What seems to be the world around a person appears as a reflection of the play of imagination in his consciousness. Emerging emotions allow you to believe in the reality of this imaginary illusion, and constantly repeating events root in the belief that this illusion is the real world.

Eyes, ears, feelings are only devices that produce electrical signals that enter the brain, where the formation of what a person perceives as the world around him takes place. The perceived world and events in it depend on how the mind is configured.

The mind, giving an explanation for what is perceived, creates its own illusory version of the surrounding world, the reality of which is made to be believed by emerging emotions.

Having believed in the reality of the ideas of the mind, a person begins to perceive them as his life and himself in it, forgetting who he really is. Such inattention creates separation and fragmentation of perception, gives rise to uncontrollability in thoughts and disorder in the mind, and brings suffering.

In order not to be like a boat on the ocean and not depend on the whims of the elements, you need tame your mind And curb your desires. To do this, you need to learn how to correctly focus your attention in order to observe thoughts and set the desired direction for their movement. Attention should be focused not on thinking about events occurring in the apparent world, but on how and where thoughts reflecting events arise.

Direct the movement of your thoughts in the opposite direction - from where they arise, while focusing on not doing, not thinking, not creating ideas. If this seems difficult or impossible to the troubled mind, do not make any effort, let the mind do what it wants. At the same time, set the direction of the movement of thoughts towards the realization that all ideas that arise in the mind are only an illusion. One should constantly create the idea that no idea that arises in the mind can be a reality. Thus, each subsequent idea created must be about the unreality of the existing idea and destroy it. In this way, the mind can be maintained in constant dynamic equilibrium, destroying the illusions that arise until a state of complete mental disciplines.

This practice helps develop the ability to distinguish between the true and the illusory and allows one to achieve control over emotions. The absence of emotions indicates that the mind is moving in the right direction. An intensifying emotion indicates that you are following a thought and you should change the direction of your mind.

P.S. In your training, you should not blindly rely on meditation and other similar practices. Without mental discipline, they may not produce results for a long time, bringing disappointment. You should not try to use your will to get rid of thoughts in your head. No matter how much effort you make, it will do nothing but focus on what you want to get rid of and will bring you the exact opposite result.

Stanislav Milevich

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The mind, giving what is perceived an explanation, thereby creates an idea - its illusory version of what is perceived, the reality of which is made to be believed by emerging emotions. Having believed in the reality of the ideas of the mind, a person begins to perceive them as his life and forgets who he is. This wrong focus of attention creates divided and fragmented perceptions, lack of control over the movement of thoughts and confusion in the mind, giving rise to suffering.

In order to tame your mind And curb your desires, you need to learn to focus your attention correctly in order to observe thoughts and set the right direction for their movement. Attention should be focused not on thinking about the events happening in the apparent world, but on where these thoughts come from. Direct your mind in the opposite direction, unusual for it, in the direction from which the thought arises. Direct it to not doing, not thinking, not creating ideas. If this seems difficult or impossible to your troubled mind, do not make any effort, let the mind do what it wants. Just set the direction for creating ideas. It should be aimed at realizing that all previous ideas in the mind are an illusion created by the mind itself. One should constantly create the idea that the previous idea is not real, and since no idea of ​​the mind is reality, then the subsequent idea of ​​the mind should be about the unreality of the idea that exists in the mind now. In this way the mind can be maintained in a dynamic equilibrium of non-creation of ideas than can be achieved mental discipline, and the practice of discrimination will help you realize the illusory nature of the ideas of the mind and allow you to achieve control over your emotions.

The absence of emotions will indicate that the mind is moving in the right direction. An intensifying emotion indicates that you are following a thought and you should change the direction of your mind.

Learning task - creation of an essay-argument in the genre of a literary critical article.

Possible plan for an essay on the topic “Tatiana is a Russian soul...”
with brief comments.

I . The place of the image of Tatyana Larina in the figurative system of the novel “Eugene Onegin”.

The image of Tatyana is important for revealing the ideological meaning of the work, since Pushkin’s conviction is connected with it that a person always has access to an understanding of lofty goals and the opportunity to rise above the spiritual environment.

II . Psychological portrait of Pushkin's heroine.

The heroine is distinguished by a rich inner world and unspent spiritual strength. Tatyana is smart, original, original. By nature she is gifted with intelligence and imagination. Due to the uniqueness of her nature, she stands out among the landowners and secular society; she understands its vulgarity, idleness, and emptiness of life. She dreams of a person who would bring high content into her life, who would be like the heroes of her favorite novels.

