Tag: Beauty

The Fragrance of Awareness

Why Everything Begins to Appear Beautiful

Long-term meditation reshapes perception not by adding new qualities to reality, but by stripping away the distortions that once filtered it. What was previously judged as ugly, tragic, or unjust begins to reveal a quiet radiance beneath its form. The world does not change; awareness does. Beauty ceases to depend on preference. It becomes the natural scent of existence when the mind grows still enough to notice.

When thoughts slow and habitual interpretation dissolves, perception rests directly on what is. The ordinary becomes luminous because there is no longer resistance to what appears. A cracked wall, a wrinkled face, or a moment of loss can shimmer with the same grace as a sunset. Meditation gradually erodes the reflex that divides life into categories of like and dislike, pleasant and unpleasant. What remains is an intimacy with reality so complete that even pain acquires a certain sacred texture.

Beauty, in this sense, is not sentimentality; it is clarity. The mind that no longer insists on how life should look begins to perceive how extraordinary it already is. Awareness witnesses decay and creation as one movement. The tears of grief and the laughter of birth flow from the same source, both radiant with the light of consciousness itself.

This transformation of perception is not a psychological trick; it is the awakening of the senses to their original purity. Meditation returns vision to its natural state; unburdened by personal story, untouched by grasping. To the silent witness, everything breathes with equal dignity. The beggar and the saint, the chaos and the calm, all belong to a single wholeness that can only be described as beautiful beyond reason.

When the veil of self-interest lifts, beauty ceases to be an object and becomes the very field of being. One no longer seeks it. One lives as it.

Morgan O. Smith

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Non-Attachment

Admiring Her Beauty Without the Need to Possess It

She stood before you—radiant, complete, untouched by your desire. You saw her beauty not as something to claim but something to witness. No attempt to preserve it. No hunger to prolong the moment. Just presence.

This is the essence of non-attachment. The ability to recognize the luminous without needing to make it yours. To love deeply without ownership. To appreciate fully without clinging. To admire, and then walk away—not because you don’t care, but because you’ve seen clearly.

Desire often masquerades as appreciation. It sneaks in, subtle at first, until the gaze becomes gripping. The mind begins to script stories: how it could be, how it should be, how it must be. But true seeing requires no continuation. It is complete in its own silence.

Beauty invites reverence, not possession. When you see her—whatever or whatever she is—truly see her. Let that moment be enough. Let the gaze be unpolluted by longing. Let the love be real because it is free.

To walk away isn’t abandonment. It is freedom for both the viewer and the viewed. There is no trace left behind. No emotional residue. Just the echo of a sacred glimpse, unbroken by need.

And isn’t that the deepest form of intimacy? To allow something or someone to remain what they are, without the distortion of your grasp?

Non-attachment does not dim the light of love; it refines it. It teaches the heart how to hold everything while clinging to nothing. It teaches the soul how to dance with impermanence, and still call it sacred.

Sometimes the most awakened gesture isn’t to stay, or to reach, or to take—but simply to witness beauty… and bow.

Morgan O. Smith

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The Paradox of Understanding

Embracing the Ground of All Being

As we embark on the journey of understanding the essence of our existence, we often find ourselves entangled in a paradoxical quest. The profound pursuit of comprehending the ‘ground of all being’ – the foundational reality that underpins our very existence – is a path treaded by philosophers, mystics, and thinkers alike. Yet, this quest often comes to a halt, not because of a lack of effort, but because of the nature of what we seek to understand.

The ground of all being, by its very definition, transcends the boundaries of human comprehension. It is an entity or a state that exists beyond the limits of our cognitive abilities. We, as beings limited by our perceptions and understanding, often find this concept elusive. It’s akin to asking a fish to describe water; the fish knows it exists within water, but cannot perceive it as something separate from its existence.


However, the journey doesn’t end here. There’s a transformative realization that emerges when we stop trying to intellectually grasp this foundational reality. It’s when we let go of the need to understand and become one with the comprehension itself. This shift in perspective is profound. We move from a state of trying to ‘know’ to a state of ‘being’ in knowledge.

This transformation leads to a profound understanding of ourselves. We are not merely what we appear to be – physical entities navigating through life’s complexities. Instead, we are embodiments of comprehension, part of the vast, interconnected web of existence. We are both the seekers and the embodiment of what is sought.


Upon this realization, the world transforms before our eyes. Everything we perceive becomes imbued with an intrinsic beauty. This beauty is not a superficial aesthetic; it’s a deeper recognition of the interconnectedness and the sacredness of all that is. In comprehending our place in this grand tapestry, we find beauty in the mundane, the ordinary, and even the chaotic.

In conclusion, the quest to comprehend the ground of all being leads us back to ourselves. It’s a journey from seeking understanding outside to finding it within. As we embrace this journey, we find that beauty lies not just in what we see, but in the eyes of the comprehensive – in our newfound ability to perceive the world through the lens of interconnectedness and oneness.

Morgan O. Smith

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