24 April 2006 Beauty is beyond feeling

Beauty Beyond FeelingWithout passion how can there be beauty? I do not mean the beauty of pictures,buildings, painted women, and all the rest of it. They have their own forms ofbeauty. A thing put together by man, like a cathedral, a temple, a picture, a poem,or a statue may or may not be beautiful. But there is a beauty which is beyondfeeling and thought and which cannot be realized, understood, or known if there isnot passion. So do not misunderstand the word passion. It is not an ugly word; it isnot a thing you can buy in the market or talk about romantically. It has nothingwhatever to do with emotion, feeling. It is not a respectable thing; it is a flamethat destroys anything that is false. And we are always so afraid to allow thatflame to devour the things that we hold dear, the things that we call important.