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[FrankSophia]

When I say love I mean what the mystics have termed prem or ishq-e-haqeeqi

It is divine unity, you live the truth.

Now you are a sage.

[FrankSophia]

Prema is regarded as the highest state in bhakti, union with the beloved.

Ishq-e-haqeeqi is also union with the beloved.

Fana means dissolution of the worshiper in the worshiped.

Baqaa is the result.

This is henosis.

[popeye1945]

Unity is just another word for order, all is energy

When I say unity I mean the same as Plotinus' henosis...

The same is true when I use similar terms like oneness, union, advaita, fana, te, nirvana, etc...

Whether pure potentiality or its manifest expression, all is energy, yes.

The standard model accurately predicts how that energy ripples.

Shivoham.

Excellent Frank!

[LovelyLau]

Beauty to me is in the eye of the beholder, everyone sees it differently and prefers different things and has different preferences.
You are right the beauty on this earth is not bound to appearances or aesthetics but is in little things or moments to me.
Like as you said the smile or laugh of a child, a moment of laughter, some small moment you enjoyed.
But also God made a beautiful and divine and stunning and magical earth we should look after each day because it is His gift to us.
But in terms of beauty God made all people beautiful, everyone just has to learn to see it in their own way and timing. I admit some people may be blessed more in terms of physical beauty but also if others took more time to celebrate their beauty and take time to see it then they also could see they are blessed. And more beautiful people do not have it all and actually if anything they could have less and be really miserable people.

[popeye1945]

Beauty is the perfect or near-perfect pattern. A ruptured pattern is a monstrosity unadapted for survival; it is a degree of the ugly.

[Lagayascienza]

If a person has to ask what beauty is then they have never experienced it. Beauty is not a quality that can be defined, it must be experienced. Different people find different things beautiful. However, there do seem to be some commonalties. For example, many people see beauty in landscapes, in sunsets, in faces, perfumes, art, music, etc. A lot of it probably comes down to evolution. We are attracted to things that enhance survival and the propagation of genes. I'm not sure how music would fit with that theory, though. Maybe others will have some interesting thoughts on this.