Reflect
REFLECT = to exhibit as an image; to mirror (as the clouds were reflected in the water); to show (as a pulse reflects the condition of the heart); to realize or consider
QUESTION: Are you aware that what you see is a reflection of you?
STORY: One morning in 1994, I got up, washed up in the bathroom and sat quietly meditating while glancing in the mirror before me. Then I decided to draw what I saw using the language of form without being bound by the form. In this practice, I see edges as simple directions (either vertical, horizontal or diagonal). I relax and feel what I see without interpreting or judging. Drawing helps me realize that the world that appears to be separate from me is not separate from me - it is a reflection of me. I believe that we all need to reflect and consider how this works in our own lives. It is time for humanity to WAKE UP - to the changeless, ever present ONENESS of life (to the formless, Spiritual Principles that exist back and behind the world of time, space and change.
QUOTES
“Arise! Awake” And stop not until the goal is reached!” ~ Swami Vivekananda
“How can you prove whether at this moment we are sleeping, and all our thoughts are a dream; or whether we are awake, and talking to one another in the waking state?” ~ Plato
“The Buddha’s disciples asked him: Are you a god? No, said the Buddha. Are you an angel? No, said the Buddha. Then what are you? They asked. I AM AWAKE, said the Buddha.”
“Self observation is absolutely essential if I wish to know myself.” ~ Red Hawk
EXERCISE
STOP.
Sit quietly. Assume an erect posture.
Sense the breath.
Sit calmly and reflect upon what you see, hear, smell, taste and feel in the world before you right now.
Yes it appears to be separate from you yet it is in some way a reflection of you.
Get your pen and paper and write words or draw lines expressing your reflections.
Play gently and draw lines without judgment.
Move forward into your day reflecting on the world around you and the world within you - as ONE incredible relationship.