37. Beauty
Human beauty   Is not skin-deep.
Human beauty
   Is soul-deep.
Human beauty
   Is God's illumining
    And
   Fulfilling reality
In His cosmic Game on earth.
Human beauty
   Is not to be condemned,
   Is not to be looked down upon,
   Is not to be neglected.
Through human beauty,
Surrendering beauty
To the Absolute Supreme,
   The seeker in us
Expedites his Godward journey.
Sri Chinmoy, Beauty-Drops, Agni Press, New York, 1975
