--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, merudanda <no_reply@...> wrote: > > Every day we look in the mirror to see what we look like. But that > reï¬ection is a lie. It's ï¬ipped. The face you see in a > mirror is a face only you know. > We are so accustomed, and even 'trained' to operate in front of a plane > mirror and perform our daily duties - like brushing teeth, combing hair, > putting on make-up, reading... - that our brains accept the front/back > reversal and we deal with it. How can you understand yourself, your > emotions and your expressions when there is such distortion? > However, what happens when you see yourself as others truly do? > If you want to see how you look to other people--and not just frozen in > a photograph-- do you Really [;)] need a "true mirror" , first > patented in 1887, a non-distorted, seamless image - critical for seeing > into your eyes as they really are? > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZSxCZCy5Wsk > <http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZSxCZCy5Wsk> > Raise you right hand to touch your right ear. It will amaze you the > image actually raises the true right arm, not the mirror image "left" > arm we are used to. Explanation? Each side is a reflection of a > reflection. The left side is a reflection of the reflection from the > right side. > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H_Dtsx-VGG0 < > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H_Dtsx-VGG0> > Looking in a mirror is a complicated process that involves light > reflections, memory, perception, measuring distance and a conception of > you. Still it is the easiest thing in the world, and we know exactly how > we look. > Because what you see must be true? > Simple idea - take two mirrors and place them at right angles - yet > profound in the implications it has for our sense of self and our > self-image
Ah, but some here don't want to see what they truly look like Merudanda. The distortion symbolized by the vision in the mirror suits them very well. "Mirror, mirror on the wall..." they chime, all the time believing in their hearts it is themselves. The question is moot. >
