Rolf's 10 Principles of Intelligent Beauty

Many scientists who study nature in more specific and organized ways share the conviction that nature is beautiful. Perfection and beauty in Nature is implied through complex and even magical dynamic organization, symmetry, equal division, and other perfect mathematical forms and notions.

1. Health: coherent intelligent energy, function, form.

2. Mindfulness: appreciating the value of the present moment. ‘Loving what is.’

3. Self-Esteem: confidence, grace, an internal sense of peace and satisfaction.

4. Gratitude: appreciation, compassion.

5. Connection: spirituality, balance, community.

6. Purpose: meaning, commitment.

7. Attitude: perspective, intelligent optimism.

8. Focus: performance, attention.

9. Self-Sufficiency: self-reliance, resiliency, recovery, self-healing.

10. Style and Appearance: appearance, creativity, authenticity.

What the philosophers say about Beauty The scientist does not study nature because it is useful—he studies it because he delights in it, and he delights in it because it is beautiful. More