2008 15:42:10 +0000 http://spiritualcowgirl.com/?p=276#comment-447 Hiya, found your blog through myspace, and as a transsexual woman i spend each end every day stressing over my looks, forever feeling paranoid in town that i don't look feminine enough. After such a stressful day again today in town, worrying what people think of me and how i look, it was great to come home and read your blog. For i know what you say to be true and feel it deep inside me, but at times it is hard to realize my sub-conscious thoughts and feelings, until an external force, as yourself, brings them to the fore! For i feel that i am a beautiful, warm, kind and feminine woman, and it does and should not matter if others cannot see this for i know it to be the truth and must keep reminding myself of this fact! The pressure to conform and fit in are external pressures and should not affect any of us just wanting to be our selves and be accepted, for acceptance comes from within first..free your ass and your mind will follow!! I am very guilty of concentrating on the external and forgetting about the internal..so thank you for bring me back to myself!! Hiya, found your blog through myspace, and as a transsexual woman i spend each end every day stressing over my looks, forever feeling paranoid in town that i don’t look feminine enough. After such a stressful day again today in town, worrying what people think of me and how i look, it was great to come home and read your blog. For i know what you say to be true and feel it deep inside me, but at times it is hard to realize my sub-conscious thoughts and feelings, until an external force, as yourself, brings them to the fore! For i feel that i am a beautiful, warm, kind and feminine woman, and it does and should not matter if others cannot see this for i know it to be the truth and must keep reminding myself of this fact! The pressure to conform and fit in are external pressures and should not affect any of us just wanting to be our selves and be accepted, for acceptance comes from within first..free your ass and your mind will follow!! I am very guilty of concentrating on the external and forgetting about the internal..so thank you for bring me back to myself!!

]]> By: Kat http://spiritualcowgirl.com/?p=276#comment-449 Kat Fri, 27 Jun 2008 16:09:12 +0000 http://spiritualcowgirl.com/?p=276#comment-449 I also came across this via Gala Darling at iCiNG today, and it is a good read, but one quote especially struck a chord with me: "But we often have a difficult time recognizing and honoring beauty when it’s fleshy, sweaty, dirty, and immanently imperfect." I am striving to be a vocalist in a rock band once I leave school, and I am confident, and don't get nervous...apart from that since it's rock music and that means a lot of movement on stage, I am nervous of the people watching being negative because I'll be sweaty and dirty from it. However this made me realise that that is silly, they're there to hear the music and enjoy it, not to make comments on how I look. Thank you very much :) I also came across this via Gala Darling at iCiNG today, and it is a good read, but one quote especially struck a chord with me:
“But we often have a difficult time recognizing and honoring beauty when it’s fleshy, sweaty, dirty, and immanently imperfect.”
I am striving to be a vocalist in a rock band once I leave school, and I am confident, and don’t get nervous…apart from that since it’s rock music and that means a lot of movement on stage, I am nervous of the people watching being negative because I’ll be sweaty and dirty from it. However this made me realise that that is silly, they’re there to hear the music and enjoy it, not to make comments on how I look.
Thank you very much :)

]]> By: bebe http://spiritualcowgirl.com/?p=276#comment-450 bebe Sat, 28 Jun 2008 10:53:12 +0000 http://spiritualcowgirl.com/?p=276#comment-450 Right on! I am one of the fortunate, the pretty ones. I have not come to rely on my looks in any circumstance, because when I grew up, I was the ugly duckling. BUT I was the ugly duckling with heaps of personality. It is not looks that matters, though it certainly may open some doors. The most important thing in this life is to love and accept yourself for who you are. When you love yourself, that love will float like little skies and bless all the people around you. It will make looks ( the Ego) less important and how you feel the main point. Life is fun, contrary to popular belief. You are on a journey, have fun and don`t take yourself too seriously. Laugh at your mistakes, I do, and it is liberating. Right on! I am one of the fortunate, the pretty ones. I have not come to rely on my looks in any circumstance, because when I grew up, I was the ugly duckling. BUT I was the ugly duckling with heaps of personality. It is not looks that matters, though it certainly may open some doors. The most important thing in this life is to love and accept yourself for who you are. When you love yourself, that love will float like little skies and bless all the people around you. It will make looks ( the Ego) less important and how you feel the main point. Life is fun, contrary to popular belief. You are on a journey, have fun and don`t take yourself too seriously. Laugh at your mistakes, I do, and it is liberating.

