“Beauty surrounds us, but we usually need to walk in a garden to see it.” Rumi’s words bring up a good question. Is beauty something we see, or is beauty something that we feel? My thoughts about what beauty is have changed over the last few years.
I was always looking for beauty, some outward mark of excellence, that I could identify with and copy somehow. Certainly, physical beauty is the first trait we all seem to want, whether it be looks, pains, or both. Physical beauty is the quest of the ages. I searched for beauty in the people and places that surrounded me. I wanted to be associated with beauty. In that way, I felt some of it would rub off on me. I didn’t feel I was beautiful.
It seemed that my concept of beauty changed as I changed so that things that attracted me at one point were no longer the beauty I was seeking. I found that my experience of beauty changed as my thoughts about beauty changed. It was not constant. Its shape, size, function, and appeal changed with my thoughts. What is the definition of beauty, anyway?
As Rumi pointed out, beauty surrounds us, and in fact, it is us. I was beautiful but searched the wrong places to find the feeling. I wanted others to verify my beauty, and when they didn’t, I accepted my lack of beauty. Believing that this power existed outside of me, that’s where I Looked. I found everyone looking for the same thing—the thing we all have but have hidden in our illusion of duality. I could see it in the garden, a mountain, or the sea, but it didn’t seem part of me.
Now that I understand that my thoughts create my reality, my world, I can feel beauty everywhere, including within myself. I accept the fact that I was created by beauty, so I am what my creator is. My thoughts feel beauty in my words, actions, and accomplishments. I feel beauty in nature, in friends, and in events because that is what I think. It is my prayer. I see beauty in contrast to what I face in life, for that is what I focus on.
The beauty of growth from a situation showing and expressing pain brings understanding to all the contrasts I encounter. Beauty is feeling, just as prayer is feeling. If I know it is already present in everything, it’s easy to experience, express, and become what I desire. My desire for beauty is relentless, just as my passion for love is unending. I want to know myself and who I am to grow into a grander version of beauty and love.
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