When we look into a mirror our first glance is a physical reflection. At times, we like what we see and other times we do not. I believe if we looked deeper than our physical appearance we could open up to the possibility that we are not just reflecting our physical being. Perhaps, we are reflecting much, much, more...for we are all spirit, mind and then body.
Imagine what your reflection would reveal if you wanted to see truth, you spoke truth? If you wanted to see love, you gave love? If you wanted to see peace, you yourself were at peace? If you wanted to see right conduct and non-violence you modeled it in every experience?
Imagine then what your reflection would reveal to you? Could you ever really be dissatisfied with the image reflecting back at you…when it was emanating love, peace, truth, right conduct and non-violence?
What if every person you ever encountered was simply a messenger, a reflection of your likes and dislikes about your current self? Could we not then be thankful and find gratitude for every person and every experience good or bad? Would we no longer have the capacity and attachment to hold anger against another if indeed we were all mirrored reflections of each other? What if the world outside us is merely a reflection of the world inside us?
For I truly believe life is not only a reflection of what we choose to see, but what we choose to think in that moment. Maybe just maybe, we don't see things as they are, we see them as WE are.
This blog post was inspired by Derek O’Neill's teachings and Kristin's daughter Nadiya’s 'Reflections' choreographed dance "This is who I am Inside.”