Lungworth

When you see a beautiful woman with lightning-fast eyes, with a cheerfully radiant face, with divine beauty that burns your mind and ignites lust, think that what you are marveling at, what is arousing you, is just earth and ashes... Remove the skin from this woman's face, and then you will see all the nothingness of beauty. Do not stop at the outward appearance, but penetrate with your thought inward; you will find nothing but bones, nerves, and veins... Imagine how this woman changes, ages, and becomes infirm, how her eyes sink in, her cheeks become hollow, and how all her beauty disappears. Think about what you are marveling at and be ashamed of your judgment. You are marveling at clay and dust; ashes and dust are arousing you. In reality, the essence of visible beauty consists of nothing more than moisture, fluid, blood, and the juice of chewed food.