Steemit Vision Quest is already one of my favorite things.
And it's only my second week participating.
Last week, I followed #svq's prompt of "Twin Flame."
This week: "Eleven-Eleven."
With Great Spirit, we bring you Steemit Vision Quest - Week 11. A Vision Quest is a dedicated search for inspiration. In this way, we bring our collective Visions into focus, prompted by the question: What Does My Higher Self See?
What does my higher self see regarding "Eleven-Eleven"?
There are a lot of positive, favorable, affirming explanations given for the noticeable/repeated occurrence of 11:11. This video covers several of them in only a few minutes.
'Eleven' holds a very different significance to me, now.
In this recent video, I noticed two deep vertical frown lines,
where the blue circle is in the top picture.
The area of the blue circle, is called the GLABELLA. Frowns on it are actually called "elevens," or "11's."
The three most common ways people use to smooth those lines out, include:
(1)facial exercise/facial yoga;
(2)smoothing tape; and
(3)dermal fillers, like Botox.
I tried a makeshift version of my own, using a small piece of cardboard cut from a paper-towel roll, and tape.
As best as I could, I spread apart the skin between my eyebrows (after massaging the area, which I'm doing more regularly now).
Then I put tape over the pulled skin.
Next, I put the small cardboard rectangle on top of that,
followed by a second/final piece of tape.
I left it like that for several hours. Maybe five.
I was very surprised to notice myself feeling soothed by that taped cardboard on my glabella!
It seems that having that area pressed flat, has a physiological effect.
An oversimplified -- but precise -- metaphor, is:
SMOOTH, UNCREASED GLABELLA = SMOOTH, UNCREASED FEELINGS
Paul Ekman's work agrees.
...if a person merely arranges his face into a certain expression, he will actually feel the corresponding emotion.
This quest showed me that faces are like a journal,
and the lines on them are the writing.
The writing of "11" between my eyebrows made clear to me
how often my focus + concentration has turned to worry + mental weight.
Massaging the area, taping it flat, drawing blue circles on it...
all these things have brought much more of my awareness
to this little spot
which is an instant way for me to now recognize
if I am walking in trust, or not.
I value this learning much more beyond cosmetic appearance,
or beauty tips.
The quality of thought beneath the skin, shows through the skin.
I'm more motivated to think the kind of thoughts,
that will write well on my face, and in my bio-chemistry. :-)
Thanks for creating and tending to this awesome project, @cabelindsay, @eaglespirit, @rensoul17, and @girlbeforemirror!! I love it.
C'mon and join us! Gotta be quick though, because entries for this week's challenge are accepted through tonight/Sunday: ---> Steemit Vision Quest - Week 11: "Eleven-Eleven"
