When we are born, we are pure and whole. We don't know the right from wrong, we don't have judgements of the self and the others, we don't have desires, apart from immediate needs, we don't have expectations. We eat when hungry, sleep when tired, cry when hurt and dress when cold. We live in the present without dwelling on the past or worrying about our future. We accept everything the life brings us, pains, pleasures, joy and suffering without discrimination. We don't identify ourselves with any fixed image or idea of a good boy or a girl. We are aware of everything that’s happening around us and we play spontaneously. Every day, every situation is new and exciting. The possibilities are open and the world is full of mystery, good and bad surprises and unexpected discoveries.

As we grow older, all the conditioning and judgements imposed by others start sinking in and separate us into fragmented beings with a twin mind. We learn to avoid that which potentially brings us pain, discomfort or any form of suffering, either from the environment, from others or from within ourselves. We become afraid of the unknown hidden around every corner of our inner and outer world. We learn to pursue only that which was confirmed by ourselves or others as safe, painless and pleasurable. Our life turns into a mundane routine of repetitive actions, thoughts and expectations continuously shrinking into more and more limited frame.

A beautiful collection of feminine artistic nude, erotic and boudoir imagery in romantic, floral and soft light natural settings, gentle mood and purity of expression. Please see the collection below for more photos.

Beautiful, sensual and mysterious asian woman in undone red kimono in traditional indoor settings of a Japanese house with shojo paper screens. By herself, with a man or with a cup of tea.

Taoist alchemical transformation, conceptual, fine art, tribal-shamanic themed photography of a couple, man and woman, blending into each other, their energies of Yin and Yang or Dragon and Tiger harmonizing and merging. Spiritual Tantric sexuality and awakening concept.

Enso circle is pained on their stomachs in the area of Dan Tien or Sacral chakra, depicting creative force of the universe, eternity, immortality and infinite transformation. The image is carrying and expression of strong spirit, health, energy, vitality, fearlessness, freedom, pure sensuality, truthfulness and love.

A featured image set of calligraphy brush strokes made with black sumi ink on textured white background. These images can be used as graphic design elements either on their own or as a layer mask in your design. In book cover art they can be used as a background for copy space under the book title or as a transparency layer for text to create a dramatic effect.

As busy human beings, always working towards our goals and reaching for success, we generally have little awareness of our body's energy system and our energetic and spiritual health. It might have never occurred to us that when we see another person, either in life, in a photograph or an artwork, the areas that attract or disturb us the most are usually the areas where we ourselves need the most attention, love and acceptance in our body.

When looked through the lens of fear, violence, desire or judgement, a photograph like this might trigger various negative emotions and prejudices associated with objectification, torment, suppression etc. When looked with an open mind and compassion, love and trust, we might see a person who acknowledges her pain and suffering, she brings her awareness to where it hurts the most, she is fully in the present moment, she feels the suffocating pressure imposed by our own judgements and conditioning, by our compliance with the societal norms and by our disconnection from the body and its need for love, care and attention. She trusts that it's not the loving partner that created that inner suffering, but he is the one to bring her awareness to it with gentle touch and loving look and he is here to help her liberate herself from that shame and the fear of suffering and bring her awareness back into her body and into the present moment.

Regardless of the shy look on the innocent young woman's face, she is able to accept and reveal her beautiful, given by the nature body being bound by the ropes of judgement, shame, unacceptance of sexuality, censorship and public opinions. The intricate pattern of the red shibari rope emphasizes her gentle curves, bringing awareness to delicate areas of her body and creating a psychological contrast between the softness of her skin and the tightness of the rope. She is willingly sharing her beauty, fragility and shame with everyone able to see her earnestness, humility and purity without judgments and preconceptions. She is fully in the moment and everyone who sees the image experiences that moment of awe and silence, when all the habitual conditioned thinking stops for a second, before the mind catches up and replaces the present moment with a set of judgments and prefabricated views.

Even though it might appear as suffering, she knows that when the suffering is accepted, it ends. When the ropes are removed, she'll enjoy the tranquility of freedom and will delight in her own inner strength, tolerance, self acceptance and willpower. After that fleeting moment, her life and the lives of those who see, will go back to 'normal' repetitive daily routine, chores, work, social life, which inevitably makes us suppress our inner selves and place innumerable restrictions on our self expression. Unwilling to accept suffering in being judged or unaccepted, we carry our own nature deep within, carefully hidden from the looks of others and from our own minds, creating a dark impenetrable shadow that will never see the light of acceptance.

So which is the suffering, the former or the latter? Both? Neither?