Where there is truth to nature, both subjective and objective, in a work of Art, Beauty is its inevitable accompaniment. What, then, is the relationship of Beauty and Art? Beauty and Art may be an outer expression or an inner expression of each other. For example, in one moment, Beauty may be the outer manifestation of Art, and in the next, Art may be the spiritual side of Beauty. This is possible because both the terms, Beauty, and Art, in essence represent the Unity of Oneness, wholeness. The One Reality pervades the whole universe, both inside and outside, with its own light, its own energy, without being enlightened by anything else. For Beauty and Art shine in all structures and organizations, not as a separate or isolated phenomenon, but each united to the other in its ultimate essence.

Art, the, with a capital "A", primarily does not mean what we ordinarily understand by craft or craftsmanship. The word Art describes something far more profound, something which lies at the root of all culture and civilizations. The word Art is derived from the Latin, arare, to plow, to cultivate. As the plow cuts up the soil to loosen it and to air it, so the plow, spiritually considered, is that principle or prime-moving power, the cause of the ever-moving life, which stirs up the inertia of our being and makes growth possible. We cannot help but observe, throughout nature and humanity, a plowing and a cultivating going on continuously. For that reason, the application of this interpretation of Art in relation to life on the "path" in quotes, of evolution, is certainly always a plowing and sowing: cultivating new creations; designing higher ideals, new forms.

To experience this reality of Beauty, we must go within ourselves. Only thus can we gain any conception of the great mystery of Beauty and Art. The most important element is clearness of thought and feeling in our personal conception of Art and Beauty, so that we may be able to participate in the Universal Creative Activity. One of the most effective expressions of the highest Reality is the creation of objects of true Art.

To begin with the form of sculpture — the Statue of Liberty, a national symbol yet was conceived in another country where also the roots of the masonic was founded. The Statue of Liberty is the achievement and glory of Art in rhythmical vitality and order, illustrating a unifying idea holding together the divine aspects of the form, as we shall soon see. When Art has the effect of such beauty, the "I" "Self-centered" is no longer observing, for there is no observer, uniting us to our true selves and giving us wholeness, then it is true Art indeed. The appreciation of Beauty and Art brings about a refinement of the physical brain-mind. If it occurs with sufficient frequency and purity of motive, it can spiritualize the whole being. The inner understanding of Beauty and Art is of priceless value. For that reason alone, Beauty and Art are Yoga.

The Statue of Liberty for millions of people of all ages, is at first sight one may hear a shout of pure joy, "It’s the Lady!", elevating her to the level of a true royal figure a true monument (the Latin root of the word monument is monere, to remind). The monument stands for common ideas, hopes, and events that have passed and are to come. It is not merely for adornment, but it is a power of energy formulated at the physical level to express and to remind us as a mirror, of our union with the whole, for we are one humanity.

We observe that this monument is an ordered movement towards higher levels of reality. The artist who created the statue, like the real mystic, experienced that search for realization of union with the infinite. Both the artist and the mystic long for that transcendental participation in the Universal Creative Activity, a movement not as we know it. Both raise their eyes to catch glimpses of that power, that something, after seeing which there is nothing more to see, after becoming which there is nothing more to become. Both strive to wield that power which molds, not only their own genius and creativity, but which shows them the "Secret Plan of Creation, the One Reality of the Universe".

Now, let us try to catch glimpses of that creative activity, that energy of lines, lights, and fire as the building, the constructive power both in nature and in man, that creative activity which evolves life and reveals the Beauty and Aer which helps each of us to mindfulness.

We observe that the Statue of Liberty shows a nimbus. It takes the shape not of a halo or aureole around the head, but a radiant crown or corona, emanating, as the Sun God, Helios "The Great Architect of the Universe has given the Sun to the world to enlighten it, and Liberty to sustain it". Thus, Bartholdi gave Liberty a crown of seven rays as if the sun were radiating from behind her. The seven canonical rays to the seven sacred planets. The Hair shows patterns of the antique coiffure of the ancients. Expressing that wonderful rhythm of line, the hair creates a powerful enclosure that seems worked into the rhythm of the sea as the figure stands over the unfathomable depth of the ocean, with the blue sky above, symbolizing the Absolute, the Infinite, out of which creation has come forth. The lines of the hair glow with the lights of spirals, waves, and curves by which it creates charm and reveals its own Beauty. The face expresses the "Secret Plan" within, inviting mankind to lift that corner of the veil and experience a vision of the living truth of the ancient principles and rules which guide mankind in its spiritual growth.

In the right hand, the statue is lifting high the torch, the blaze of Truth, not a fire to destroy but a flame to enlighten. The torch of Liberty, Freedom, Human Rights, is lifted high so that all may see it and benefit by its light, a stream of light piercing the darkness of ignorance and man’s oppression until Liberty enlightens the world of all humanity. Until mankind returns to a more wholesome way of life the physical vehicle will not be suitable for the new energies.

In the left hand, the statue carries the "Book of the Law", the tablet, inscription commemorating the Declaration of Independence July 4, 1776. The book establishes specifically as Liberty, Equality, Fraternity: Liberty, freedom from physical restraint. Contains the revealed will of the Great Architect of the Universe.

The ideal of Brotherhood is often misunderstood and wrongly identified with "liberty, Equality, Fraternity" the famous formula of the French Revolution now Brotherhood emphatically does not mean equality. Even in a family it implies a difference in age and consequently all sorts of differences, in strength, in cleverness, incapacity, particularly in the human family, where there is so wide a difference between younger and older humans.

The Statue of Liberty can never be considered a static form. It is the feminine aspect which always brings something into manifestation. For, if one has had the experience of admiring the monument from a ship moving to port across its gaze, one would never forget the impression and experience of the curious dualism. It is as if the statue is striding powerfully forwards, the lines and contours of its form, the drapery folds, sweeping together upwards in a forceful movement to the torch. Then, as one moves toward the port, closer to the base of the statue, the initial impression vanishes, and a figure emerges standing still and rigidly erect holding the tablet of the law.

We now observe the bare feet, symbol of purity and perfection, as they stand upon a broken chain, to remind us that while we are in the human stage of our evolution, and subject to the dominion of matter, sorrow and trouble will come to us through our contract with that matter. But the expression also points to the principle that as soon as we truly understand the elements of nature, then the triangle, the at-one-ment with the wholeness, can never again be obscured by the square that is our personal human interest. The chains are broken. We must only be aware of our chains, the human attachments that bind us, at whatever state we may be in. And in that awareness, attention, we will find that our individual chains are broken, that we are free from material bondage. For true Freedom comes into human existence from following one’s own integrity, the Eastern concept of Dharma.

The monument is standing on a triple pedestal to symbolize Righteousness, Law and Justice, the true measure of man within a square base built on a foundation laid in the eternal Order of the Universe which cannot be shaken. Finally, we observe that the statue is standing above an outline with eleven points, illustrating for us perfection in action, the Divine acting in perfect Freedom.

All of this, of course, is the writer’s interpretation of the insight into how the Statue of Liberty has the magic power of bringing out the Beauty and the Art of Oneness, wholeness. Thus, we see a practical application of that experience of the Universal Creative Movement of spiritual principles. May this pondering on the Statue of Liberty aid us to glimpse the majesty and cosmic grandeur of Beauty and Art.

Finally, could it be said that the mission of this monument, the Life of this statue itself, is to regenerate, or to remind us as a mirror the life of mankind. With such aim is the greatest in Art and Beauty achieved. With such aim shall the banner bearer fulfill her existence, which is that mankind may be united in that mystical world we call Beauty, Nature, the Infinite.