Nature's beauty is a matter of fact; nothing contrived. True beauty underlies the appearance of things whereas artificial beauty lies only skin-deep. True beauty reflects spirit. Aesthetic sense calls up and reveals to consciousness a certain vibration that stirs the heart and soul. Natural beauty, sourced in creation, is whole, universal and eternal. Its knowledge resides in our deepest being and resonates with our soul. Nature's beauty cannot be calculated, measured, taught and duplicated; it just is. Knowingness and appreciation of beauty come straight from the heart. Conscious recognition of nature's beauty is immediate and certain. The sense of reason is not involved. The sense gives the living a zest for living. It is a reward for conscious living connected to the natural. The strength of the felt beauty is directly related to one's sensitivity of nature's beauty. The sense also bestows the wisdom to know the difference between what is true to the core and what is true just on the surface.

Plato equated beauty to truth, the opposite being ugliness to deception (Nelson, 2007). The one is liken to a true love; the other, to an ephemeral lover. Nature's art expresses the truth of creation and human art expresses the artist's true nature. Nature inspires our imagination and creativity as nature is inspired. Untamed nature beckons us to reconnect to our spiritual roots and our truth. As this connection strengthens, our capacity for unconditional love deepens. We become more aware of the beauty in all nature, within ourselves, within each and every person, and within every global natural landscape. No matter how ugly the current human world appears, we know beauty and hope; truth and love exist always, if only to connect to its source.

Nature is the ultimate master artist. Art and nature go together like 'a pea in the pod'. The natural world teaches the painter the elements of fine art --color, content, form, pattern, light, composition, meaning, feeling, etc. Nature also demonstrates fine music and fine dance. Nothing fulfills or pleases like the aesthetic sense, the messenger of imagination expressed creatively through the hands, voice or body. Nature's art is fluid, ever changing in rhythms, whereas human art, except for dance, is static. Therein lies the limits of being human. We are locked in time in a timeless universe. We live structured, 'has to be this way' lives. Still by expressing the art of our true nature out into in world, we become a participant rather than an observer of the creative process. Predictably, highly creative people have a highly developed aesthetic sense.