Hello world. The following was written 11/15/2016.
Something I have come to understand about the mirror is, 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 image 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 a doctors mind they hold data learned of the human body, an image of the human body defining how it is supposed to look and act, based on what they have been taught. They look at a chart filled with numbers. If your numbers do not match those in their head, they judge something is wrong with you. They do not see the Individual Being, standing before them. All they see is the mental image they were taught, 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 this other picture. We then ask ourselves why our image is distorted. Why we do not fit into the image we are creating, within our own minds.
It is these judgments and comparisons which are distorting the images 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, denying our connections as brothers. To deny we are equals, so the same.
I had to learn to let go of everything I was taught to believe defined me. I learned each item was a judgment or label taught to me. Each one was a lie, I chose to believe. In believing them, I began to see myself as a hideous monster which did not deserve to continue living. In those moments I sought out death in the form of suicide, 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. To understand everything is a choice and I am the one who is making these choices. No one else is choosing 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 look and 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.