Circus Mirrors

Looking in the mirror we see the reflection of ourselves. Easy to confuse the reflection as reality. But In reality, the mirror shows opposite of what is. Lateral inversion is the term that was taught during early years the elementary school.

Important to always know that right is left and left is right in the reflection.
Important to always know that the difference is so symmetrical that it can be easily overlooked and the inverted image easily believed to be reality.

 Have you seen your image in those circus mirrors? They show you as insanely tall or short or plump or goofy in different ways. We see those images of ours, know those are distorted and laugh. Because they are so much different from reality. Think if one of those was showing just 10% extra fat than real, would it not be easy to accept that as real, since it is very minor distortion? 

 

The world we live in these days is somewhat like that Circus. There are so many weird mirrors in the form of news and social media. You will see and hear things that will be too bizarre that you can easily discount them as being untrue similar to the image in circus mirror. 

But there are many minor distortion mirrors and many with perfect opposite re-presentation of reality, almost too perfect to question. That mirror can be a cunning politician, a fine propaganda machine, a self-proclaimed religious / spiritual leader, a convincing social media post which represent a very symmetrical and very deliberate distortion of facts, done with such finesse that it is fully believable like the perfectly inverted image in a fine mirror. Such things are shared with all of us so selectively that it appears to align with our belief system precisely. But remember it mostly is a perfectly inverted fact and so easily acceptable that it quickly finds home in your believes. Not only it finds a place in our believes but also like a virus starts to change our belief system slowly and deliberately. The impact is so much that in some time one starts accepting the hugely distorted images also. It is our responsibility to see and understand the reality (or the lack of it) each time it is sent to us. It is our responsibility to not share that mirror with our friends and other knowns to discourage these distortions from making home in our society through our minds. It is our responsibility to not let that viral distortion get in our system and start incubating.

Beware! This circus of the world does not charge some pocket change for the ticket. You are paying with the future and well being of of your next generation. You may be pushing them to being salves through mis-information when you accept and share these distorted views. 

These Mirrors show inverted reality!!