Looking into a Mirror (of personality)

[Plenum]

I have always wondered how this passage worked in practice:

47.9 The disciplined personality, when faced with an other-self, has all centers balanced according to its unique balance.

Thusly the other-self looks in a mirror seeing itself.

what would such an interaction look like?

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I think, much like a physical mirror, the mirror of the 'balanced personlity' will reveal to the other-self the kind of output they are putting out.

for eg, if the other-self is being angry and frustrated, the balanced personality will reflect back some of this energy, but without any sense of judgement or regret. Much like a physical mirror, that balanced individual would not be swayed or overcome by what the other person is putting out (their own internal balances are unmoved by distorted energies), but they are also not ignoring or bypassing the situation.

and much like a physical mirror, this 'reflection' back to you can be very useful in seeing the 'self'. It shows us the areas in which we are balanced ourselves, but also those areas which are in need of some work (some smudges on the face for example).

if you hang around blocked people you will see your own 'projections' and can work on those. If you hang around 'clear people' you can also see your blockages, but it will be revealed in a less harsh way.

being around 'clear people' you will see your own blockages with less resistance.

but the feedback is available either way. It's up to us to take responsibility for what we see and how we react to others.

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peace, and namaste,

plenum

[Hototo]

Getting a new sense to reality always feels slightly itchy on the brain. That is the best way I can describe "looking in the mirror and seeing the other self" feels like. That and if you've seen that video of that one kid getting the cochlear implant turned on and hearing for the first time and going Ngggaaah and smashing things. Thats roughly how it felt for me for the first time.

So. If you want an idea of what it looks like for the first time, imagine an itchy sensation in your brain in combination with reactions from children getting cochlear implants turned on for the first time.

thought I would drop in and say that.

[native]

They could be making a statement about pure being. So when a person encounters someone who is truly balanced, they're not encountering a bunch of emotion and distortion, but an expression of beingness itself.

The goal seems to be to embody the polarized outstretched hand. To me that means to be in a balanced position and offer something useful more in the direction of what is asked, rather than reacting with emotion and guiding how you see fit above all else.

"However, it is a delicate matter to be of service, and compassion, sensitivity, and an ability to empathize are helpful in avoiding the distortions of man-made intelligence and awareness."

[Bring4th_Austin]

if you hang around blocked people you will see your own 'projections' and can work on those. If you hang around 'clear people' you can also see your blockages, but it will be revealed in a less harsh way.

being around 'clear people' you will see your own blockages with less resistance.

but the feedback is available either way. It's up to us to take responsibility for what we see and how we react to others.

Would it not be your "blockages" or "distortions" which are being projected on to others in either case?

The way I interpret this passage is that, while we will project ourselves onto anyone and anything (whether it's something we hate or something we love), when we project onto a person in complete balance, their own distortions are absent and the feedback we get is completely relevant to ourselves. Whether we see them as superheroes or villains or anything in between, what we see in them necessarily exists within us. We're unaware of these attributes and so they are being exaggerated in our perception so that we might become aware of them within ourselves.

I think anyone can and does serve as a mirror, but the fact that the entity is balanced may just mean that the mirror is crystal clear.

[Plenum]

it should also be noted that people of 'similiar blockages' tend to flock together, and 'approve of' each others blockages, thereby preventing a clear, transparent mirror effect.

[Plenum]

Would it not be your "blockages" or "distortions" which are being projected on to others in either case?

I think the best way I can describe it is this Austin:

the act of projection usually goes like this:

someone has a blockage (not you), but that blockage presents as a bowl of muddy water

you yourself have the same blockage (something unforgiven usually) and you see that other person, or interact with them. Your own blockage is like a bowl of muddy water

the 'projection' works this way: you blame/accuse/or have resistance to the other person because all you take notice of is their bowl of muddy water. It irritates you for some reason. You can't stop thinking about it. You make all sorts of accusations. They need to 'fix' their bowl of muddy water, because, well, its so muddy! they need to change. There is something 'wrong' with them.

now all the time that you are reacting to them in your mind, you are just reacting against your own bowl of muddy water, which is sitting in your unconscious somewhere. Some part of you knows that it is there, but you haven't accepted in your conscious awareness that yourself have the same bowl of muddy water as the person that you are reacting to.

and so the projection continues on and on until you own that fact. That you yourself have a bowl of muddy water, and you yourself need to fix that problem. Once that problem is fixed (usually an act of self-forgiveness), you will no longer be reactive to the other person. You can quite happily look at their bowl of muddy water all day and feel no reactivity. It's just them, that's who they are, and its cool. No resistance to the other.

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now the case of being around a 'clear' individual, or someone who is very well balanced follows a different process (in my opinion).

in this case, the balanced individual has no bowls of muddy water. They have addressed most of their blockages, and their energy centres are balanced with each other and well lit. They are bright. They are clear.

when you are around such a person, you become acutely aware of your own bowls of muddy water. Not because the other person is judging you, or throwing it into your face ... but rather, there is a deep recognition that when seeing all those clear bowls of water ... oh, that's the way its meant to be! that's what clear water looks like! and it brings to your own awareness your own muddied bowls, and you can accept that you have some work to do. There is no 'projection' in this case; there is nothing to project onto. The other person is entirely clear and transparent. But they do, in their very beingness, reveal to yourself your own blockages and imbalances.

so yeah, that's the best way I can explain it Austin. And it's just my personal view/perspective

peace and namaste,

plenum

[reeay]

Perhaps being in a presence of a highly balanced being would reflect back the vast potential and beauty of self temporarily.

[Unbound]

I have experienced this lots and it is literally a feeling of "looking at yourself from your own eyes", its like there is a closed loop and I feel my own gaze upon myself as I look at the other and there I just a sense of one energy expressing itself through two bodies, each speaking different thoughts of the same collective mind.