That which is of incredible beauty has the tendency to throw you back into the Self. You can walk into the worldās great cathedrals that have been there for a thousand years; incredible music, incense, and beauty shine forth through the stained glass windows; itās not your religion, but the reverence, the collective reverence, the worship of God expressing itself as this incredible beauty, has an uplifting experience.
One then ascribes that experience through the out-thereness of the cathedral. No, the cathedral gives you the experience of that which is always present at all times within yourself, but you only allow yourself this experience under these conditions. That which you are experiencing is the presence of the Divine within. Incredible beauty, then, unleashes the dam in which that which is love, that which is sacred, shines forth, and that radiance is what makes you feel like crying. That incredible beauty brings a lump to your throat. Incredible beauty as it rises makes the hair on the back of your head stand up and then as it gets even higher, you canāt stop crying. Is that so?
Beyond Illusion: Exploring Perception, Ego, and Meditation on the Path to Truth, Ch. 2, pg. 73-74
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