1. Conditions for raising the heroine: “They kept in life the peaceful habits of dear old times...” Together with her family upbringing, Tatyana acquired the foundations of folk morality and purity.

2. Originality of character in childhood and early adolescence.

The formation of character from early childhood occurs in nature; it develops freely, without experiencing any alien influences. Tatyana pushed away everything vulgar that did not correspond to her romantic perception of the world.

3. Reasons that influenced the formation of her character:

communication with people, love for the nanny;

Russian nature;

patriarchal family structure.

4. The harmony of Tatiana’s nature:

extraordinary mind;

moral purity;

depth of feeling;

fidelity to duty.

III . V. G. Belinsky about Tatyana Larina.

Pushkin loves his heroine for her integrity, nobility, simplicity of character,
for her intelligence, fiery and tender feeling, for her faith in her chosen dream, living will. In Pushkin’s understanding, Tatyana is the ideal of a Russian woman. Pushkin “was the first to reproduce, in the person of Tatyana, a Russian woman.”

Possible plan - short and detailed with comments -
essays on the topic “Eugene Onegin - an extra person.”

I . The author and his hero were part of the historical circumstances. Features of the era in which the novel “Eugene Onegin” was created.

II . Evgeny Onegin - “an extra person.”

1. Origin of the hero.

2. Education of Onegin:

knowledge level;

inability to work;

refined manners;

pastime.

3. Onegin’s disappointment and its reasons.

4. The search for satisfaction of spiritual needs:

Reading books;

attempts to write;

trips;

transformations in the village.

5. The main character traits of Onegin:

sharp chilled mind;

selfishness;

truthfulness;

knowledge and understanding of people;

dissatisfaction with life.

6. The hero’s attitude towards others:

to Tatyana;

to Lensky;

to the local nobility.

III . The tragedy of the image of Onegin, who became a literary type.

Detailed essay plan with comments.

I . Introduction.

1. An important feature of Pushkin’s work is its unusual
in size and speed of evolution.

2. The best evidence of the author’s evolution is Pushkin’s novel in verse “Eugene Onegin”. The metamorphoses that the poet experiences are the central theme of Eugene Onegin itself. The novel was written over seven years (1823-1831); During this time, historical circumstances changed, of which the author and his hero became a part, the idea of ​​the novel, the poet himself changed, the author’s ideas about his heroes and his attitude towards them changed.

3. Evgeny Onegin is a changing hero. It changes from chapter to chapter, and within one chapter the author’s point of view on Onegin can also change. The main principle in depicting a changing (“living”, “unfrozen”) hero is the “principle of contradiction.”

II . Main part.

1. Contradictions in the depiction of Onegin.

a) At the beginning of the first chapter, the hero is satirically shown as a typical representative of secular society (it is worth listing the typical characteristics of Onegin as a secular person).

b) At the end of the first chapter - an elegiac depiction of Onegin as a romantic (“Byronic”) hero (list the features of Onegin’s romanticism that are close to the author himself: “Involuntary devotion to dreams, // Inimitable strangeness,” “languor” (“Life was tormenting: both of us” ), fatigue from life (“The heat has died down in both hearts”), etc.

c) The author is aware of the inconsistency of his hero: “There are a lot of contradictions, // But I don’t want to correct them.” The novel itself must explain why the Author does not want to “correct” the hero’s contradictions.

2. Onegin’s riddle and its solution:

a) Who is Onegin? This question was posed by Tatyana, who loved him. Initially, she looked for in him the hero of “sublime” novels - either an “angel” or a “demon” (“Who are you, my guardian angel, // Or an insidious tempter?”). After the duel, Tatyana again asks this question: “The creation of hell or heaven, // This angel, this arrogant demon, // What is he?”

b) Pushkin does not give a simple answer to this question. Angel or demon, positive or negative hero? Neither one nor the other. Tatyana is trying to unravel Onegin by the books he reads, by his marks in the margins of these books -
and guesses: “Isn’t he a parody?”

c) However, this guess is only partly true. When in Chapter VIII the same assessments are given to Onegin by secular opinion, the author objects: “Why do you speak so unfavorably about him?” Yes, there is a “parody” in Onegin; Yes, his behavior is largely determined by the change of masks (“Melmoth, cosmopolitan, patriot, Harold...”), but his solution lies elsewhere.

d) So who is he? He is a complex, changing, contradictory person. Those who look for the uniqueness of a literary hero in him are at a loss; the answer lies in the living human ambiguity of Onegin. Such a complex hero was first introduced into Russian literature by Pushkin.

