Princess Arabia

This is how I use fresh tumeric to whiten my teeth. I grate it, put it in a lemon juicer, squeeze the juice out into a small container and dip toothbrush in and brush. Can add a small bit of baking soda which makes the whitening more potent. Do it over the kitchen sink, though, as it stains white surfaces. If no lemon juicer, use hands; but beware, your hands will stain of the tumeric juice but only for a day or so that's why I use the juicer. Can also use a regular juicer and juice a few tumeric pieces with it. This is after I've brushed my teeth using my whitening toothpaste but they still get whiter after doing this. I may repeat the following days just to finish up the juice.

Eat your pomegranates. They're good for you. Eat them whole or use a citrus juicer to make pomegranate juice. I juice a pomegranate, an orange, a grapefruit and 1/2 a lemon to make a refreshing drink on ice. Delish! Add some vodka if you wish but don't tell.

My Chicken Cacciatore w/kalamata Olives. A different version of the Italian one. You could call it Greek Chicken Cacciatore. Cut up Chicken season and brown. Remove from pan and add onions, garlic, red pepper,Rosemary and Olives. Cook 5mins. Add chopped fresh tomatoes. Cook 5 more min's. Add Chicken and 1 can San Marzano whole tomatoes.(chopped). Cover and cook 30-40mins or until Chicken is cooked through. Add chopped basil and or parsley. Serve with Mashed Potatoes, Pasta, Rice or whatever your heart's desire. No rules here.

Try plantain leaves. Go online and search plantain leaves. They have in tinctures and salves like the one shown here. It grows wild everywhere even in my front yard. (the leaves, it's considered a weed) I've used it on bee stings that would disappear within minutes. It may help. Something as delicate as the eyes should be cared for with caution. This is a miraculous plant and may help. Sales for it is online but if you have it grown close to you, you can just crush the leaves, squeeze out the juice and carefully apply it to the affected area. Aloe may also help to soothe.

To cleanse, I use oils. (It's called OIL CLEANSING) Google. The oil bonds to the dirt on your skin and protects it from drying out. It balances out skin tone for an even tone. Great for all types of skin. I have combination skin (T-zone oily and outer dry). Ever since doing this method, it balanced it out and now it's neither oily nor dry, but even. I use a variety of oils, depending on what I have on hand. Cold pressed olive oil or unrefined coconut oil are my go to's, but I also use sweet almond, argan, rosehip, sesame (not the cooking oil), grapeseed (not too often with this one). Any kind of organic (preferably) high quality oil, not specifically for face. I smear a lot on my face put a warm washcloth over my face for a few seconds then wipe. I repeat the wiping process (about 2 or 3 times) till the oil is removed. Then I just rinse. That's it. Clean face. Then I use the same oil to moisturize. Done. If i wear eye shadow, I may use my black soap to wash my face or just the eye part to remove the eye shadow, but the oil does the same trick. I haven't worn foundation nor face powder in years. Don't need it. I used to, but the oil cleansing method evened out my skin where I don't need to use them anymore. I only wear eye-shadow, eye-liner, and occasionally lipstick (very rare) and mascara. I also, on occasion, use plain yogurt (regular or Greek) and nut milk (as I never buy cow's but that'll work too) to cleanse my face. Got this from the famous Cleopatra who I understand used to bathe in milk. Sorry, I won't go that far. My pampering on occasion (maybe once or twice/mth). FACIAL STEAM To a pot with water, I put loose leaf teas, herbs and essential oil. whatever I have on hand. Green tea leaves, parsley, orange peel, aloe vera leaf, ginger, lemon/lime. I mix and match. If I have teas in a bag I open and pour the leaves out in the pot, but I mostly make my own teas so I always have loose leaves like soursop leaves. Herbs rosemary, thyme (great for sinuses) etc. I mean you name it, nothing fresh is off limits. As long as it's not onions or garlic. I've used bay leaves. I put a large towel over my head and put my face over the pot to steam. Anywhere from 5 - 15 min, lifting my head every 2mins or so to breath even though I do breathe in the herbs and teas for detox purposes. I also like to put a drop or two of essential oil or oil of oregano to the pot. MISCELLANEOUS TREATMENTS: Scrubs, pastes etc. I like to put the following on my face just randomly while home. This list is all the things I might put on my face and leave on. Timing varies, but it's all edible so no time limits. Sometimes even all day if not going anywhere. Bananas, avocados, cucumbers, watermelon, turmeric, ginger, fresh orange/grapefruit juice, whatever smoothie I make, cinnamon, nutmeg, fresh aloe, any kind of berries, grapes. Can't think of any other right now but all these have their benefits on the skin. If I'm eating an orange, for instance I'll just squeeze the remnants of the juice and rub all over my face and let it sit there till I wash it off. Same for all the above. Whatever, whenever. No specific routine for this, just whenever whatever. There you have it. Haven't had a pimple in over 10 years and you can't tell if I have on foundation or not. Ladies (gentlemen too) give this a try. You just might eat it. Oh, I forgot. I also use honey as a facial. Love, love, love this. Manuka or just raw honey. Just warm with olive oil and put on face for however long. Don't know how I forgot this as it's my fav thing to put on my face. I also do an egg white mask on occasion. Also coffee and sugar scrub. Use with coconut oil to scrub. Just a side note here: I don't spend a lot of time nor resources on my face or even in general on my routines. It may appear that way because of how detailed I explained it and the precision. It takes less time to apply than to explain. Like as I'm sitting here editing this part, I just had breakfast and I had an orange and just dabbed a little bit of the juice on my face while sitting here typing I have it on. I just dab these things on while home on a constant bases with no special routine.

Thanks for the indirect reminder. I meant to bookmark it and got side-tracked after reading it twice..so profound.

