My Beloved

My peace, O my brothers and sisters, is my solitude, And my Beloved is with me always, For His love I can find no substitute, And His love is the test for me among mortal beings, Whenever His Beauty I may contemplate, He is my "mihrab", towards Him is my "qiblah" If I die of love, before completing satisfaction, Alas, for my anxiety in the world, alas for my distress, O Healer (of souls) the heart feeds upon its desire, The striving after union with Thee has healed my soul, O my Joy and my Life abidingly, You were the source of my life and from Thee also came my ecstasy. I have separated myself from all created beings, My hope is for union with Thee, for that is the goal of my desire

Beauty and Asthetics

Beauty, wealth, intoxicants and all material desires are only temporary.  Indulgence does not bring peace to the mind or the soul.  Not in this life, nor after death. 















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Without the name of God even beautiful and handsome people are as ugly as the hunch-backs.
Kabeer, Vaar 3, Pauree 25

In the company of the gurmukhs neither the wealth and physical beauty of others is seen nor is backbiting committed

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radha soami shabads part 1