THE MIRROR : ENCOUNTERS WITH THE SELF

Yesterday I wandered out 

With no real purpose 

Just a thought 

Show me my truth 

Show me who I am 

I have forgotten. 

Then I heard a voice 

Made me pause and turn your way

Something about the way you move

Something about the words you speak

The thinker or the trickster

I wondered. 

A fork in my path was revealed

Is the universe tempting me or testing me? 

The quest for truth is riddled with curiosity and I decide to deviate 

I must investigate

I try to come close but I still cannot see 

For you’ve noticed my arrival and say to me 

‘’I will not reveal if I am the trickster or the thinker. You will have to find that out for yourself. I will place before you a mirror. If your heart is not pure, you will see what I wish for you to see. But if you have truth in your heart, you will see reality and you will see your truth in me’’ 

I look into the mirror, and I see 

The love that shines bright from within me. 

Radiant, like my name 

‘’Is this my truth or is my heart not pure?’’ I wonder in disbelief. ‘’Surely, i cannot be this naive’’ 

I look again, into the depths of my eyes and slowly, they begin to appear : the fear, the ego and the rage. 

For where there is love, there is pain. 

Yin and the yang

I am reminded once again

Of the eternal truth 

There can be no escape 

From the duality of our lives. 

Embrace it 

Expand with it 

Express it