Illusion is the highest beauty

[Xonas Pitfall]

https://www.actualized.org/insights/actualized-quotes-205

This post really caught my attention.

What are your thoughts on it?

There were earlier posts saying, "Truth is the highest form of beauty." 

But illusion is linked to falsehood. Illusion brings evil out.

Obviously, both are ultimately connected, in a non-dual way. 

Without illusion, you wouldn’t be able to experience love and union born from the separation that illusion creates.

That said, I’m still curious why the word “highest” is used here.

Is there a deeper insight here that I might be missing... 🤔

[Leo Gura]

Is it true that everything is an illusion?

[Xonas Pitfall]

19 minutes ago, Leo Gura said:

Is it true that everything is an illusion?

Is it true that everything is truth? 🤔

Is it true that everything is held within truth, however misconstrued?

[Xonas Pitfall]

I suppose it depends on how you define it.

The truth is everything real, because if something isn’t true, it can’t be considered real. Anything outside of that would just be filtered through a false or distorted perception.

In that sense, all illusion stems from truth, and more deeply, all illusion is held within truth. Illusions can only exist because they are rooted in something real. Fragmented perceptions, when seen from the highest perspective, all point back to the absolute.

The same principle applies across many dualities:

• Same Principle With Self And Other
• Same Principle With Love And Evil, Goodness And Devilry
• Same Principle With Limitation And Infinity
• Same Principle With Illusion And Reality
• Same Principle With Materialization And Potential

I think what threw me off was the use of the word "highest". It made me wonder if there was a deeper layer I wasn’t seeing... and still does 😅

[Leo Gura]

The truth that everything is an illusion is the highest beauty.

[OBEler]

3 minutes ago, Leo Gura said:

The truth that everything is an illusion is the highest beauty.

But just in a higher state. Not for the ego mind. It sounds harsh.

[Leo Gura]

Sounds great to my ego.

[Xonas Pitfall]

59 minutes ago, Leo Gura said:

The truth that everything is an illusion is the highest beauty.

I’m trying to think this through - wouldn’t this be equivalent to saying:

The highest love is the one that loves evil the most.

The truth that everything is evil is the highest love.

Edited Sunday at 08:38 AM by Xonas Pitfall

[Xonas Pitfall]

Personally, I love that everything is illusory. I have no issue with it. But I'm not entirely sure if I'd call that the highest beauty... unless that’s exactly the point of the quote.

There seems to be an inherent link between reality and beauty; the more real something beautiful feels, the more beautiful it becomes. The more truthful, the safer it feels to trust, to surrender to, to love. There's something deeply compelling about what is raw, unfiltered, and pure.

But on the other hand, if there were no illusion, there would be no otherness, and without otherness, there would be no love, no contrast, no connection. And love, in all its forms, is arguably one of the most beautiful aspects of human experience. So in that sense, illusion is the highest beauty, because it makes love possible.

It seems to form a kind of strange loop:

All is one, undivided, unified → So separation, otherness, and love become what God craves and values most → Which makes illusion precious, because it creates that experience → But illusion can lead to distortion, suffering, and insecurity → Which makes us seek truth and reality again, and see that as the ultimate beauty

And the cycle continues... ⟳

[Xonas Pitfall]

Quote

You want love to be infinitely flexible, unbounded by physical reality. You want metaphysical love. You want unlimited love. Unlimited love requires Infinite Imagination: the power to imagine entire worlds. This means the worlds are imaginary. If love was limited by physical reality, it couldn't be Infinite Love! Your physical views are too small to be contain Truth/Love. You want love to transcend physics. Don't you see? You want your love for your children to transcend their physical existence. The only way to love your children forever is if they exist inside an Eternal Mind! You want the physical division between you and your children to be imaginary! You want UNITY. UNITY is only possible if all difference is imaginary! Don't you see? God has already thought all this shit through. God is designed to maximize love. Which is why physical reality is an illusion. Stop resisting the genius of the design. Embrace it. Trust in the beauty of illusion and be at peace.

Got it! It's a beautifully strange loopy, haha.

You want the love to be so real, so limitless, that you dissolve all that is "real" into illusion - so that love isn't bound by form, condition, or structure. In doing so, it becomes more real than "reality" itself – transcendent.

Illusion becomes necessary for beauty.
Because for beauty to be eternal and unending, everything else must become illusion - fleeting, ever-changing, unable to confine it.
Only then can beauty remain alive and infinite.

You're trying to make love and beauty so real, so absolute, that in the process, you render everything else illusionary.

Edited Sunday at 09:15 AM by Xonas Pitfall

[gettoefl]

I painted this entire canvas that I behold before me. I do it on the fly. There is not even a past to assist me. Wow. Man am I Good God or what!