Striving for Beauty

My Lord says we must strive for beauty in order to evolve, and we want to evolve as humans, or we'll die out. To complete the evolution of mankind, we must become perfect. Letting go of the ego and living with presence, love and kindness assists us on our trail upwards.
To choose beauty always--the genuine Beauty of the spirit rather than the more common "beauty" of seduction--is a challenge, not a struggle. If you are struggling with Beauty you are doing something wrong. Intuition is used, rather than intelligence, to make choices and decisions that uplift the spirit.
How will you know intuituon? Intuition speaks to you through your gut, you feel it in your solar plexus. Intelligence, when it's being applied toward a concrete goal is a benefit for us on Earth, but when it's not engaged in accomplishing a goal, the incessant chatter of the ego arrives in the dialogue of the mind, polluting thoughts overtake our psyche, and often we choose to act wrongly and justify our actions with rationalizations.
Eckart Tolle wrote about evolution in his book, "A New Earth." A rock, as it has completed its evolution (obtained perfection), becomes a crystal. No two crystals are alike, but they are all perfect and beautiful. As plants complete their evolution, they flower. As certain reptiles evolved into birds, they achieved perfection and became beautiful.
As I write this, blue jays outside in the "science fiction tree" are busy feeding their chicks. (Albert and I have come to find the name "science fiction tree" appropriate for the tall, leggy plant in the garden, which we have failed to identify, and which looks like something out of "Star Trek.")Their fantastic, iridescent-blue plumage shimmers as they hop down to the ground to find grubs. They are truly beautiful. And that blue is out of this world!
What does "Strive for Beauty" mean to me? It means I am careful to always ask myself: "What is my motive in doing _____?" If, when I choose to wear lipstick, I find my motive is to get a desired effect, such as attention from my boss, then putting the lipstick on becomes an act contrary to Beauty. But if I find that the motive to wear lipstick comes from a feeling of Beauty, then putting the lipstick on is uplifting for my spirit. Of course, I must be careful in checking the ingredients of the lipstick to avoid polluting this body.
Even the most scarred and misshapen women have Beauty. With careful choices, and practice, Beauty is manifest.
Like wise, when I am making, and that is my verb, "to make," I strive always to make things of Beauty. Whether I am painting, knitting or cooking, to make beautiful is synonymous with making perfect.
Don't fear perfection! It will be your salvation!