We are a mirror..

If you have read or heard this phrase before, you might be wondering what? What does that mean?

Certainly if you have asked me a decade or two ago, I would have no clue about this concept of mirror means? Or even how did that even remotely apply to my life.

… until it slowly revealed to me through many life circumstances, and often not the easy ones.

The mirror concept :: What we perceive or criticize in others often highlights something within ourselves that is either acknowledged or unacknowledged. This mirror concept encourages self-reflection, using interactions and external situations as opportunities to understand our own character, weaknesses, and unaddressed issues, thereby fostering personal growth. 

Ayya Khema, a well-known German Buddhist nun who taught in the late 20th century, said we cannot see in another person what we don’t know or do not have within us. For example, when we see another person angry, we can see it is anger and something we dislike. That is because we know anger and we have it in us, and so we react to the person who is angry. 

… So.. what we didn’t already know we would not know. You will not know what sugar tastes like (for you) until you tasted sugar, so try it for yourself next time, try to do something mundane or ordinary but try to do it differently and see if you have discovered something new about yourself.