No matter how one "conceptualizes" or "holds" that beyond self, perhaps as the Creator, Christ or God, perhaps Buddha or "a state of consciousness", or simply that which is beyond current knowing, each human worthy of that term has a conscience, whereby "I know good and evil, and I choose to do good, not evil". Even the most existential who put their neurone into contemplation are generally capable of finding something magical in the externalities of life/ existence (the macro and the micro) and an inherent purpose in living for a greater purpose than mere self and a nihilistic existence of immediate gratification and self satisfaction, and even here, right thinking, righteous cause and right action are surely the primary fundamentals for "feeling good about myself" in the here and now? May you find that which, in your clearest moment of succinct insight into your greatest causes for the continuance of your being, you would at the very least want for yourself. May you find that which your Soul seeks for you. Peace, ** The Unusual Story Behind Russia’s Most Famous Painting of Christ – Ivan Kramskoy’s ‘Christ in the Desert’ (https://russia-insider.us9.list-manage.com/track/click?u=fa2faf7034c3c3c413cb3652f&id=81b5f8b646&e=5110f4b440) ------------------------------------------------------------ by Liza Ivanov Russian art for the seeking soul[field_author_has_account_] (767 views) on Sun, Nov 4, 2018 A few months before he was due to graduate with honours from the Imperial Academy of Arts in St. Petersburg, Ivan Kramskoy (1837-1887) organized the notorious ‘Revolt of the 14.” He led a group of his best friends (who also happened to be the most promising students of the graduating class of 1864) as they marched into the university main office and furiously presented a list of complaints and demands to the administration. They proudly denounced the unbearable constraints of academic art, it’s strict delineations between high and low art, it’s deadness and impotency.