Mirror! Mirror...mirror?
My fellow practitioners I’ve been reflecting on the term ‘to reflect on something’. Isn’t it funny how we overlook the depth of everyday terms we use when in reality they point to a deeper truth? Telling us more than we may realize? The refection of something isn’t the real, isn’t it? For example: The reflection of your face in a mirror isn’t your face. It’s just an appearance. We may assume its referring to our actual face but it itself is made of just mirror stuff, isn’t it? So, when we reflect on something we are not actually contemplating about what we believe we are contemplating on, but rather it’s simply a fresh happening in that moment. The reflection is fresh. It’s not even really a reflection then, is it? Its not about something. The very thing, the thought material or makeup of it is just that. It appears to be reflecting on something but it’s made of thought stuff that has no actual link to anything else. Even if we believe it is pointing to something or referring...