]]> By: laura http://spiritualcowgirl.com/?p=276#comment-451 laura Sun, 29 Jun 2008 17:41:28 +0000 http://spiritualcowgirl.com/?p=276#comment-451 Hmm Im 19 Ive always sort of felt i was treated differently because of the way i looked too, its just an odd feeling you cant pin down. im not beautiful....my only boyfriend repeatedly linked my visage to that of rat. Er i heard sum one say the world warms to a pretty face and its true... Hmm Im 19 Ive always sort of felt i was treated differently because of the way i looked too, its just an odd feeling you cant pin down.
im not beautiful….my only boyfriend repeatedly linked my visage to that of rat.
Er i heard sum one say the world warms to a pretty face and its true…

]]> By: amy http://spiritualcowgirl.com/?p=276#comment-454 amy Sat, 05 Jul 2008 19:47:11 +0000 http://spiritualcowgirl.com/?p=276#comment-454 Your writing is amazing. I especially love the quote that is on galadarlings main page right now. And I just ordered your book! Your writing is amazing. I especially love the quote that is on galadarlings main page right now. And I just ordered your book!

]]> By: Lightning Mike http://spiritualcowgirl.com/?p=276#comment-479 Lightning Mike Wed, 16 Jul 2008 00:11:59 +0000 http://spiritualcowgirl.com/?p=276#comment-479 Right on for venturing into this territory and stripping bare the beauty myth and it's attendant privileges...I was really skinny and lily white during those critical teen years and my biggest wound is around that residual feeling that I'm not HOT on a physical level. Getting in touch with my red hot 1st chakra lava on an energetic level and following your red recommendations has generated some new inner hotness that's beginning to bubble out and make my embodied life much more fun and juicy. So thanks for waving that Redvolutionary flag and calling on us all to stop feeling imprisoned by existence and become living examples of ecstatic bliss! Right on for venturing into this territory and stripping bare the beauty myth and it’s attendant privileges…I was really skinny and lily white during those critical teen years and my biggest wound is around that residual feeling that I’m not HOT on a physical level. Getting in touch with my red hot 1st chakra lava on an energetic level and following your red recommendations has generated some new inner hotness that’s beginning to bubble out and make my embodied life much more fun and juicy. So thanks for waving that Redvolutionary flag and calling on us all to stop feeling imprisoned by existence and become living examples of ecstatic bliss!

]]> By: Maria http://spiritualcowgirl.com/?p=276#comment-1031 Maria Fri, 17 Oct 2008 17:57:46 +0000 http://spiritualcowgirl.com/?p=276#comment-1031 Um... I really don't like this post. Ok. We get it. You're cute. We've all seen your pictures. But making such a big deal out of it is just pointless to me. How is an overweight woman with acne who has been called ugly and fat her whole life going to relate to you? You definitely haven't convinced me, and I am neither ugly nor fat. That is the point - I feel that it takes a lot more to let go of the social expectations of being pretty. I often feel frustrated by it, I do, on one hand, want to look attractive, on the other, sometimes I wish it weren't that important and time consuming. It really is a complex issue, and the whole parrot story hasn't helped me at all. I mean, haven't you ever had acne or a bad hair day? I really like your blog, but I feel that this post is just immature. Um…
I really don’t like this post. Ok. We get it. You’re cute. We’ve all seen your pictures.
But making such a big deal out of it is just pointless to me. How is an overweight woman with acne who has been called ugly and fat her whole life going to relate to you? You definitely haven’t convinced me, and I am neither ugly nor fat. That is the point - I feel that it takes a lot more to let go of the social expectations of being pretty. I often feel frustrated by it, I do, on one hand, want to look attractive, on the other, sometimes I wish it weren’t that important and time consuming. It really is a complex issue, and the whole parrot story hasn’t helped me at all. I mean, haven’t you ever had acne or a bad hair day?
I really like your blog, but I feel that this post is just immature.

]]> By: Ariel http://spiritualcowgirl.com/?p=276#comment-61980 Ariel Wed, 28 Jul 2010 20:52:46 +0000 http://spiritualcowgirl.com/?p=276#comment-61980 God, you are unbelievable! "I was soooooo pretty and it afforded me respect and a herd of secret admirers drooling over me and fawning women force-feeding me yummy meals!" Have you ever seen yourself in the mirror? Have you ever heard your ridiculour, childish voice?" God, you are unbelievable! “I was soooooo pretty and it afforded me respect and a herd of secret admirers drooling over me and fawning women force-feeding me yummy meals!” Have you ever seen yourself in the mirror? Have you ever heard your ridiculour, childish voice?”

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