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<div style="color:#000000;">The recognition of beauty gives birth to a sense of gratitude and wonder by which one is able to accept and enjoy all experiences on their journey for they are able to see the beauty hidden in all things. This adds joy and delight to the ardour of progress. It brings a refinement in the way we express ourselves and harmony in our surroundings, relationships, and in ourselves. </div>
<div style="color:#000000;">The development of a sense of beauty is accompanied with an aspiration to be beautiful and a need for harmony. This becomes the seed for widening one’s one's perspective and prevents us from falling prey to the sectarian, divisive forces that demand our attention and drain our energy. </div>
== Stages of Aesthesis: ==
<div style="color:#000000;">The cultivation of a true aesthetic sense begins with a cultivation of our senses of perception. At first, the intention is to encourage recognition of what is beautiful - for when we are able to perceive and receive the ‘beautiful’"beautiful", we aspire for beauty. </div>
<div style="color:#000000;">However, the recognition of what is beautiful brings with it a sense of discernment of what is not beautiful or not in harmony with this aspiration. It is then that we enter the rational stage and begin to question why something is beautiful while something else is not. This is a stage characterised by polarity - for shadows can only be cast where there is light. </div>
<div style="color:#000000;"><span style="background-color:transparent;color:#000000;">'''Will: '''</span> It is not always easy to face and conquer our shadows after having experienced light. It creates a feeling of sinking and loss of control. One must have a strong will to control one’s one's imagination and direct it towards beauty and light. </div>
<div style="color:#000000;"><span style="background-color:transparent;color:#000000;">'''Detachment: '''</span>The experience of something beautiful can bring with it a feeling of desire. In such a state, one is not able to truly enjoy the beauty and is controlled by their likes and dislikes. A true aesthetic sense does not seek to possess or judge the object of beauty. </div>
== Cultivating Aesthetic Sense in  Children in Children ==
<div style="color:#000000;">When a child recognises disharmony - in their bodies, for example - encourage them to see the possibility for harmony in their body as opposed to feeling powerless and pitiful. Use “my of arms must be proportionate, my body must be harmonious� harmonious over “it it is a pity my arms are too thin for the rest of my body�body. </div>