You may need to replace your unhealthy addictions with more healthy ones. Maybe sports, reading, gym, music etc...

I'm about 3 1/2hrs in and enjoying listening. At 9hrs long it'll take a few days to complete - but there's no rush. I tend to listen to and watch everything posted in these Powerful threads so I'm familiar with what's being posted. Keep them coming if you have anymore to recommend.

Interesting. It was written so perfectly with such attention to detail and expressed in a way where I felt I was on the ride with him. It's amazing what this treatment can do and it's effects afterwards seem to lasts. Hopefully he made the switch permanent and didn't retract to his previous ways of being and can now move on to living his best life under the circumstances available to him.

Not too many thank you's in life, mostly criticisms, so kudos to you. I'm happy to see that it has worked for you.

Maybe because Satan resides in the West. Meditation happens within and you are basically located everywhere so it doesn't matter. The mind doesn't have a specific location.

Maybe specify "the heading" for clarity.

That's the wrong approach to take on life. Everything is unfolding as it should and it's all perfectly timed even though time is an illusion. Maybe if you had the same insight then that you have now, you wouldn't have been able to see it the same way as you see it now. It's all a matter of growth, proper alignment and having the container to hold such perspectives; and with wisdom, integrate and embody them in accordance with divine order. There's nothing to fix, just a mental shift as this Universe is mental. Then it's manifestations will flow through you and appear on the screen for you to experience. You will miss out on opportunities in the present if you keep focusing on the past and keep reminiscing about past missed opportunities that are no longer here but only exist as a memory.

Beautiful, thank you.

Awareness. Just like how you're aware of how it happened, you have to make a conscious decision to change it. Awareness is curative so expand your awareness and become conscious.

This is the key. Unless you have become so Aware and have dropped all attachments, replacing the old with the new and with something more enjoyable and in alignment with who we truly are, we will go back to the old pattern even if its something else that's still making us miserable.

Hi and welcome to the forum. Leo is an extension of us and we are an extension of him. We all do care, how we express that depends on the individual. Everyone that responded to you care. Everyone that responded to you smiled inside. You are a part of us as we're a part of you. No one is excluded.

Your identity certainly aligns you with that part of Reality that coexists with what you are being. Your beliefs will keep showing you more and more circumstances that iterate those beliefs which will in turn cause you to construct an identity whether consciously or not.

You're right, it's not a big deal. This what I said and the message that I'm trying to convey is not about positivity or negativity, but trying to shed light on who and what we are which is Awareness. That's it. Reality doesn't have its fuck-ups, it's how you're perceiving Reality that does. I'm not being judgemental about anything, just making statements about how things work. Resonate or don't resonate. Recognize or don't. I only said pointless because if I share what didn't get me laid it doesn't mean someone else won't get laid by that same thing. The opposite also applies but at least focusing on the things that do is more empowering. Assholes are getting laid too and so are narcissists and unkind people. What gets one laid determines on the circumstances not coming on a forum to say what doesn't. Thats my perspective and I'm sticking to it. You have yours which you're entitled to. Just like the OP is entitled to start a thread encouraging people to list their mistakes. All i'm saying is, in this case, it's not a one size fits all and when we focus on what works more things start to align with those intentions.

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These used to be my shit. At least we agree on the music aspect. Grindin'...

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I'm trying to empower people not lead them down a path of destruction. If I see where we are not lining up to how and why Reality is the way it is, how the mind can continuously keep us on a specific path and keeping us trapped in false identification, and lead us down a path of misery and entrapments, I will continue to do so. It is a mistake to keep your light of Awareness on things that doesn't serve you and to focus on the things that does. I have learnt this, and it would be selfish of me to not try to let others become aware of this if I see the opportunity to do so. What one does with this information is entirely up to them; but by me saying what I said, which was still in alignment with what the thread was about, someone might see it and choose to reflect on it and see the truth of what was said and come to their own recognition of this. What turns someone off from getting laid might not turn another off, so in that respect, this thread is pointless even though it still serves it's purpose. Everyone is different and have their own likes and dislikes. Sharing what doesn't get you laid is keeping what doesn't get you laid alive and well and it's only purpose is to keep you identifying with what didn't get you laid instead of moving to things that might.

That's an illusion. You're not disconnected from anything. It is the egoic mind that thinks it is. You're not even connected because connection implies disconnection. You are all there is. There is no separation. It's all mental. The illusion of separation is how we're able to experience life and to Awaken from this illusion is to recognize who you truly are and that is that which everything is appearing from. Untouched. We are all identifying with what's appearing and we claim it to be the Self when in all actuality these are all just reflections of the true Self. We have looked in the mirror and claimed the reflection to be real. It is, but it's not who we truly are. What you are can never change. Awareness just is. Now if we can just learn to enjoy the show and return back home unscathed, that is how to escape the so-called "maze" but it is all just illusory. How we do that is to not identify with anything just observe, let things be as they are without judgement. Even the criticisms, judgements, thoughts, emotions feelings are just appearing within the show and should not be identified with. They will dissolve back into which they came from. These are just appearances. "I am depressed" is just another identity the mind concocted and now that script is playing itself out. Everything that aligns with "I am depressed" will start to show up in your experience until you decide to change that identity. The illusion of time and space is what makes that possible. No time, no memory, no memory no identity, no identity, no suffering. The aim is not to "not have have an identity" but to chose wisely what you want to identify as. This is where the "I Am" comes in. Things will start to align with whatever we choose but it has to be consistent, embodied and without judging the old one. Just move to it within the mind and stay there. Thats why nothing is permanent. Reality is shifting to line up with whatever you choose to be, to become. It is not about killing the ego but to embody it and use it to experience what it is you want to experience in this realm. Now thats the challenge.

The elements are being imagined by Consciousness. So am I. So are you. So is everything.