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Beauty is a transformative power

ByKim Hermanson

“Recent discoveries in Western science now add to a growing body of evidence suggesting that beauty is a transformative power…beauty is an experience…Through our experience of beauty, we’re given the power to change the feelings that we have in our bodies. Our feelings, in turn, are directly linked to the world beyond our bodies. The ancients believed that feeling—especially the form of feeling that we call “prayer”—is the single most powerful force in the universe….when we say that beauty has the power to change our lives, it’s no exaggeration to say that the same beauty also has the power to change our world.”

~ Gregg Braden

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