We often believe the mirror shows us who we are, but in truth it only reflects light bouncing off the surface of our body. Your true self isn’t in the reflection—it’s the awareness looking through your eyes. Ancient traditions called the eyes the “windows of the soul” for a reason. When you gaze into your pupils, you are meeting your eternal essence, not just the temporary form you’re inhabiting in this lifetime.

Think of it like Avatar: your soul has been “uploaded” into this human body for the purpose of experiencing life on Earth. Just as Jake steps into his Na’vi body, you’ve stepped into this physical vessel. The body is an avatar, a tool, a sacred vehicle. But the energy animating it—that spark within you—is infinite, uncontainable, and untouchable by mirrors or cameras.

Even history points to this truth. Ancient Egyptians and Mesoamerican civilizations viewed mirrors as gateways to other realms. They used polished obsidian—black mirrors—for divination, vision quests, and connecting with the unseen. Today, our cameras and screens have become new black mirrors, but what they capture is only a shadow, a flattened projection of your essence—not the fullness of who you are.

So the next time you stand in front of a mirror, don’t get lost in the flesh or distracted by what your camera shows. Look deeper. Speak affirmations to your spirit, not just your reflection. Connect with the eternal “you” behind your eyes, the soul that no mirror can capture and no screen can distort. That is the real power, and that is the real you.