476. Inner Beauty can be let to stay glowing as long as we Live!

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Beauty is in the eye of the beholder. Which is the beauty mentioned here is it Outer Beauty or Inner Beauty? Outer beauty is pertaining to looks of the body, while inner beauty is the pure essence of goodness that resonates from inside.

The outer beauty can be different to different people as the degree of judgment varies. In a strict sense outer beauty depends on physical appearance solely based on external features. Some are born with the natural features while some achieve it by means of a temporary camouflage of face creams to enhance the degree of beauty. The point to be noted here is that those who are born with natural features as well as those who try to achieve it, in the process of aging do lose the outer beauty. As far as I know unlike outer beauty everybody does have inner beauty which never fades. It is a pure spiritual energy that flows within all of us. While some polish it every now and then for it to shine some just ignore it. It is the one which indicates that we are spiritual beings having a human experience.

Thus mankind has noticed that outer beauty is but a temporary and transitory illusion and inner beauty is a spotless permanent Truth. Though outer beauty is used to gain instant and temporary gratification in the physical realm only, it is the inner beauty enables the individual to enjoy permanent contentment in all three realms namely physical, mental, and spiritual.

Outer Beauty is subjected to changes according to time space and causation. It can not remain the same all the time and we are too limited with the knowledge of seizing it. There are siddhis by which the ageing process can be reversed and it is a tough process. Amazingly inner beauty though which does not change could be shrouded as per time space and causation. It is ever glowing but it cannot be let to remain the same all the time. Through our limited knowledge we can hold it in a condition which is better.

I cannot gain control on the changes that occur to my body but can have control on my mind and let it remain the same till I finish this life span. This blog is not to highlight that outer beauty is not necessary, in fact the way we present ourselves is important when we are in a society. Kaviratna Kalidasa writes in one of his works thus: “A person has to have the four essentials called Vidya (Knowledge),  Vinaya (Modesty),  Vak (Good Speech),  Viveka (Wisdom) so that he can live a successful life in society.” He calls it four Va-kara and he does not stop there he continues to state that even if all the above said four essentials are absent in a person he can survive with one most important Va-kara called Vastra (Dress). Though this statement seem to be inspiring or motivating, the dress we wear is affordable to everyone who has money but for the other four one need to cultivate it and it can be made to remain till one stays on in this earth plane. Can we call this dress sense as the “Peripheral Beauty”? This peripheral beauty could get soiled in a day or two, outer beauty could wither in a decade or two, and the inner beauty can stay unstained as long as we wish. Now is it not necessary to know how to that this inner beauty is ever glowing..... What Say????