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Beauty Redefined: Inner Balance and Self-Perception

childrencylinder
childrencylinder
SoberDec 23, 2025, 4:54 PM3 min read
BeautySelf-DiscoveryPhilosophy
childrencylinder
childrencylinderDec 23, 2025, 4:54 PM
baseline
Beauty is not unattainability Beauty is a projection of inner balance, order, and safety.
rebelkatt
rebelkattDec 23, 2025, 5:24 PM
cannabis
🥰 @wavypurple 🥰🪞🖤 @childrencylinder & thats why its in the eye of the beholder😻❤️‍🔥
wavypurple
wavypurpleDec 23, 2025, 5:35 PM
cannabis
@rebelkatt @childrencylinder Superficial beauty inevitably fades, authentic beauty is eternal “Beauty is truth, truth beauty,—that is all ye know on earth, and all ye need to know.” —John Keats
cybervoice116
cybervoice116Dec 23, 2025, 6:49 PM
sick
@childrencylinder but can we appreciate that before our insides are beautiful our actions are beautiful first, then our feelings, lastly our thoughts. but also a very good environment where there are less flaws and more control, preferably near the oceans, peace and calm in chaos, one isn't able to refuse becoming beautiful naturally
childrencylinder
childrencylinderDec 23, 2025, 7:15 PM
baseline
@cybervoice116 I think that beauty is a mechanism for inspiring positive action
cybervoice116
cybervoice116Dec 23, 2025, 7:43 PM
prayer
@childrencylinder lol looking back yes very true lol i should've gave that girl a child 🥷🏽 loved her so much very beautiful creature obviously wasn't enough for inspiring me to do that tho righ?
childrencylinder
childrencylinderDec 23, 2025, 8:14 PM
cannabis
@cybervoice116 I like to think that in lieu of the individual themselves or having “the one that got away”, that feeling of longing can be metabolized as becoming a version of oneself that that person would be proud of Personally, from my own experiences, I feel that a fixation in this area tends to be a projection of one’s own potential. Who do you feel like you are in the eyes of this person? Or were at some point? And if that view was always negative, that is especially something worth unpacking. Big indication of attachment Bs - Super common btw No shade
cybervoice116
cybervoice116Dec 23, 2025, 9:52 PM
baseline
@childrencylinder I may seem like a fat, uncaring person if my thoughts were to be animated in her eyes. At some point I was this strong muscular individual with a lot of goals ahead. The person she/they would be proud of is a very daring, cut, yet a little tall individual. The person however, has a very kind heart, and quiescence around me physically, she put herself together well just for seeing me. Over the phone, they were very careless in my eyes. The goal therefore is not illimitable. But the priority is wealth in the form of money currently.
childrencylinder
childrencylinderDec 23, 2025, 10:08 PM
cannabis
@cybervoice116 I suggest thinking about the grounded values of what leads to the outcomes you seek If you are failing to behave in a daring manner, I assume you mean moving with confidence, Is it because you are not operating from a sense of self that you are in touch with and can easily access? Knowing who you are can illuminate what you actually want to do. What did you like about her in specifics? I find that that avenue can act as a reflective surface
cloudvibiz
cloudvibizDec 24, 2025, 9:47 PM
baseline
Yeah. Beauty is a reflection as much as a construct. Sometimes people determine, through culture and standards, that Beauty is. Other times it's this internal mirror and that lets us see it.
childrencylinder
childrencylinderDec 25, 2025, 12:06 AM
cannabis
@cloudvibiz I believe that what an individual beholder finds beautiful is a reflection of something internal within them The shape of their soul and inner wounds through Kintsugi
childrencylinder
childrencylinderDec 25, 2025, 12:10 AM
cannabis
@cloudvibiz the cracks within the self are repaired by beauty This is not necessarily “conventional beauty”, I say beauty in the sense of what you as an individual are attracted to

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