Know ourselves first...

As we live the days of our life, we see and experience so many things. In fact we see others and outside more than we do ourselves and inside of us. The things we come across or experience are a mixture of good and bad. How dare I say that they are good or bad? I say so on the basis of what my eyes see them as and what mind feels about them. 

It is a bad habit to compare things and even worse to say bad about others or about things that don't belong to us. But how many of us abstain from doing it or say even try? We have the ethical notion that it is not good to do so, but we fail most of the time. It's a common habit - to talk about good or bad things about the things around you.

Objects which are of attraction to our eyes are seen good and lovable, while things we don't like are thought to be bad. No complains though, because this is human tendency and until we are enlightened, I don't see a day we would stop doing this.

How do we see ourselves? You may say by reflecting on our life. You are right. Mirror and the like objects with the help of which we see our physical reflection are common objects we use to see us. We spent minutes standing before it, making sure we look good to the maximum. Some don't do it. My notion is quite generic. We care a lot about self. Did you guys ever think how the world or say your life would be without mirrors or such objects which give reflection? How would it be like? What would we feel like? As far as I am concerned, I have a feeling that most of the time, if not always, the bad things we talk or see about others basically stem from comparison of that 'other' with one's self. Am I right?

Due to the very above notion I have in my mind, I feel there would be less of bad talks about others if we don't see ourselves. I think so because without those objects of reflection, we will be lacking a ground to criticize others. We may feel like doing it still but then then we would think about us. Am I good enough to say bad about him? Do I have better qualities or features than him? Such thinking will hold us back. What do you feel? This are just my personal perceptions and they can be wrong and they must be, I doubt.


Shalom.....