It is the knowledge that our life has meaning that enables us to experience both wisdom and pleasure. It is meaning that gives wisdom its value and ultimate use. If there were no point to our lives, why would we want or need wisdom?
Through the years there are signposts that offer us opportunities to understand what meaning our life has. We can learn to recognize the special omens that will lead us to turning points.
We must start with an experience to which all human beings are attracted: beauty. Beauty is a doorway to wisdom and can be an expression of it. The ancient Tibetans believed that beauty can be a way to understand the nature of the material world because as material beauty fades, spiritual beauty grows. Connecting with our own inner beauty allows us to discover that we are sacred. This is what beauty is for, a display of sacredness in the material world.
By knowing the nature of inner and outer beauty, you can activate it within you and in your life.
Reference:
The Tibetan Art of Living
Chris. Hansard ~
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