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It has been common word that beauty is skin deep and inner beauty, referring to more appealing character, is more important. But a more wholistic consideration of beauty includes not just the idea of inner character but also the idea of beauty from within – the wellness of the body from its more fundamental level.
While the skin can be taken cared of from outside through facial-body creams and ointments, a basic principle for youthfulness and beauty is to care for the inner needs of the body. The form outside is a reflection of the state within the body - the body’s systems, organs, tissues and cells. Developing beauty from within involves caring for the basic needs of the body. This is done through inner cleansing, aerobics exercise, water therapy and healthy nutrition.
But there is something even more fundamental than taking care of the physiological needs of the body. The care of the inner mind - having the right habits of the mind - is the ultimate determinant of what the body becomes. Past experiences of the body taken into the belief system of the mind becomes influencing factors that determines the behavior of the body. For example, experiences of sickness joined with feelings of fear for one’s health form the inner perception of the body’s weakness and susceptibility to disease, making one prone to sickness at the slightest change in external factors.
On a positive vein we can see a mature woman suddenly transformed and radiant with beauty when, after years of loveless life, she fell in love again and became the center of her lover’s universe. Love gave her the inner perception of her own beauty and loveliness; and her whole physiology responded to her brain’s conviction and outwardly manifested in her psycho-physical beauty and loveliness.
Beauty from within is founded on the scientific discovery of the intimate mind/brain-body connection, which essentially demonstrated that our inner most thoughts and feelings changes the biochemistry of the body down to the cellular and molecular level. Conversely, the bodily movement likewise influences the biochemical behavior of the brain which manifest in thoughts and feelings.
Beauty from within will become a living reality in your person when you learn to habitually see yourself as a total whole and take care of yourself as a complete person – body, mind and spirit.
