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Buddhism

jberryhill

(62,444 posts) Sun Sep 2, 2012, 09:27 PM Sep 2012

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Would nature be beautiful if we were not here to see it?

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Would nature be beautiful if we were not here to see it? (Original Post) jberryhill Sep 2012 OP

No. rrneck Sep 2012 #1

Is Nature beautiful? Downwinder Sep 2012 #2

No, because beauty is in the eye of the beholder. rocktivity Sep 2012 #3

Yeah, they always fall on bjobotts Sep 2012 #7

Are we the only arbiters of beauty? silverweb Sep 2012 #4

Yes because Shankapotomus Sep 2012 #5

It is not seperate from you bjobotts Sep 2012 #6

We are nature looking at itself jberryhill Sep 2012 #8

My cats like to look outside, too htuttle Sep 2012 #9

Are we so special that beauty exists only if we are present to precieve beauty? defacto7 Sep 2012 #10

rrneck

(17,671 posts)

1. No.

Reply to jberryhill (Original post)

Sun Sep 2, 2012, 09:30 PM

Sep 2012

It would be just what it is. We are the arbiters of beauty because beauty only matters to is.

Downwinder

(12,869 posts)

2. Is Nature beautiful?

Reply to jberryhill (Original post)

Sun Sep 2, 2012, 09:51 PM

Sep 2012

Or do we just find beauty in it?

rocktivity

(44,883 posts)

3. No, because beauty is in the eye of the beholder.

Reply to jberryhill (Original post)

Sun Sep 2, 2012, 09:52 PM

Sep 2012

Last edited Sat Sep 15, 2012, 01:26 AM - Edit history (1)

However, falling trees DO make a noise whether someone hears it or not.

rocktivity

bjobotts

(9,141 posts)

7. Yeah, they always fall on

Reply to rocktivity (Reply #3)

Sat Sep 15, 2012, 12:00 AM

Sep 2012

...on the rock God created that is so big God himself could not lift it...just after God committed suicide right.

There is only God...all else is the illusion of mind or ego...the separation identity.

silverweb

(16,402 posts)

4. Are we the only arbiters of beauty?

Reply to jberryhill (Original post)

Mon Sep 3, 2012, 04:36 PM

Sep 2012

[font color="teal" face="Verdana"]Do we know for sure that there are no other sentient beings able to see and appreciate what is beauty to them?

Shankapotomus

(4,840 posts)

5. Yes because

Reply to jberryhill (Original post)

Sun Sep 9, 2012, 06:49 AM

Sep 2012

Everything is beautiful by nature.

bjobotts

(9,141 posts)

6. It is not seperate from you

Reply to jberryhill (Original post)

Fri Sep 14, 2012, 11:56 PM

Sep 2012

It is only separate from your identity...the separation identity...separation from the source which both contains and sustains it. There is only God...but the ego always thinks it's 'Me' and God. Nature is part of the world of forms. Ask a blind man how beautiful nature is. The ego explores the forms it creates but they are not real for there is only God and the last desire should be to have no more desires and just be one with the source or god. Such a long way to travel for a place so close.

jberryhill

(62,444 posts)

8. We are nature looking at itself

Reply to bjobotts (Reply #6)

Sat Sep 15, 2012, 12:04 AM

Sep 2012

htuttle

(23,738 posts)

9. My cats like to look outside, too

Reply to jberryhill (Original post)

Sat Sep 29, 2012, 10:21 AM

Sep 2012

defacto7

(13,609 posts)

10. Are we so special that beauty exists only if we are present to precieve beauty?

Reply to jberryhill (Original post)

Sun Sep 30, 2012, 10:28 PM

Sep 2012

Beauty is a concept. Nature could be beautiful to itself or not.

Nature is. That's all.

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