Start with the observation
A blossom withers within days, radiant youth turns to silver hair, and the golden hues of sunset last only minutes before night falls.
Follow the reasoning
- If earthly beauty were permanent, human beings would mistake this transit lounge for an everlasting home.
- Transience gently breaks the hypnotic illusion of worldly permanence without destroying the genuine value of what was experienced.
- Beauty is meant to awaken our appetite for its uncorrupted, eternal Source.
A passage to hold beside it
“Yet the beings a person loves do not remain; they depart. So the person continually suffers separation.” 1
Read plainly
Beauty fades not to disappoint you, but to keep you from falling asleep in a world that cannot hold you forever.
Try observing this
Look at an autumn leaf or wilting flower. Thank it for its message: 'Look beyond me to the One who never fades.'
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