I am Janu speaking. You have mentioned your interest in the therapeutic experience of beauty in life. One might do well to explore what beauty is, and what isn’t beauty. And are they really separate realities, one to be avoided, one to be embraced?
Now the phrase, “beauty in the eyes of the beholder” can be explored as well. Where one may perceive beauty in an elaborate and complex reality, another may perceive beauty in profound simplicity and universality. The so-called destructive nature of life can be seen as a beautiful component in the balance of life, allowing for the remodeling of life or some element of it. Destruction and creation, entropy and creation, are what allow life to continue, to expand, modify, and evolve. Is that not a beautiful relationship? Is this devoid of beauty? You see a human being distorted, a seemingly grotesque figure, yet within the spirit of that one is the opposite of arrogance, and a simple and profound acceptance of their circumstance, with an eye towards loving and service, comforting and understanding the circumstance of others. Where is there not beauty there, our brother?
So, you see, the understanding and appreciation of beauty exists through every layer of reality, depending upon your powers of perception, frame of reference, and your compassion. What then is beauty, our brother, and what is not? So the meaning of beauty is in the eyes of the beholder, and the depth of their vision, and their capacity to understand deeply.
So move forward, our brother, on this interest in beauty, cautiously and with care and the therapy will evolve. Namaste, our brother. June 24, 2013B
Copyright © 2013 by Joshua Ross