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 (zeecornelius.com; Instagram: zeecrnls)
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In collaboration with iNous, we recently released a beautiful deck of 52 cards - each card containing a quote from one of our films, paired with the activating visual muses of Lanon Prigge. The aim of this deck is to rekindle child-like curiosity and creativity, helping to navigate the shared waters of our human experience with grace and joy. If you’d like to consider purchasing your copy, shop here - tgc.link/reflections
Who is Reflections of Life? We are Justine and Michael (previously known as Green Renaissance). We use our passion for filmmaking and our love of storytelling, to remind our audience of one simple truth - that we are all human. The more that we understand and believe in this interconnectedness, the more we will treat ourselves, one another, and planet earth with a greater sense of compassion.
Filming - by Michael Raimondo
Editing - by Amy Cupido and 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 - 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:
Bangla / Bengali - by Najneen Hossain
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
Russian - by Assiya Marzhanova
Slovak - by Zuzana Beratsova
Slovenian - by Jasmina Kovačič
Vietnamese - by Thi Le
13 окт 2023
