BEAUTY

BEAUTY is in eyes of the beholder.

BEAUTY is an adjective, as we know adjectives change their characteristic quite frequently. They are presented also in three superlative degrees.

The BEAUTY is not perceived by the eyes, but the brain or heart.

It is an “internal thing” of the beholder. No object as such, is beautiful or ugly. It is perception of the observer.

Something may look beautiful to one & may look ordinary or ugly to another.

The most beautiful thing, visible since Solar system was formed, is Moon, but people have found spots on it also & the whole perception is changed.

In Sanatan (Hindu) mythology also, BEAUTY (Sundar) does not stand just one word, on its own. It is related with Satya (Truth) & Shiva (Strong). The complete phrase comes out:

“Satyam, Shivam, Sunderam”

                           

Of course Satyam, Shivam, Sunderam, all three features are held by only ONE; that is GOD.

The essence of this phrase is:

            If something is Satya & Shiva    - It will automatically become Sundar

            If something is Satya & Sundar  - It will automatically become Shiva

            If something is Shiva & Sundar   - It will automatically become Satya

So the definition of BEAUTY is:

“If something is Satya (True) & Shiva (Strong); It is bound to be Sunder (Beautiful)”.

Rabindra Nath Tegore kept looking for BEAUTY around the world, but he found it on his doorsteps, in a drop of due, on a blade of grass.

Of course, in this world, everything, even truth is relative, but BEAUTY is more relative than others. The relativity of BEAUTY also, keeps on changing with immense speed & frequency. The perception of BEAUTY is quite freaky by nature.

In America a man filed for divorce; as his wife did not look beautiful, after the number of his glasses were changed.

In general, we find something beautiful, but its luster may be lost within no time.

Sometimes one thing looks very ordinary, later with laps of time & change of circumstances, he start liking and it, & it starts looking extraordinarily beautiful.

Beauty of an objects, change very much with environment, location, whether, time & lots of other variables.

There are many locations in the world looking very ordinary, but at certain time, under certain circumstances they look extremely beautiful, for a period of time.

As per Shakespeare

             “A thing of BEAUTY is joy forever”

Hemant Kumar said the same in “song language”

            “Zindagi pyar ki do char ghadi hoti hai;

             chahe chotise ho, per umar badi hoti hai”

Note: he is not talking of BEAUTY, but a “thing of BEAUTY”, i.e. Pyar (love)

            Understanding the BEAUTY, we can understand the role it can plays in our life.

Knowing the BEAUTY is an internal feature; we can see it, in all the things & at all the times.

A bit off the subject, I would like to refer a storey, I read long back:

In a hospital, in one room there were two patients. The lucky one had his bed adjacent to the window.

He was all the time telling, to the other patient, what is going on outside.  He used to tell how beautiful garden is outside. How many new flowers bloomed today. The children are playing & described their mischifs. Small animal like rabbit & squirrel are jumping around. There are birds also on the tree,

The other patient used to keep on wishing, let this patient die fast so I can occupy his bed. Ultimately his wishes came true & the “storey telling patient” died. He was happy & waiting eagerly to be shifted to other bad. Any way that also happened. He was astonished to look out of window & find, it was all desert, only stem of a dead tree was standing.

Scrutinizing the above analysis, we can introduce more BEAUTY in our life & living.

The prime job it will do is, make us happy. This way living the life, even under very difficult circumstances will also become very easy & the path to death will look much easier & comfortable.