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Beauty is a Force of Nature

We often think of beauty as just an adjective. This sunset is beautiful. That song is beautiful.

One of the wise sages whose feet I have been lucky enough to sit at clarified for me, "Beauty is a force. It is the universal power behind the harmony of all of creation. Beauty is a goddess. It's beyond gender, but it's also a goddess."

It's beauty beyond the ego's ideas of aesthetics; it's the beauty of infinite consciousness.

We're all here because of this force. We exist as a manifestation of the divine power of beauty. We're expressions of splendor.

It's something I've experienced in non-ordinary consciousness. You probably have, too. Getting knocked over by the fullness of universal beauty. Realizing it's irresistible, unstoppable.

That's one of my favorite kinds of psychedelic experiences, the kind where I'm beaten senseless by infinite beauty.

Or when It's like the movie 'Alien' and I realize that the beauty has been inside me all along, and I can't stop it from bursting out of my chest and splattering everything around me with healing, rainbow light.

This has the lasting effect of recalibrating my senses.

I don't always prioritize the essential goodness of beauty and harmony. Because of quirks of my personality, and my habits, sometimes I find myself drawn to things that are less than beautiful. Sometimes I find myself thinking thoughts that are not quite as lovely as I might desire. In the period of time after a journey, however, I seem to be a little bit more in harmony with the great harmony. Go figure. I find myself naturally being drawn to the pure and the true and the wholesome in the times after. I find myself recoiling from quite ordinary bits of society that don't usually bother me. I notice more clearly when I'm not living in accordance with my values.

Some of it lasts, but not all. I've got a lifetime of experience being me, and that's not going to change overnight. One of the most beautiful changes that I've experienced while doing this work is being ok with that. The shame of not being instantly illuminated and perfect has largely evaporated. The need to be perfect instantly has been laughed out of the room. I can do what I can to grow, and still appreciate myself the way I am. It's a beautiful paradox.

How to integrate these experiences?

Slow way down. This is the first thing that comes to mind. You never see anyone rushing through an art gallery. You don't gobble down chocolate mousse. At least I hope you don't, you savage you.

We're taught to savor the wonderful experiences that come in through our senses and to savor the brilliance that can emerge from the inner doorways to the infinite.

Maybe we become a connoisseur of infinite subtlety.

Maybe we become a superfan of the totality of existence.

Maybe we open ourselves up to a love affair with the goddess of infinite goodness.

Whatever we choose, may it tune us, may it bring us into harmony with the ultimate, that the healing rainbows may burst forth from our chest for all time.

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