Beauty (Καλόν)

-From my text on the Logos (The Word).

It is said that beauty is in the eye of the beholder, but the beauty that I describe is one that is natural in its true essence. It has a form of its own and a purity of its inherent composition. It is artistic in its reverence and sublime in its quality. For a Meletic, it is called Kalon. Beauty in the philosophical sense transcends the mere notion of aesthetic value. It is considered one with the presence of nature. It is not a divinity shaped by a god. Instead, it is the embodiment of universal art. This type of beauty has no resemblance of perfection. It has only the actual semblance of its creation. Even though it can be seen as abstract in its concept and meaning, it is beyond the measure of its abundance. The things that are representative of beauty are the things that have a simplicity that requires no abstruse definition.

Beauty is shaped in multitudinous ways, but it cannot be altered. If so, it loses its original essence. Its form would be reduced to a superficial likeness of something that was once beautiful in its being, yet it can never regain that beauty. Philosophy teaches us to value the beauty in all of us, because that beauty is universal and not merely particular. Our human nature is one with nature. We should not be defined by the whims of society who seek to dictate and impose the errant concept of beauty. A sculptor can shape a sculpture in the image of which he chooses, or the image that inspires his ideas. The result is the beauty to which he attaches meaning to it. It becomes substance in its form, but it is the purity in the idea that retains its beauty.

The beauty that I evoke is like the beauty of the rays of the sun, the illumination of the twilight or the glow of the moon. It shines like the stars and is serene like the night. It can be reached through deep contemplation and consciousness. It is vast like an ocean and soothing like a breath of the wind. We are born with this intrinsic beauty, but we must nourish it with ideas that enhance its established concept. We must never forget that beauty can easily be corrupted and manipulated. Our soul, our mind and our body have a beauty that is natural and is imbued with the emanations that come from the Enas. The Enas has no need for the praise of beauty, because it has no fundamental reason for godlike attributes. It does not need a statue to deify its origin. Thus, its purity is its own beauty.

To understand what makes beauty relevant in life, we should first realise that it is more than just a mere perception. What we observe of it is a quality of being. It is not the excellence of an elegance that we envy or attempt to achieve. For this kind of beauty that human beings seek is nothing more than an imitation of an illusion that could never be eternal in its essence. Our bodies are mortal and one day will cease to exist. Thus, the beauty that remains after death is one that is embraced by nature and personified by our journey to the Enas. Beauty is an art of its own. Those people that define beauty as being anything else than natural, see only the exterior shape of its substance, not the interior composite of its creation. Nor do they see the genuine vision conveyed of its idea. This is the simple reason that beauty in Meleticism is transcendent than materialistic.

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