Which mirror can show us the soul?
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if we stand before a mirror we see our body which mirror will show us the soul that’s when we become spiritually purified our mind becomes a mirror which shows us ourselves let’s do a simple experiment wherever you are seated just sit down comfortably and close your eyes and closing your eyes you can take three deep breaths 1 2 3 now with your eyes closed look in front of you because your eyes are closed you cannot see what is physically in front of you but still there is some kind of screen inside you and on that screen you may see various things you may see this room you may see some friend you may see your home you may see a loud one if you are hungry you may see food there you may see various things or you may just see a dull haze of colors over there but whatever it is you see that on a screen now as you are observing that screen try to step back and catch sight of who is it that is observing the screen I repeat there is a screen which you have seen and there is some seer of that screen so try to step back and catch sight of that seer try once again to catch sight of the seer of the inner screen no matter how often you step back that seer steps back with you what you are looking for is what you are looking with that inner seer is you the soul and that inner screen is your mind you can take one deep breath and then you can open your eyes so during normal perception what happens the inner seer the inner screen and the outer scene all three come together and that’s how you perceive things so right now the screen is like a window that’s how you are able to see what is outside sometimes the screen becomes like a movie screen so you are sitting here and you start thinking about some cricket match somewhere or some friend doing something so we think that’s how we get absent minded but as we become purified what happens is this this mirror of the mind sorry this screen of the mind will start acting like a mirror and it starts acting like a mirror at that time we can perceive ourselves so when when the mind starts stops getting captivated by external things what is that mind stops getting captivated by external things by steady yoga practices and then the purified mind will become like a mirror and then you will perceive yourself with that one becomes delighted by perceiving oneself so eventually when we become purified our mind will become a mirror till then scripture can act like a mirror for us if we study scripture then the study of scripture can give us self understanding so it will be more of an intellectual self understanding but experiential perception that will come when we purify ourselves and our mind becomes like a mirror