3. Onegin is an extra person.

a) Onegin is an “extra person,” a special human type. Defining the character that was revealed to Tatyana while reading Onegin’s favorite books, the author points to the most important feature of his Hero: “With his embittered mind // Seething in empty action.” “Empty action” is the key to understanding Onegin. Onegin, a gifted man, one of the best people of his time,
did nothing but evil: he killed a friend, brought misfortune to the woman who loved him: “Having lived without a goal, without work // Until the age of twenty-six, // Languishing in idle leisure, // Without service, without a wife, without business, // I didn’t know how to do anything.”

b) This is the tragic contradiction of Onegin: a person who could do a lot turns out to be “superfluous” in this life.

III . Conclusion.

The character created by A. S. Pushkin became typical for Russian literature. Following Onegin, Lermontov's Pechorin, Turgenev's Rudin, and Goncharov's Oblomov appeared. All of them are united by the fact that their high talents turned out to be “superfluous” to society - partly due to their weakness, partly due to the fault of society (to which they served as a reproach). The origins of many themes in Russian literature go back to Pushkin; one of them is the theme of the “extra person”.

Materials for an essay on the topic “Lyrical digressions as an integral compositional component of the novel “Eugene Onegin”.”

Possible epigraphs for the work.

Retreats are undoubtedly like sunlight; they are the life and soul of reading. Take them out of the book, and it will lose all value: a cold, hopeless winter will reign on every page.

L. Stern

“Onegin” is Pushkin’s most sincere work... Here is his whole life, all his soul, all his love; here are his feelings, concepts, ideals.

V. G. Belinsky

Key concept.

Lyrical digressions - this is an extra-plot element that allows the author to address readers directly from the pages of his work,
and not on behalf of any of the acting characters.

Turns of speech that allow us to characterize the personality traits of the narrator, manifested in his judgments:

Essay plan.

I. The place of lyrical digressions in the novel “Eugene Onegin”.

II. The role of lyrical digressions.

2. Expanding the spatial and temporal boundaries of the narrative.

3. Creation of a cultural and historical image of the era.

III. Is the main character in the novel “Eugene Onegin” the author or his hero?

Elegance is a very multidimensional concept. This includes the cut of clothing, wardrobe style, and demeanor. And also a special state of mind.

Elegance is charming. Always attracts attention. They admire and admire her. She is always remembered.

At the same time, not everyone manages to look elegant, and this is not a matter of big money. Elegance does not depend on the degree of ideality of the figure, on the cost or even the style of clothing.

What is the essence of elegance? What does it characterize?

Great fashion designers give very interesting and unexpected definitions of elegance. For example, the famous fashion designer Giorgio Armani claims that “Elegance is one of the forms of manifestation of the mind.” In his opinion, only an intelligent woman can look elegant, which is difficult to argue with. Yves Saint Laurent believes that the secret of elegance lies in personal, or rather spiritual, qualities: “He is elegant who has an elegant heart...”. And this is the opinion of the great couturiers, according to whose “golden” patterns they create the best in the fashion world! So the question is not even about clothes?

The etymology of the word “elegance” itself is even more interesting.

The French word "élégan" translates to "refined, graceful, refined, graceful." Quite an abstract definition. Sophistication, like sophistication, is perceived very subjectively. After all, each person has his own ideas about grace.

But from Latin, the word “elegance” is translated as “to choose.” This is something more specific. After all, to look elegant, you need the ability or even talent for a harmonious combination of things. You need to be able to choose and combine all the details of your image correctly.

In the dictionary of foreign words that became part of the Russian language in 1907 (Pavlenkov F.), you can see the following definition: “Elegance is grace, beauty combined with simplicity.” This definition is even closer to the truth. In an elegant appearance, simplicity masterfully combines with elegance. Luxurious minimalism...aristocratic simplicity is a paradoxical combination, but it most closely characterizes elegance as a concept. This is because elegance is a product of the aristocracy, which every minute had to comply with an endless number of protocols and rules. It is under these conditions that the impeccability of style and manners crystallizes, which evokes admiration and delight among others.

