But real Beauty, subjective and elusive in its ultimate qualities, is in the eye of the beholder. The existence of a Supreme Being or Beings, morality, community-these are the things that religions agree on. These agreements represent what religions have in common with one another. They could even agree that they are seeing the refraction of light into an arrangement of red, orange, yellow, green, blue, indigo, and violet. The two might agree in theory that they are looking at the same rainbow. Even the slight difference in angle between one person and another will mean that each visionary has a different experience of the same reality. It’s said that two people standing side by side see two different rainbows, because of the light reflecting differently off of different water droplets. No two people will have the exact same experience of Ultimate Beauty. Whether they describe it as salvation, enlightenment, recovery, insight, or some other term, they are describing the experience of Ultimate Beauty and love. People from every religion and tradition are seeking this beauty. If we understand beauty to be not just an artistic concept but a spiritual one, then Ultimate Beauty takes on the characteristics of loving enlightenment. I suggest that beyond the depth of this common interpretation lies a meaning that is deeper still. It allows beauty to possess an elusive and mysterious quality that keeps us ever reaching. It keeps us from limiting the concept of beauty to predefined characteristics. The common interpretation of this phrase is socially, spiritually, and artistically profound. Beauty is subjective rather than objective. What’s beautiful to one is ugly to another. At face value, this phrase means that each individual perceives beauty differently.
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