Loving yourself is one of the hardest things for an individual to do.
We’ve been taught, from an early age, that there are good parts and bad parts of who we are. We begin to see those 'bad' parts of ourselves as something to be avoided at all costs. And yet, our shadow selves wouldn’t be as insidious if we accepted them instead of burying them away. If we can look at all parts of ourselves and say, “I accept you just the way you are” then in a stroke of irony, those parts of ourselves that we labeled as negative wouldn't have that much sway over our behaviour patterns.
That is what enlightenment is - lightening up on yourself and bringing the shadow to the light - learning to love and accept yourself unconditionally - being one and being complete with the totality of who you are. That is the secret.
Filmed in Singapore.
Featuring Zee (https://zeecornelius.com; Instagram: zeecrnls)
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Filming - by Michael Raimondo
Editing - by Justine du Toit
Sound mix - by Tamryn Breakey
This video was produced in collaboration with The Everyday People, an online publication that shares inspiring stories of those living in Singapore. It is part of their ongoing video series "A Singapore Story".
Music sourced from ArtList - https://bit.ly/2KfrAt2
Understanding a Loss - by Marshall Usinger
Telephones - by mee
Depart - by Kyle Preston
I See You in Light - by We Dream of Eden
Ballerina - by Yehezkel Raz
I'll Understand - by Roza
A huge thank you to these guys, who gave so generously of their to time to help with translations, enabling us to provide subtitles in the following languages:
Bulgarian - by Polina Stoyanova
Chinese (Traditional and Simplified) - by Shun-Ying Lu
Croatian - by Davor Bobanac
Dutch - by Karla Greven
English - by Justine du Toit
French - by Amélie Macoin
German - by Tanja Pütz
Greek - by Vicky Polychroni
Hungarian - by Zorka Evetovics
Italian - by Grazia Gironella
Malay - by Zee Khamal
Polish - by Anna Konieczna
Portuguese - by Sibylle Steinpass and Lucivani Valvassori
Romanian - by Anca Zaharia
Slovak - by Zuzana Beratsova
Vietnamese - by Thi Le
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