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The Present Moment is a Mirror
The present moment is the most profound and challenging teacher we will
ever meet in our lives. It is a compassionate teacher, it extends to us
no judgment, no censure, no measurement of success and failure. The
present moment is a mirror, in its reflection we learn how to see.
Learning how to look into this mirror without deluding ourselves is the
source of all wisdom. In this mirror we see what contributes to the
confusion and discord in our lives and what contributes to harmony and
understanding. We see the relationship between pain and its cause on a
moment-to-moment level, we see the bond between love and its source. We
see what it is that connects us and what it is that alienates us.
-- Christina Feldman and Jack Kornfield, /Stories of the Spirit, Stories
of the Heart/
from /Everyday Mind,/ edited by Jean Smith, a /Tricycle/ book
