Sun on Skin

"To rest or abide as awareness means to feel what awareness feels like. Of course, awareness is not itself a feeling, but it elicits a particular feeling tone or presence. It is a bit like asking someone what the sun feels like on their skin. The sun is not itself a feeling but it gives off warmth that you can feel. In the same manner, awareness elicits subtle feeling tones in and around the body that are sometimes called presence, openness, stillness, silence, or intimacy. To abide as awareness means to take note of these subtle feeling tones of awareness, to rest in the feeling and experience of them. This can draw you more deeply into the core of your being, the realization of which can only come by grace, which means spontaneously." ~ Adyashanti


Photo ~ "Sudanese model Nyakim Gatwech was bullied for her dark skin growing up, but now she's become an international sensation thanks to her stunning look and teachings about self-love. The 24-year-old first made headlines back in March after she revealed an Uber driver offered her $10,000 to bleach her skin, insinuating that her complexion was something to be ashamed of. While most would be enraged by this, Gatwech simply laughed it off. "Why on earth would I ever bleach this beautiful melanin God [blessed] me with," she shared on Instagram. "You won't believe the kind of questions I get and the kind of looks I get for having this skin."