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Beauty

Ideally beauty should always be within a person first and foremost. True beauty comes from the inside or so it is often expressed. However, what constitutes beauty on the inside?

What makes our personal self beautiful?

Or at least what qualities should one have to embody that beauty?

I've often wondered why I have an aversion toward certain things, objects and often people. Or irrational obsessions with material beauty and aesthetic arts.

At times it really does seem illogical.

It has happened to me in the past, that I've met people I deemed 'packaging ugly' but their character literally held me spellbound.

And equally so, have met those that no matter how beautiful they are on the inside, I still don't like their appearance either.

It's as though imperfection on the outside reflects imperfection on the inside. A deep well of fear stirs inside of me.

Usually my fears centre around my own insecurities. I don't feel beautiful on the inside, so I am harsh on my exterior too. And perhaps noticing others' imperfections is a reminder of the pain I feel. The pain I feel at the separation and experience of duality. Of being torn out of heaven. To be here looking and searching for a purpose. And the only purpose I long for is to feel whole again. For that ache inside to disappear and take me with it.

Only, where would I go?

AlisaPerne

@AlisaPerne

"To love is to recognise yourself in another." -Eckhart Tolle

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Comments & Feedback (7)

I have thought of this as well.. You ask some very interesting questions.

@jhall thank you 🌝

Isn't beauty that thing me use o project our inner self? Unfortunately tho, mass media and marketing got involved and now we project ourselves how others think or say we should be. Controlled. Then we have judgement. We judge on appearance, we shouldn't but we all do. It's like an easy way or our brains to label others in that first moment. "Oh, she's dressed like an emo, she must be weird and stuff" know what I mean? Lol it takes a strong personality to be free and not care what others think about them, be yourself, it is quite easy to not give a crap what others think, if you stop thinking what others think! Lol xx

Wise words! And so simple, ironically simplicity always eludes us when we're so busy caring about what other people think 😉 x

@AlisaPerne thanks lol. Yep, once we let go of our barriers we can no longer hide, like me or hate me, I don't really care.....that's not to be confused with arrogance or ego. Just how I see it lol x p.s. you have to tag my name in comments then I get a notification in my news feed, or I'll never know you replied to a comment) lol x

@smellyfingers yes must remember that, still getting used to replying to comments. I find it amusing that we spend so much of our youth concerned with trivial worries such as appearances at materialism. I guess it's a journey and lesson we all have to go through in order to full appreciate how blessed we are :)

Yes! Life is a journey full of ups and downs, it's how we learn. We are not born old and wise lol hopefully we learn through our experiences and pass them on to others, some listen and learn while others need to tough the flames in the fire to see just how hot it is lol. X

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