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Posted on 04/04/2012


Photo taken on December 10, 2010


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A Certain Instinct A Certain Instinct

A Certain Instinct 

"There is in the human body a certain instinct for what is beneficial to us, as there is in the heart for what is our moral duty, an instinct which no authorisation by a doctor of medecine or divinity can replace.
We know that cold baths are bad for us, but we like them: we can always find a doctor to recommend them, not to prevent them from doing us harm."
(from "The Captive" by Marcel Proust - French novelist, 1871-1922)

This man was stepping into the cold holy waters of the Ganges at Lal ghat in Varanasi (Benaras)...

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"Il y a dans notre corps un certain instinct de ce qui nous est salutaire, comme dans le cœur de ce qui est le devoir moral, et qu’aucune autorisation du docteur en médecine ou en théologie ne peut suppléer.
Nous savons que les bains froids nous font mal, nous les aimons, nous trouverons toujours un médecin pour nous les conseiller, non pour empêcher qu’ils ne nous fassent mal."
("La Prisonnière" de Marcel Proust - Ecrivain français 1871-1922)

Cet homme pénétrait dans les eaux glacées et sacrées du Ganges en bas de Lal ghat à Benares...
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Nadine
Nadine
Courageux ou croyant.....??? ....mini le maillot de bain....!!!
13 months ago.
Designldg has replied to Nadine
Merci de commenter...ce n'est pas un maillot de bain mais le sous-vêtement traditionnel indien qui est en fait un long morceau de tissus triangulaire que chacun doit se draper.
13 months ago.
Elbertinum
Elbertinum
I like cold water in the river "Elbe" every morning - and this is a good feeling :-)
3 months ago.
Designldg has replied to Elbertinum
I guess that the Ganges is as cold if not colder than river Elbe during winters...;)
3 months ago.
Elbertinum has replied to Designldg
The river Elbe is in wintertime sometimes +0,5°C cold -
when it is -0,2°C than begin the icetime :-)
3 months ago.

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