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Originally Posted by Mark Lapierre  I'm still having difficulty accepting the idea of 'mirroring' because it implies that they are the same thing. They can be the same, but they also have the potential to be unrecognisably different. Not something usually associated with mirrors...
I also disagree with the distinction between inner and outer as a distinction between spiritual and physical, which further promotes the misrepresentation of the reality which they both reflect. To say that, despite there being no separation between the two, the spiritual inside contains all thoughts etc., implies that a physical approach to understanding thoughts is wrong, or at least inferior.
Simply put, to say that one mirrors the other implies that one or the other (or both) is real, instead of showing that both are incomplete, filtered views of something else. |
I'm quite surprised with the view of being incomplete. I'm assured through personal self-awareness that both are real and working in conjuction with each other to create my unique experience of life. It is my experience of myself.
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That leads to the alternate, common analogy of filters. Spirituality, materialism, science, etc., all can be thought of as filters through which we could possibly see completely different views of the same thing. For example a spirituality filter may make one particular view completely translucent, while a materialism filter makes the same view completely opaque. Or vice-versa.
What do you think?
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I think we make things terribly complicated and it must serve it's purpose. I think we must come to know the complexities in order to know the simplicities. Everything and everyone is our mirror but the reflection can be a positive or a negative one. It is up to us to decide what it is we are seeing and on how to view the reflection. It is human nature to only desire the positive but when the spiritual meets the physical, I accept the natural flow of negative and positive in full awareness. I think this is what is meant by "Surrendering to the moment."
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