I had an interesting experience at a yoga class when I stood in front of an odd-shaped mirror. Technically several mirrors had been pieced together in a 3 dimensional shape. The effect that it had was that I could only see
Half of my reflection.
It appeared that I was split down the middle and half of my body was gone. This played with my mind and I thought,
“Where did the rest of me go?”
In society we are so used to focusing on the material aspects of ourselves and life – money, body image, possessions, cars, buildings, business-- We forget that we are much more than the 3 dimensional flesh and bones we see.
Ironically the best aspects of ourselves and life cannot be seen, right?
Things like Love, Hope, Creativity, Compassion, Generosity, Humor, Healing
Yeah, the good stuff!!
The second part of the mirror’s message was: Like it, love it, or loathe it – our physical selves will be here for a limited amount of time. Perhaps half of my physical life has already been spent. Life is a precious, limited comoditiy.
What a beautiful double message –
1) That body that you see is not what you ARE
2) Embrace any stage of life you are in – all joy, all suffering, all color and darkness
To what extent are you living your life to its fullest potential?
