Philosophy Spirituality

Beauty Which Is Not Relative

ugliness only exists in the world of duality

it is only meaningful in relation to “beauty”

beauty which you reduce to some vulgar ranking

 

there is beauty which is not relative

beauty which just is

it just is — and when you don’t compare it to nothing — it is free from having to relate to something

it is therefore complete and unadulterated, it is perfect

it is not degraded by your comparison, by your ranking, by your criticism

 

we compare things to our detriment

we make rankings

we seek objectivity

where there is none

to our detriment

 

we are so obsessed with beauty

and yet our entire pursuit is void

we seek objective beauty

we seek betterment

we are ambitious

to our detriment

and beauty eludes us

 

we are so obsessed with beauty

to be beautiful

to own beautiful things

to own beautiful people

to own beautiful life

 

and real beauty eludes us

and real beauty betrays us

and real beauty shuns us

and we’re so small and mediocre and so petty

“beautiful this beautiful that”

and we know nothing of beauty

 

do you want to know beauty?

 

do you want to know beauty?

I want you to be simple

I want you to move slow

I want you to pay attention

I want you to look at something “beautiful”

and study it

like it’s the only thing of beauty there ever was

like it’s the last thing you’ll ever see

and like there’s is nothing else, absolutely nothing else, but that thing

 

and without RELATING IT

without COMPARING IT

without OWNING IT!

without thinking much, or at all

just studying it

feeling it

experiencing it

loving it

loving it

 

beauty

love