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What does it mean?
Intimacy can make a person appear radiant or transcendent.
In plain terms
Close moments make people look beautiful.
What can you take from it?
Intimacy enhances perception.

Where it applies

  • romantic moments
  • viewing partners
  • appreciating beauty

Putting it to work

  • value intimacy
  • notice beauty
  • connect deeply

Questions to consider

  • When did you feel radiant?
  • How does love change sight?

Another view

Subjective and not universally true.

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