Skin deep

There is a technique of meditation regarding the impermanence of physical beauty. A person will sit infront of a corpse and meditates on it. This technique is not possible now due to practical reason. However, a meditator can still contemplate on the reality of beauty. Look underneath the skin. What do you see? You will see bones, blood, muscles, blood vessels and so on. Are you still attracted to them? Literally, beauty is skin deep. Now go back to the surface, the skin. Look carefully here. You will soon see it is not as what you thought it to be. You can see scars, spots, pimples, birthmarks, wrinkles, scratches and so on. When you calmly contemplate on the physical body, you will react with repulsion - the body will decay, grow old, rot and becomes ugly! We must be grounded to the reality and not let our senses go overboard like lusting over someone's body. To add a caveat, Buddha understands the bodily needs of man and woman; it is called marriage or faithfulness to your wife or husband and only with them, the physical needs are taken care of. This is the dharma way.