I Am Mirror

Mirror, Mirror by HHM, January 2026

These last few months have felt like a time for me to hide, like a bear hibernating in winter, as I was not particularly interested in anything outside of home. For months, I have mostly kept to myself and have not spoken with people outside of my immediate family and my few friends. Partly because I feel quite tired, not exactly physically tired but I feel a heaviness around the world. Not that I am depressed, but there is a sense of sadness, as I emerge from my hiding and allow recognition of events occurring around the world, from the greed and corruption of political leaders, to anti-immigrant sentiments and acts, and recently, the revelations of a certain file that implicate many renowned people with unspeakable crimes. On the opposite side of the spectrum, I become aware of the group of Buddhist monks with their dog Aloka, doing the 2,300 mile Walk for Peace from Texas to Washington, DC and this somewhat balances my view of the world.

I believe that what surrounds me is an exact mirror of my consciousness. I am never separate from what I judge. The evil that I see and judge is the evil that I am capable of committing. The highest goodness that I see is the goodness that I am capable of as well. And here lies a test of my faith: My personal goal is to confirm the presence of God in all that exists and it is very easy for me to say God is present in the monks that are walking for peace, but can I still proclaim that "God is Here", even in the presence of darkness? How can I say that God is present in someone who lies, commits crime or abuse?

But maybe this is the point: it is not about focusing on my judgement of the wrongness or the rightness of things, as those only distract me from the greatest task which is: To keep my eyes only on God.

This is not about denying of the evil that confront humanity, neither is it about not reacting or not taking action. I acknowledge that the dark side of humanity exists and that crimes must be punished, but what is of utmost importance is not to lose sight of this: There is only One power and as the Course in Miracles says: 6 All power is of God. 7 What is not of Him has no power to do anything.  By getting distracted by my emotions, my anger or my fear, or by my judgements for what I say is darkness, I end up attributing power to them which do not carry any power at all and lose sight of the peace that the only power brings. If I am truly of God, in God, with God, how could I let anything else distract the peace that is and should be innate within me? John 14:27 confirms that peace is my inheritance from Christ himself:

²⁷ Peace I leave with you; my peace I give you. I do not give to you as the world gives. Do not let your hearts be troubled and do not be afraid.

Therefore, let me go back to the center and listen to the lessons from the monks in their Walk for Peace - that "we need to learn to discern and detach effectively from what is external and not to allow it to distract from the true peace that comes from within". Everything else that make us forget this peace is a lie, an aberration in the mirror. The only way to let the mirror reflect only God is if we fill our consciousness of only God and acknowledging that God is the only power there is.

And with full faith in this, we remain steadfast, unwavering in our faith, not missing a step in our own internal walk for peace. What occurs outside of us is the impermanent, all fleeting events, a distraction which leads to a disengagement from Source. Only when we connect to the true Source, can we finally see that only God is possible in the here and now. All else are noise which will eventually be revealed for the falsehood that they are and we see many of these lies being revealed now.

Therefore, brothers and sisters, the challenge is to remain in a mode of meditation of God even while engaging in action in this world. It is never easy, but each time we lose our peace, we need to remember to go back to the center and contemplate on the Divine nature within ourselves and within all beings even as we move and get challenged with the realities of daily human life.

Purify the mirror, so that you can reflect your true nature, Child of God. Be kind to yourself.

All is well.