The Mirror Principle
Universal principle #9
Everything we see and feel is a reflection of the state of our own consciousness. Every person we attract into our lives is showing us a perception we hold about ourselves. Every feeling expressed by another mirrors a feeling deep within us. This reflection is a gift, for it allows us to be aware of the beliefs we hold, and the ways we have blocked the free flow of Divine Love through us.
In the series of experiences that make up our life there can be time for reflection about the whole purpose of it. We are so busy in doing, that we have little time for being, which is after all what we are: human beings not human doings. Many of us stick to the script; we see life as a one time event of some four score and two and then hope there is an afterlife. Then what? Perhaps if we played our hand right, we get a heavenly home, if not, a horrible fate. Then there is the possibility that we are here many, many times before exiting stage left. If we are eternal souls who have a consciousness that endures in some form, then why not keep coming back?
The gospel means “good news.” Good is a judgment. The good news is, we are here and experiencing life. However, the planet is a mess. The human inhabitants use up its natural resources and even kill each other a lot. John Denver was frustrated by what he observed as he traveled all over the globe entertaining others. There is a lot of angst in his lyrics about a world that he so loves and how we all are abusing it and its travelers. He cries out in his song “Let us begin”, “What are we still making weapons for?” He pointed out the plight of children in his soulful “I want to live.”
Of all the songs that John performed my favorite is: “The Wings that fly us home.” John shared in his Anthology song book that Joe Henry wrote most of the lyrics to this song. Joe wrote it about John and Joe’s relationship. It speaks to me about our life on Earth and our relationship with Spirit which ultimately is all we have and who we are. When we leave our small blue planet we take nothing with us. Here are the incredible lyrics:
There are many ways of being in this circle we call life
A wise man seeks an answer, burns his candle through the night
Is a jewel just a pebble that found a way to shine
Is a hero’s blood more righteous than a hobo’s sip of wine
Did I speak to you one morning on some distant world away
Did you save me from an arrow, did you lay me in a grave
Were we brothers on a journey, did you teach me how to run
Were we broken by the waters, did I lie you in the sun
I dreamed you were a prophet in a meadow
I dreamed I was a mountain in the wind
I dreamed you knelt and touched me with a flower
I awoke with this: a flower in my hand
I know that love is seeing all the infinite in one
In the brotherhood of creatures; who the father, who the son
The vision of your goodness will sustain me through the cold
Take my hand now to remember when you find yourself alone
And the spirit fills the darkness of the heavens
It fills the endless yearning of the soul
It lives within a star too far to dream of
It lives within each part and is the whole
It’s the fire and the wings that fly us home
Fly us home, fly us home
The Earth is a reflection of who we all are. Right now we are not doing such a good job of caring for our planet. It is up to each of us while we are here to do all we can to nurture and love our amazing planetary home. Recycle, become sustainable, treat everything as sacred, because it is. So before our own journey to our spiritual home, let’s make this one the best ever! From my heart to yours, Thomas