Hello world. The following was written 11/16/2016.
Something I have come to understand about the mirror is that what we think we see is an illusion. We are taught to place before us a screen. A filter with which to view all we see. The picture I am given would be similar to the plastic film used on an over head projector with a drawing of the human body. My Guides are using an example of the medical field and how a doctor would look at each patient.
In the doctors mind they are holding up a picture of the human body and how it is supposed to look and act based on what they have been taught. They look at a chart with a bunch of numbers and if your numbers do not match they then judge you as having something wrong with you. They do not see the Individual Being standing before them. All they can see is that mental picture they are holding up in their minds.
In this same way, we as Individuals will hold up a mental picture before us as we look at our reflection. We will hold another’s image in our minds and compare ourselves to that other picture. Then we will ask ourselves why our image is so distorted. Why we do not fit into the image we are creating within our own minds.
It is these judgments and comparisons that are distorting the images that you perceive. Each of us are perfect as we are. Each of us are unique. We are taught from birth to judge ourselves and others by comparisons. To pit ourselves against one another as combatants and not connect as the brothers we are. To not see ourselves as equals so the same.
I had to learn to let go of everything I was taught to believe defined me. That each item was a judgment or label handed to me. Each one of those was a lie I chose to believe. In believing them I began to see myself as a hideous monster that did not deserve to continue living. In those moments I sought out death in the form of suicide. All because I was choosing to believe I needed to be someone else. Look like someone else…
When I let go those beliefs I began to heal. I began to see who I truly am within and without. That everything is a choice and I am the one who gets to make that choice. No one else may make it for me. When I look in the mirror these days I see me and only me. I no longer see the images I used to superimpose over myself thinking I needed to be like them. I now accept me for me exactly as I AM.
Blessings on your journeys my brothers. Hugs and love. You are loved. I love you.