A much more complex definition of elegance is given by the modern encyclopedia Wikipedia: “Elegance is an ethical and aesthetic category that expresses civilized beauty with a conservative reference to the classics of the 18th–19th centuries. Characterized by noble simplicity, calm, relaxation, rigor and smoothness.”

As you can see, elegance is not so simple. Simple grace, austere beauty... An incredibly complex concept. And this despite the fact that elegance is not taught anywhere! Perhaps only at a modeling school, which only a few out of millions attend. And in everyday life, a woman has to learn all the “laws” of elegance on her own, starting almost from childhood. In many ways, the presence of this quality is determined by upbringing. And most often, innate qualities and talent help us, women, independently learn to correctly combine colors and shapes, create exquisite images and compositions. Elegance has close family ties with a sense of style and taste, which begins to form in childhood under the influence of various types of art. Classes in classical music, classical dance and fine arts develop a sense of style and that same sense of taste, without which it is impossible to look elegant.

True, authentic elegance comes with age and experience. Every time we meet a stylish and elegant woman in one situation or another, we note for ourselves all the advantages and disadvantages of her image, characteristics of behavior and manners. What you especially liked will certainly be remembered. In this way, unnoticed by us, that very “piggy bank” is created, that “eye” that always suggests the most harmonious combination of shades, wardrobe elements and accessories. Creating our own image, each time we gain our own experience, noting mistakes and the most successful options. The further we go, the more we master this magical art - the art of elegance.

Elegance – morning, afternoon and evening

It is impossible to be elegant only in the evening, and during the day to be tastelessly dressed and look careless. Elegance permeates our lives in everything, in every movement, in the manner of speaking, in the look, in the gait, in the hairstyle... In fact, elegance is a lifestyle. Do you want to be elegant? Then be prepared to work on yourself 24 hours a day!

If you don't feel elegant, that's fixable. There would be a desire. At first, self-control and discipline will be required. Gradually, elegance will become your favorite habit, and the art of always looking elegant will become your inner essence. That is, in any situation and anywhere you will feel elegant, look elegant and act elegant. One of your main assistants will be the reaction of others.

Along the path of delight

An elegant woman always receives a special reaction in her address - to one degree or another, admiration, charm, approval, favor. This makes her different from ordinary women. Elegance represents a higher quality level that everyone strives for, but not everyone reaches this pinnacle.

An elegant woman is always looked at in a special way! Instantly distinguishing her from the crowd, discovering a surprisingly harmonious image, a person with a developed sense of taste will certainly be enchanted and experience aesthetic pleasure. Elegant beauty immediately attracts you like a magnet. An elegant lady always feels such a peculiar reaction and perceives it as a signal that her sense of style and restraint do not let her down, and her image is still elegant and harmonious. If the lady stops catching enchanted glances on herself, it means that the harmony of the image is lost.

Elegance to the tips of the nails

The elegant lady is elegant from head to toe. Every part of her body looks flawless. Grooming is the most important “base” of elegance. Ungroomed hands or unkempt hair instantly ruin the elegance of the entire look. There can be no primary or secondary elements here - absolutely everything is important, every centimeter of your appearance. Only this approach allows you to create that magical aura that will captivate everyone who looks at you. You want to admire an elegant woman without taking your eyes off her! Everything in it is beautiful, everything is thought out and selected with taste and in accordance with a single style. An elegant woman lives in some other dimension, in another world - in a world of perfection and sublime beauty.

It is on grooming that the main feature of an elegant woman is based - complete self-confidence, which is built not on emotional self-confidence, but on thorough and daily work on oneself. An elegant woman always strives for perfection. She is a perfectionist to the core, a tireless and very demanding person. Such a lady will never allow herself a frivolous choice of clothing, sloppy hairstyle or inappropriate accessories. Elegance is built on the little things.

Elegant manners

Being elegant is the natural state of a woman. This is a certain cultural and mental level that does not allow a woman to look sloppy, communicate rudely, be unrestrained and aggressive. “Elegance itself,” this is what they say about a well-mannered person, an intellectual person. The elegant lady is extremely diplomatic. Her opposite is a rude, impudent, not neat enough, not stylish enough, and sometimes tastelessly dressed woman, challenging everyone and everything, enjoying imaginary victories in endless conflicts, the cause of which she herself is. Elegance against such an unsightly background looks emphatically feminine and aristocratic, diplomatic and friendly.

