Beauty Is The Very Nature Of The Kosmos, by Ken Wilber

La belleza es la naturaleza misma del kosmos
Ken Wilber
Si la ciencia nos da la Verdad objetiva, o el "eso" del Espíritu, y la moral nos da el Bien, o el "nosotros" del Espíritu, entonces la Belleza, que está en el "ojo" del espectador, nos ayuda a abrirnos al "Yo" del Espíritu. [...]
Piensa en la persona más bella que hayas visto. Piensa en el momento exacto en que la miraste a los ojos y por un fugaz segundo te quedaste paralizad@: no podías quitar los ojos de esa visión. Miraste, congelad@ en el tiempo, atrapad@ en esa belleza. Ahora imagina esa belleza idéntica irradiando de cada cosa en todo el universo: cada roca, cada planta, cada animal, cada nube, cada persona, cada objeto, cada montaña, cada arroyo, incluso los basureros y los sueños rotos, cada uno de ellos, irradiando esa belleza. Estás silenciosamente congelado por la suave belleza de todo lo que surge a tu alrededor. Estás liberado de aferrarte, liberado del tiempo, liberado de la evitación, liberado por completo en el ojo del Espíritu, donde contemplas la belleza interminable del Arte que es el Mundo entero.
Esa belleza omnipresente no es un ejercicio de imaginación creativa. Es la estructura real del universo. Esa belleza omnipresente es, en verdad, la naturaleza misma del Kosmos en este momento. No es algo que tengas que imaginar, porque es la estructura real de percepción en todos los dominios. Si permaneces en el ojo del Espíritu, cada objeto es un objeto de Belleza radiante. Si se limpian las puertas de la percepción, todo el Kosmos es tu Amado perdido y hallado, el Rostro Original de la Belleza primordial, para siempre y para siempre, y para siempre sin fin. Y frente a esa belleza deslumbrante, te desmayarás por completo en tu propia muerte, para que nunca más te vean o escuchen, excepto en esas noches tiernas cuando el viento sopla suavemente a través de las colinas y las montañas, gritando tu nombre en silencio.

Preguntas semilla para la reflexión: ¿Cómo te relacionas con la idea de que todos los objetos son objetos de belleza radiante en el ojo del espíritu? ¿Puedes compartir una historia personal de alguna vez en la que hayas sentido la radiante "Belleza" de todo a tu alrededor? ¿Qué te ayuda a ver la belleza omnipresente a tu alrededor?

De el libro 'One taste' de Ken Wilber

From Ken Wilber's book, One Taste.

Seed Questions for Reflection

How do you relate to the notion of every object being an object of radiant beauty in the eye of Spirit? Can you share a personal story of a time you felt the radiant "Beauty" of everything around you? What helps you see the all-pervading "Beauty" around you?

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16 Past Reflections

shri vadalkar

Dec 23, 2019

years ago, when i was more young, while traveling, the black cloud had the sun covered.when we all were looking at it, Lo,the cloud parted and that beauty of the sun, peaking through the dark cloud , the edges, all silvery and shining, it was all so awesome --even though many yrs have passed, i just can't seem to forget that beautiful site!! shri v.

Rashmi Sinha

Dec 23, 2019

I believe beauty surrounds us. There is beauty in my children's presence, in the flowers of my balcony, in the songs I listen. I mostly have experienced beauty in connectedness with people. It's beautiful when they see me or I get glance of them.

Manisha

Dec 20, 2019

Forthe first timeever I attended theWednesday's Awakin circle and Ican't describehow I felt. Such a wonderful and beautifulsoul, gatheredaround to createpositive vibrations. Every minute that I spent there was beautiful. The sound of silence which I heardbefore, butconnected to deeply, was beautiful. We heard so many times that beauty lies in the eyes of the beholder. But what I saw from closed eyes was ultimate :) I have so much to tell that I will prefer to be quite.

Michael Maxwell Steer

Dec 19, 2019

As a musician I think one of the extraordinary gifts we humans have created for ourselves is music. We derive a great deal of our identity from something that has no physical reality. Music is like a vast projection onto space itself and yet it creates and reflectsa moral (intentional) reality unique to each differing culture.
To me it's no mere coincidence that the greatest music of the just about every faith tradition has been written in praise of the creator spirit; for it has always been that when we align ourselves with the wordless reality music expresses we can reach a state of transcendencethat is akin to spiritual ecstasy.

Navin Sata

Dec 18, 2019

God love is omni present. Bhagavad geeta..vasudev sarvam...

Nasrain Dhanani

Dec 18, 2019

During this short journey recognizing myself as Gods beautiful creation, has helped me see the beauty in and around me.

