Human Beauty/ Human Inadequacy

For those of us on a conscious path of growth, it is inevitable at some point to become aware of how much is possible that is not yet possible for us. Seeing what is possible can create excitement, hope and focus. It can also create pain, disappointment and self loathing. For truly, it is our nature to want to become all the beauty we can imagine. And it is also our nature that what we can imagine in seconds can take hours or millennia for us and/or our species to embody.

Tricking ourselves into delusions of instant perfection is among the most unkind things we can do to ourselves, and ultimately those around us. For when we experience failure in our attempts at instant makeovers we delude ourselves into expecting, it is not long before that failure turns into blame directed at those around us.

One of the kindest things we can do to both self and others is accept where we are and our true ability and willingness to change at this time. We are each of us very complex and it is that very complexity that can be such a challenge to integrate. Each of us contains not only boundless gods and goddesses within us, but an equally powerful inner child who seeks love in the ways we have learned growing up. We contain amazing wisdom, but are also equal part animal. And it is our nature as animals to eat, sleep, fuck and fight or flight when any of these are threatened. We are also an ego personality in an age where "looking good" is as important as it always has been in our culture, but where the definition of looking good is more confusing and contradictory than ever.

Take a moment to consider that you have pieces of all of that inside you, and those pieces are often engaged in internal conflict. The animal and the god. The mind and the body. The heart and the mind. The child and the mind. The mind and the animal. The god and the child. How you do and do not make sense of these relationships within yourself will not affect the inherent tensions within these diverse faces of your psyche. It will affect how much unnecessary pain and abuse you heap upon yourself and others during this intricate adventure as a human being.

I mention this here because I invite you to read this book knowing that there are many excellent awarenesses within it that are not right for you to fully act on at this time or perhaps ever. As someone who has an unusually high ability to imagine, to channel information from other space/time locations and to articulate it lucidly, I also write this to remind myself. it is tempting sometimes to assume that I can live all my words with the same integrity with which I can write them. In fact there are many insights and suggested actions in this book that I cannot implement and stay sane, and it is quite possible, will never implement in this lifetime. However it is equally true that the five percent of this book that I do embody and live in my daily relationship has gifted me with a number of absolutely extraordinary relationships that are highlights in both of our lives. There are so many possible understandings and threads of action within this book that picking just a few that are right for you and implementing them can dramatically change your life for the better. Let that be enough and remember to appreciate your self for each step you take on your journey into deeper love.

Warmly,

Dane

Contents

Cresting the Waves:

A guide to sailing through life on

Relation-Ships

Dane E. Rose