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The love you pray
for is trying to reach you at every moment. So pray for the highest
love. Then when it reaches you, your blessing will be infinite. Purity
is the secret of fulfilling your desires. The purest heart brings the
highest love. To know what love really is, you must discover that you areFor everyone love is the journey. Those we call lovers realize that this is true. Love is constant. The journey is our way of experiencing an illusion: that love can change. Love is everywhere and nowhere at the same time—like Being. Like God. Today your love depends on how you feel and act. Tomorrow, if you are fortunate, it will depend on nothing. When love comes, it feels as if it has found you. In truth you remembered to look for it. Love isn’t fickle. It only comes and goes because we do. Universal love is the expansion of personal love. Personal love is the concentration of universal love. Loving someone else is the same as loving God. One person is a wave; God is the whole ocean. love.The force that makes life expand is desire. When a desire follows the flow of love, it benefits all of life. When desire is blocked, growth cannot happen naturally. What does it mean to grow? It means letting life be new at any moment. Desire is the heart’s way of reaching into the unknown. When you cherish the unknown—in yourself and in others—you have become a lover.
Adapted from Kama Sutra, by Deepak Chopra (Virgin Books, 2006).
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Medhi
Mendhi is an ancient Indian art form which has been performed for
generations in the Middle East, India, Pakistan etc, but has recently
been popularized by United States celebrities (e.g. American pop music
icon Madonna's "Ray of Light" music video).
Women in India are traditionally painted henna on their hands and feet,
insides of their arms and up their shins most often for a wedding, or
other special occasion. Sometimes the chest, neck and throat will be
tattooed. The subject matter is rather abstract, and often incorporates
religious and auspicious symbols.
Used to pay homage to the body, cosmetics and perfumes were also
essential to the Indian woman, whose duty it was to appear alluring to
her lover. Staining the nails, skin and hair with henna is the favorite
way of enhancing beauty amongst women in the Middle East also. In the
famous Indian treatise on love, the Kama Sutra (compiled between 100 and
600 C.E.) women are advised to learn the arts of tattooing and of
"coloring the teeth, garments, hair, nails, and bodies." Cosmetics also
served as an emblem of class rank or caste; the placement of facial
adornments separated the upper castes from the lower. Many Indian women
still use cosmetics in the ancient way; eyelids are tinted with an
antimony-based dye, the face and arms are stained yellow with saffron
powder, and the soles of the feet are reddened with henna.
https://www.crystalinks.com/henna.html
Henna decorating will survive in traditional uses within specific ethnic
cultures and within various communities in the United States. The
richly beautiful art of henna knows no boundaries in culture,
ethnicity, gender, religious or spiritual beliefs. In its many forms,
henna decorating is truly a gift of beauty, touch and trust.Grolier Multimedia Encyclopedia..Henna Wikipedia
Tattooing has actually been practiced since the time of the ancient
Egyptians and is common throughout the world. In 1891, archaeologists
discovered the mummified remains of Amunet - Dynasty XI, Egypt, c. 4040 - 3994 years ago. This mummy was found at Thebes. Amunet (various spellings) was a priestess of Hathor. This female mummy displayed several lines and dots and dashes tattooed on her body, aligned in abstract geometrical patterns.
These dot-and-dash patterns have been seen for many years throughout
Egypt. This pattern and skill of tattoo may have been borrowed from the
Nubians. The art of tattoo developed during the Middle Kingdom and
flourished beyond. The evidence to date suggests that this art form was
restricted to women only, and usually these women were associated with
ritualistic practice. These mummies give us site into how long this art
form has been practiced and how their art was displayed. From continent
to continent this art form has developed and transformed. Through the
Egyptian eyes to other cultures, tattoo is something that satisfies
various needs and interest.
A second mummy also found depicted this same type of line pattern (the
dancer). This mummy also had a cicatrix pattern over her lower pubic
region. In the figure to the right you can see the various patterns as
they are displayed on the body. The various design patterns also
appeared on several figurines that date to the Middle Kingdom, these
figurines have been labeled the "Brides of Death." The figurines are
also associates with the goddess Hathor. All tattooed Egyptian mummies found to date are female. The location of the tattoos on the lower
abdomen are thought to be linked to fertility.
Egyptian tattooing was someitmes related to the sensual, erotic, and
emotional side of life, and all these themes are found in tattooing
today.
Egypt 1800's
Tattooing in the South Pacific
The term "tattoo" is traced to the Tahitian tatu or tatau, meaning to mark or strike, the latter referring to traditional methods of applying the designs.
The earliest evidence of tattooing in the Pacific is in the form of
this pottery shard which is approximately 3000 years old. The Lapita
face shows dentate (pricked) markings on the nose, cheeks and forehead,
suggestive of the technique of tattoo application.
Unique tattooed face depicted in 3 dimensions on a Lapita 
pottery sherd was recently found on Boduna Island.
Painted Past: Borneo's Traditional Tattoos
National Geographic - June 18, 2004
Maori of New Zealand Crystalinks
In north-west America, Inuit women's chins were tattooed to indicate marital status and group identity.
Tattooing is probably the most popular form of body adornment in America
today. The designs can be small and discreet or large and obvious. Many
people prefer discreet designs that can be concealed for certain
occasions.
Blacklight Tattoos (Image Gallery) Wired - August 16, 2006
