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A Path in Pictures
by Art Ticknor

no self, no ego

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external ego

Narcissus, American Beauty

I = this body

looking for maximum body
pleasure, minimum body pain

I = this personality

looking for confirmation

 

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admission of mortality

concern about aging and it's implications

looking for permanence

 

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internal ego (I = viewer)

conviction of separation

looking for completion

 

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phantom self

I ≠ this body-mind

I ≠ a separate viewer

I = the viewing

I = bowman + arrow + victim