Real beauty—the real, outward beauty of a person—is determined by what’s on the inside. A lovely person on the outside is often a lovely person on the inside. Often, however, does not mean always.
Sometimes a lovely person on the outside is a hideous three-head monster on the inside. Therefore, a beautiful exterior is not always a sign of a beautiful interior or real beauty. Neither is it an indication of how good one is.
In fact, “that which is striking and beautiful,” so stated Ninon de L’Enclos “is not always good, but that which is good is always beautiful.” So remember, real beauty is only skin deep. Physical beauty is superficial.
Since real beauty is only skin deep and physical beauty is superficial how do we become (more) beautiful internally so that it manifests externally? Be encouraged and follow the advice of Mary Baker Eddy. She explains that:
“The recipe for [real] beauty is to have less illusion and more Soul, to retreat from the belief of pain or pleasure in the body into the unchanging calm and glorious freedom of spiritual harmony.”
What is spiritual harmony? Spiritual harmony is an evolved state of existence where one has learned or is learning how to let go and let God. It’s an elevated state of existence where one has learned or is learning how to be genuinely and holistically at peace with themselves or calm, cool, and collected about any and all circumstances of their life. Such a person is the truly laid back person whom you don’t have to tell to never sweat it or advise to never let them see you sweat because they truly don’t sweat the small stuff or the large stuff. They’ve achieved and are achieving a real beauty—spiritual harmony—that allows them to surrender all stuff to God.
What lies in this type of super mellow person who has laid down their burden for God to pick up or who has given their burden to God to carry is authentic beauty; too rare and very real beauty. But we can only perceive—fully identify and adequately appreciate and value—this kind of beauty if we, ourselves, possess it.
How do we come into possession of this kind of authentic, real beauty? Again, we must have “spiritual harmony” or “a serene mind” because, according to Henry David Thoreau, “You cannot perceive [or fully identify and adequately appreciate and value real] beauty but with a serene mind.”
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