This Inner Reality
When a bird enters a hall of mirrors, it sees many reflections of its
own form. It imagines that there are a multitude of birds and they are its
competitors. So it keeps dashing against the mirrors and the glasses break into
pieces. Now it sees as many birds as there are pieces of mirrors. When the
mirrors are all shattered to tiny bits, no image is visible and the bird flies
away. This is a state of ignorance.
On the contrary, when a man of wisdom enters the room, he recognises
that these are all his own images and feels happy. In the same manner, the one
who sees oneself in all others and looks on them as one’s own images is a true
human being. The manifest principle that is visible in the external world is
the same as that which exists in an individual. Names, forms and abilities are
cognised as separate, but these are mere reflections. What you try to see in a
mosque or a temple is inside you. All spiritual practice is undertaken to
experience this inner reality.
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