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When a man lacks discrimination, his will wanders in all directions, after innumerable aims. Those who lack discrimination may quote the letter of the scripture; but they are really denying its inner truth. They are full of worldly desires and hungry for the rewards of heaven. They use beautiful figures of speech; they teach elaborate rituals, which are supposed to obtain pleasure and power for those who practice them. But, actually, they understand nothing except the law of Karma that chains men to rebirth. Those whose discrimination is stolen away by such talk grow deeply attached to pleasure and power. And so they are unable to develop that one-pointed concentration of the will, which leads a man to absorption in God.

Bhagavad Gita, quoted in The Perennial Philosophy, by Aldous Huxley

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Monk - Tax Collector in the Temple, 1900, Konstantin Makovsky

https://www.wikiart.org/en/konstantin-makovsky/monk-tax-collector-in-the-temple

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Watteau

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[Standing Male Nude with Pipes] by Thomas Eakins, Metropolitan Museum of Art: Photography

David Hunter McAlpin Fund, 1943 Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY Medium: Platinum print

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Дерево. Тень. Земля под деревом для корней. Корявые вензеля. Глина. Гряда камней.

Корни. Их переплет. Камень, чей личный груз освобождает от данной системы уз.

Он неподвижен. Ни сдвинуть, ни унести. Тень. Человек в тени, словно рыба в сети.

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Вещь. Коричневый цвет вещи. Чей контур стерт. Сумерки. Больше нет ничего. Натюрморт.

Смерть придет и найдет тело, чья гладь визит смерти, точно приход женщины, отразит.

Это абсурд, вранье: череп, скелет, коса. «Смерть придет, у нее будут твои глаза».

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Мать говорит Христу: - Ты мой сын или мой Бог? Ты прибит к кресту. Как я пойду домой?

Как ступлю на порог, не поняв, не решив: ты мой сын или Бог? То есть, мертв или жив?

Он говорит в ответ: - Мертвый или живой, разницы, жено, нет. Сын или Бог, я твой.

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Collectanea de Lapide Philosophiae, 16th century

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То, что много людей одного мнения, не доказывает того, чтобы мнение это было верно.

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House at Oiséme, 1934, Chaim Soutine

https://www.wikiart.org/en/chaim-soutine/house-at-oiseme-1934

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Gary Bunt

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A Sixth Part of the World (Dziga Vertov, 1926)

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Gösta Adrian-Nilsson (Swedish, 1884-1965), Handskaffären [The Glove Shop]. Tempera watercolour on paper, 48 x 43.5 cm.

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Saint Francis deadened with an angel musician, 1607, Guido Reni

Medium: oil,canvas

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Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky all bundled up. 

Happy Birthday, Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky!

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Philip Guston (1913 - 1980), “Branch”, 1956-58, oil on canvas, courtesy Christies Images Ltd

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Cat with Kittens, ca. 664-30 B.C.E (or later) 

Egypt: Dynasty 26 or later, Late Period-Ptolemaic Period

Bronze, wood, 2 3/8 x 3 7/16 x 1 15/16 in. (6.1 x 8.8 x 5 cm) Base: 1 x 3 3/16 x 4 1/16 in. (2.6 x 8.1 x 10.3 cm) 

The Egyptians associated the female cat’s fertility and motherly care with several divinities. The base of the statuette of Cat with Kittens is inscribed with a request that Bastet grant life, directly linking the cat pictured here with the goddess Bastet. The kittens here and in the Cat on a Lotus Column point to the benevolent aspect of this feline divinity, while her pointed ears emphasize the feline’s attentive vigilance and ability to protect its young.

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Kate Moss by Nick Knight for Vogue US, August 1995