John Keats said, “A thing of beauty is a joy forever.” Is there anyone in this world who is not enamoured by beauty? What is Beauty? Is it inner or outer? Beauty is anything that evokes a pleasant feeling in us. It can be tangible or intangible. As per my view, beauty is an eternal feeling. So, beauty is more about inner than outer.
External beauty of course stimulates your senses, but it cannot be eternal and enjoyed forever. As per Pritish Nandy, he has never looked at a beautiful woman with anything less than admiration in his eyes and lust in his heart. How long can this feeling last? I am sure that it will last until he sees yet other woman, who is more beautiful than her.
But internal beauty touches your heart and it gives an everlasting sense of happiness. It goes deep into you and touches your heart. It is all about love, compassion, forgiveness, tolerance, trustworthiness, modesty, politeness, humbleness, nobleness etc. Each of these traits can be considered as an eternal beauty as it gives us immense contentment, and brings joy into our life.
This is my point of view. But, as per Margaret Wolfe Hungerford, “Beauty is in the eye of the beholder.” So it is up to you to decide whether inner beauty should be valued or outer beauty should be valued.
Geetha: I like your outlook towards beauty and it brings a lot of meaning to the word love and its root, the beauty. If not from inner beauty, love wouldn't last longer than the next man/woman you see. That is pure lust. I think the inner a beauty gets, the deeper the love is and the more meaningful the relationship is. Excellent article... Keep going...
ReplyDeleteWow! That is a really motivating Arun. Loved ur comment!
ReplyDeleteI totally agree with 'Beauty is in the eye of the beholder"
ReplyDeleteWhen we love something, we find it beautiful. In a mother's eyes her child is the most beautiful person on earth.
The way u handled the blog is excellent. As per me, "Beauty depends on individual's conscience". So I totally agree with
ReplyDeletewhat Margaret has said. I think you wrote this having soft-core Indians in mind, who preach all this stuff but would not practice it in life. Wishing you success, keep going