Your Messenger message:
"Good evening, Sir Tony. I would like to share with you an art that was gifted to me by a vendor who also happens to be a Reiki and Chakra master according to him. He openly shared his beliefs when he saw me wearing an onyx bracelet. I was fascinated looking around his store- full of art, perfume, marquetry boxes among others. I have been drawn to Egyptian culture ever since I saw glimpse of ancient writings and symbols, which I cannot comprehend, whether in dreams or when in trance.
Also, I have consulted with you before my love for the sea and as a result, you have given me deep understanding of it and my relationship with the ocean. I am truly grateful. I also took note of your advice to be mindful of my spiritual practices as some of it may not conform to my religion. I have always kept an open mind to this as I journey towards my spiritual truth. My question is, will it be offensive to keep this art when I have various of beliefs within me that may or may not conform to it? I feel connected to it because I was the one who specifically looked for the painting of the two goddesses- the goddess of war and the goddess of life. He, instead, gave me a painting of the goddess of judgment and the goddess of life. But the painting looked so familiar to me that made me want to keep it regardless. He also gifted me a lotus flower oil/perfume with it. I did not expect that he was willing to give it to me all for free. These are the pictures- one would be in a normal lighting and the other one when taken in the dark. They are both the same piece. The ancient writing that is written below the piece is my name which the owner personally wrote for me. He also patiently explained the meaning of each character. This is all hand-painted in a papyrus. God bless you and your family always.My reply:
Hello_____!
You must be referring to the additional commandment in Islam, wherein Allah via The Prophet disallows the making of graven images of anything and anyone in heaven and on earth.
Being an artist myself, however, I would not consider it offensive to your religion to keep the piece, since it is a product of the person who created it, not yours. I would not hang it on a wall, though, but keep it in a scrapbook album that can serve as a picture reference book.
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