Sunil, Bangalore

Dec 17, 2019

Fundamentally Beauty is all pervading .Its a question of our own cleansed conscious,head-mind-soul.The entire universe is just,fair and beautiful fascinatingly. It's our responsibility with ownership,earnest desire and honest efforts to realise the same by going deep within & without.The third eye between the eyebrows opens the doors to our innate Spirit, radient light and the Anhad sound .

Ernesto Ruiz Ortiz

Dec 17, 2019

The concept of "the beauty in everything" resonates deeply with me. ihave reached the same conclusion by exploring other roads ... and have explored complementary views in a book (in Spanish) titled "The Ultimate Adventure: Awareness of Reality". It explores in a humble but not timid way the inherent nature of "reality" ... of the universe, light-energy-matter, ourselves, everything... in simple language (as a "lay" person), but integrating many scientific findings and quoting several Nobel Prize winnersin Physics, to strengthen the fascinating, mind-boggling facts about the oneness of everything, the presence of light (EM waves) as part of the intrinsic nature of every creature and object, and the importance of "transcendental consciousness" as a tool to get a glimpse at the unbelievable reality in which we are all immersed...

RUBY

Dec 17, 2019

Beauty is a virtue. Everything beautiful in the world, that is, mountains, white sandy beaches, flowers, birds, butterflies, plants, cities, women, kids, etc, makes a person profoundly happy, complete, and sense of belonging to some virtuous place in the universe. On the other hand, being among ugly things everyday can make a person very depressed and can cause even death through severe depression. Ugly looking things represent all the negatives in live. Women are beautiful! I cherish all the beautiful things God created that is why I transitioned into a beautiful girl!!!! That is a deep spiritual side of me.

prasana iyengar

Dec 17, 2019

My big brother passed last week; as I was reflecting on his journey with the illness it dawned on me that he united us by weaving a thread of love. Our togethernss will be his enduring legacy. Kens passage was so timely and helped me see the beauty for what it is. In gratitude

Alicia

Dec 17, 2019

It's the same every night yet of different essence/feel according to the seasons. I sit in my Porch where I'm surrounded by my hanging pots andmorning glory vine. I have a wonderful view of my side yard which includes a Pine and Mulberry tree and I feel their presence as a feeling emanating from each of them, and this feeling is apeaceful patient beauty to me and I am part of yet I can stand aside contemplatin them and me.. It brings me deep strange thoughts of the nature and cause of them and me . Im
that I am: Being. Soonall thoughts stop. I am home

Anil Pandit

Dec 17, 2019

"Beauty indeed lies in the eye of the beholder" but its perception as with anything viewed, is derived in the brain. Perceiving every object as energy has been the key for my developing elation for it.

Prasad Kaipa

Dec 16, 2019

Last year when I was in Bali, I was in awe of its natural beauty. Especially when I went to a rice farm, I had a chance to see multiple rainbows and the trees were radiating energy. It felt like beauty was growing out of the earth and merging with the sky. I was really grateful for the beauty and the opportunity for me to experience it. On reflection, I also felt that it made me kinder, gentler, more generous and patient during the time I was in Bali and I am sure experience the magnificence was the reason for softening of my behavior.

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maneesha Dec 19, 2019

Thank you so much for sharing Prasad ,utterly in awe i am of this divinity our benevolentmother-earth.,How privilegedare we humans ,we get to kneel down and surrenderourselves to this magnificence .

Jagdish P Dave

Dec 15, 2019

Ken Wilber's passage reminds me of the song sung by a saint: "By losing myself I found myself." When the ego creates the world of this and that, mine and and thine, beauty and ugliness, the world of oneness and wholeness is cracked. It closes and blocks the Internal Eye, the Spiritual Eye, which sees the all-pervading, unending radiant beauty. Every thing is the manifestation of the Radiant Beauty- the all-pervading Divine Presence. I feel the presence of Divinity when I let go of the grip of the grasping ego. When I am aware of the ego -created boundaries of separation I feel the presence of the Radiant Beauty in nature and in sentient beings. Daily practice of meditation and mindfulness open the door of my heart. I feel at home even though physically I may not be at home.I become intimate with me, with nature and the people with me and around me. As mentioned before, loving awareness, meditation and mindful living help me to see the all-pervading "Beauty". T... View full comment

David Doane

Dec 15, 2019

All that is, every plant, animal, person, and object, is an expression of and manifestation of God, so I know each one is the radiant beauty of Spirit. During the moments that I abide in that knowing I feel the radiant beauty of everything around me. Such times have happened in and immeditely following intimate being present with, sharing with, relationship with another or with nature. What helps me see the all pervading beauty around me, when I do, is living and seeing from the foundation that all creation is sacred, all creation is God incarnate.