Elegance is a cultural code that permeates your entire life with seemingly unnoticeable little things: your gait in ordinary everyday life, your home wardrobe, the ability to move, your approach to doing household chores, conducting conversations with loved ones, etc. And, most importantly, what are you thinking about! What mood do you go through life with? In turn, your mood is at the mercy of your everyday thoughts. You need to control what your head is doing. An elegant mood is a special mood. “If you want to change your life, change your thoughts” is an old wisdom that is an excellent formula for working on yourself and developing such an important quality characteristic as elegance.

1. Elegance is the slowness of movements, their precision.
2. Elegance is courtesy and tact, balanced statements.
3. Elegance is a sense of proportion in everything.
4. Elegance is your individuality expressed through classics.
5. Elegance is a respectable image that inspires confidence.

An elegant look has several components. As we noted above, elegance is the ability to behave elegantly and present oneself correctly. And, of course, these are elegant clothes.

One of the most common misconceptions is that an elegant woman's wardrobe consists of very expensive things. This is wrong. Of course, a stylish lady should always have stylish designer items in her arsenal, but it is not at all necessary that all items be purchased in elite brand boutiques. This is the art of being elegant - the virtuoso ability to dress tastefully and affordably.

The talent of elegance is manifested in the ability to select individual things in such a way that it is possible to create different ensembles that are appropriate in certain circumstances. Elegance allows you to make purchases on an intuitive level, which will subsequently be harmoniously combined with each other.

In order to hit the bull’s eye every time when buying a wardrobe, you need to be constantly “in trend” and periodically get acquainted with the latest fashion items and its trends. Which does not mean that you need to dress in the latest fashion and update your wardrobe every season. Blind adherence to the canons can make a woman ridiculous and ridiculous.

Accessories and decorations

Jewelry plays a vital role in creating an elegant look. Without jewelry, elegance is absolutely unattainable! No matter how amazing the outfit is, without jewelry it will look unfinished. The minimalism and laconic beauty of clothing is emphasized by small but very precise touches - earrings, brooches, rings, necklaces. Jewelry gives the image that very charm that will captivate and turn heads. A brooch is considered one of the most elegant jewelry. The brooch is a real Queen in the kingdom of jewelry! For example, the British Queen Elizabeth II literally does not leave her personal apartments without a brooch. This inspired and romantic fashion touch suits only truly elegant ladies.

Which jewelry do you prefer?
As already noted, an elegant image is built on aristocratic simplicity, so you should pay attention to jewelry made from natural stones, made in a classic style. The usual gold chains, gold earrings and rings, which are so loved by a wide mass audience, alas, will not add elegance to your appearance. The decoration should be special and stylistically match the classic look. The most important criterion is that the decorations must be of high quality. Today, elegant ladies have a huge arsenal of high-quality jewelry with semi-precious stones to choose from: luxurious amber of various shades, pearls, corals, as well as fantastically beautiful jewelry with various types of enamel coating.

In addition to academic classics, jewelry in the Art Deco style will be a very elegant touch to your appearance - in the style in which the inimitable Coco Chanel worked, recognized throughout the world as the standard of elegance. This is a special type of jewelry that cannot be confused with any other. Perhaps some art deco jewelry is too chic and luxurious, but in combination with a wardrobe with a distinctly minimalistic cut, they look simply fantastically elegant!

Jewelry in the Art Nouveau (modern) style is more than appropriate for an elegant look - a real feast of color and floral patterns, smooth lines and stunning picturesqueness. The main feature of jewelry in the Art Nouveau style is the abundance of shapes and images of animals, birds, insects (butterflies, dragonflies, cicadas, spiders). Of course, it is important to use such noticeable decorations in a single copy! If an amazing butterfly brooch appears on the collar of your suit, then there is no need for other types of jewelry.

As for the color of natural stones, there are no restrictions. It all depends on the color palette of your image. These can be juicy scarlet zircons, golden ametrine, soft green jade, and romantic rose quartz. The main thing is to always remain in the wake of aristocratic restraint and not overdo it with an abundance of strokes and nuances. By the way, the British Queen Elizabeth II sets an excellent example of modern elegance. She prefers suits with an extremely minimalist cut, but at the same time skillfully “plays” with shades and uses jewelry very selectively. Probably everyone remembers her dazzling lemon outfits and amazingly beautiful brooches. Aristocratic simplicity! It is impossible to see Queen Elizabeth II “in public” without jewelry, because without it it is impossible to create an elegant image.