Do we talk with our soul, let it shine out through our eyes? Do we see who we have become? Are there broken shards in the glass? Multi-reflections? Any other images on top of your own that you may have taken on that are not of your essence? What are you seeing? How does it make you feel? Maybe we look into the mirror and briefly glimpse a sad face. Where did this image originate? Never mind - it isn't MY doing - and it is only temporary.

When relationships go sour we say it is the other person who is not good, or that they have changed. It is them, not us. They did this or that while we just were our normal, innocent, perfect Selves. And yet, our job is not going right, our kids are acting nasty, our finances are not abundant, our pets are vicious. So, what's going wrong?

We are bioelectromagnetic beings and we resonate, through sympathy and affinity, with life. Each person we are in contact with, each experience we have in some way can become a part of us. We take on things of which we're mostly unaware. And do we want to reflect all of this to the rest of life?

We lose touch with who we are when we don't take the time to see the reflections all around us. That means seeing them in glass mirrors, through other people, repeated patterns in our lives. We get so caught up in believing everything is outside of ourselves and not of our own creation that we are totally cut off from our Selves. We don't see what we have taken on, bought into, how we have changed, how we feel about our Selves is right out there for all to see and yet we think it's well hidden. So well hidden, in fact, that we can fool ourselves into thinking it's not real. Another illusion.

We are not always so honest when we look into a mirror on the wall. But, when seeing ourselves as reflected by another we can have a more honest picture of who we are. More layers, dimensions, of who we are. We often believe we come across in a certain way, but in asking the recipient of how we actually are perceived by them, and being open to hearing what they have to say, it is quite different. That picture may not be pleasant. It may make us cringe, shut our eyes, entice us to run the other way, or cover it up!

Well - we can keep running and covering it. Or, we can take out our cleansers and polish it up so we can see the image even more clearly. Rather than seeing ourselves or another person as someone we hate, someone to blame, we can celebrate this gift to our Selves for showing us more of who we are, what we need to confront and balance in our Selves, what we may be ready to let go of, or change. Or even as someone we accept and love just as we are. We can bless life for providing reflections for our understanding and for allowing us to mirror others for their own growth.

This is where we can truly turn poison into medicine by realizing how we have co-created a particular reflection for our own realization, and how we can become more of who we want to be. And no, this process may not be completely painless. But the point is to be honest, feel it all of our feelings and hear what life has to teach us about our Selves. Through this process we become free: free from taking on other people's 'stuff' and to be who we are; getting back to our source within and living as our true Selves.

As a daily exercise, look into the mirror, into your soul. What do you see and can you love who is there? Can you feel compassion for your Self? Are you lying to yourself or being honest? When you can do this honestly, with compassion for your Self, taking responsibility and loving who you are, just as you are without obstructions, you are seeing the divine being that you are!

Change is always an option. Choices are there for your taking. But, they cannot occur until you face your Self and know who you are and what may need changing. It's always up to each one of us and only we can create the change we desire, so that the next time we see our reflection it is an honest, loving, bright, clear one of who we are - RA - the source's love and light shining through an original us. The source that we are is what we are here to remember! Multiply that by billions and can you imagine what a picture and reality that will create? Beautiful!