The “why” there asks for an explanation, something which the mind can manipulate such that it can put reality inside a box and not have to pay attention to it ever again. But beauty is not this way: beauty is precisely the experience of paying attention to something such that Reality unfolds from it. Not to get anything from it, but simply for the sake of the experience itself.
Another kind of “why” question would be about exploring a mystery, and allowing it to unfold itself, without the need for anything to come from that. For instance, why does anything exist at all? Isn't that so interesting? The mind immediately wants to jump in and give an explanation, whether scientific, religious, metaphysical, etc. But what about simply allowing the question to be and sink into your being, and allow it to shape your attention? Why does anything exist at all? How curious it is to be alive, and experience the world.
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2024-10-27