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If
all people around us are AESA’s “mirrors”, then
they are in effect “mirrors” for each other and each
other’s Self as well. What if all the people around us are
“mirrors” of whatever everyone is projecting, or in other
words personifications or embodiments of our opinions? What if all
the people around us are the embodiments/personifications of our
thoughts, opinions and ideas? “Mirrors” for our thoughts,
the way a glass mirror reflects the expression on our faces. This may
be a combination of our opinions, or a single one. The interaction
with this “person” may be a chance for us to interact
with one or more of our beliefs. Knowing which belief they personify,
may allow us a chance to discuss a situation with them and to see it
from that perspective. When someone comes into our lives and is
offering support, help, as well as encouragement could they be a
manifestation of our opinion that we are on the right path? If there
is doubt in our minds, someone may appear to impersonate that doubt.
An example of our irresponsibility being reflected to us could be
someone telling us to keep using credit cards to buy as much stuff as
we want, and just pay the minimum each month. We think about the idea
and do the research. Once we see the fine print, our intuition tells
us that it’s not a good idea “what about paying back the
money?” And we decide that this is not for us. Actually there
are reflections available for “what if” as well. “What
if I had decided to charge up my credit cards?” Plenty of
stories and statistics available all around us from first-hand
accounts from people we know, to stories on the internet.
The
big question and issue of difficulty is our loved ones. We are so
used to a certain way of them behaving, and a certain persona we have
been bestowing and reflecting from them for so long that they are an
amalgamation of a plethora of opinions. There is so mush “history”
that we don’t believe that we “create” them. We are
the ones “asking” our loved, dear, and near ones to
impersonate one or more of our opinions. At times we “ask”
them to be the voice of reason, and at times they are the gentle
nudge we feel we need. They are the support in our lives, but
occasionally they may be the obstacle as they reflect our own
reluctance back to us. The people on the street are opinions that
have nothing to do with us. There is nothing to reflect. They are
someone else’s opinions, and the extent of our interaction with
them may be just a subconscious attraction or repulsion, depending on
what we exude for them to reflect back to us. The people on the
street are easy, if we don’t like them we can just walk away.
What do we do with our family and friends when they’re pissing
us off? Do to others what you want them to do to you. Love them and
they will love you back. Easy and effective.
Do
to others what you want them to do to you is an old expression,
perhaps it’s time to rephrase it as “do to others what
you want them to reflect back to you”. If all the people around
us are impersonations of our opinions, thoughts, and beliefs then
loving all of them simply means loving all the parts of ourselves.
And if they are “reflections” then we will simply be
reflecting love back to ourselves. In a specific situation we may
choose the opinion we would like to have, but all of the opinions are
valid, all of the opinions make up our individual “I”.
“I” may not like an opinion, and “I” may
choose a different opinion to interact with, but both are “I”’s
opinions. The people around us are those opinions we would like to
interact with, and the opinions we would like to bring to a
situation. When experiencing the situation of dealing with a child,
we may want to bring along our “reflection” or “idea”
of patience. When making a deal, we may want our “negotiator”
or “deal maker” with us.
To be continued...
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