Our Insubstantial Nature This October, I spent a month in Ibiza, Spain doing something I’ve thought about doing for at least half of my life. I took a 30-day yoga and mindfulness teacher training with Still Flowing Yoga. In my next several blog posts, I intend to write about the three most significant lessons I […]
Mirror Meditation: 12 Steps to Allowing and Nonattachment
As author Paolo Coelho writes, “If you’re afraid — don’t do it; if you decide to do it — don’t be afraid.” It’s great advice for anything, but especially applicable to mirror meditation. Mirrors get a bum rap, made notorious in horror films and touted as tools for narcissism or platforms for self-hatred. It’s unfortunate, […]
Osho Quote
“If you can become a mirror you have become a meditator. Meditation is nothing but skill in mirroring. And now, no word moves inside you so there is no distraction.” Osho
Paul Morand
“Mirrors are ice which do not melt: what melts are those who admire themselves in them.” Paul Morand
Elizabeth Gilbert
“A true soul mate is a mirror, the person who shows you everything that is holding you back, the person who brings you to your own attention so you can change your life.” ~Elizabeth Gilbert, from Eat, Pray, Love…
Kahlil Gibran
“Beauty is eternity gazing at itself in a mirror. But you are eternity and you are the mirror.” Kahlil Gibran
Shakti Gawain
“The people we are in relationship with are always a mirror, reflecting our own beliefs, and simultaneously we are mirrors, reflecting their beliefs… one of the most powerful tools for growth…” Shakti Gawain
Percy Shelley
“Poetry is a mirror which makes beautiful that which is distorted.” Percy Shelley
Nichiren Daishonin
“A mind now clouded by the illusions of the innate darkness of life is like a tarnished mirror, but when polished, it is sure to become like a clear mirror, reflecting the essential nature of phenomena and the true aspect of reality.” ~Nichiren Daishonin
More on Osho & Mirror Meditation
When we look into the mirror during mirror meditation, what do we see? Spiritual teacher, Mooji, has an awesome youtube meditation in which he has you visualize yourself standing on a scale removing everything that is not natural to you. In other words, you remove your clothes, your dental fillings, and your nail polish, and […]
Paul Klee Quote
“Some will not recognize the truthfulness of my mirror. Let them remember that I am not here to reflect the surface… but must penetrate inside. My mirror probes down to the heart.” Paul Klee
Byron Katie on Mirrors
“Do you want to meet the love of your life? Look in the mirror.” Byron Katie
Rumi & the Mirror
Rumi & the Mirror Contemplate these beautiful quotes from Sufi poet, Rumi, during your mirror meditations. ~~“You have no idea how hard I’ve looked for a gift to bring You. Nothing seemed right. What’s the point of bringing gold to the gold mine, or water to the ocean. Everything I came up with was like […]
Mirrors in Poetry
Mirrors frequently appear in poetry. Here is a selection of poems featuring the mirror that seem to capture the mysterious and compelling qualities inherent in reflection. Rumi has also used mirror symbolism in his poems. Lady at a Mirror by Rainer Maria Rilke As in sleeping-drink spices softly she loosens in the liquid-clear mirror […]