Mirror, Mirror on the Wall – Who Am I?
Once upon a time, a young man decided to pursue the path of enlightenment. He asked many people if they knew a teacher who could teach this path. Everyone in his village told him to seek out a particular guru in the next village. He did so, asking the spiritual teacher to become his master and show him the path to enlightenment. “Certainly”, replied the guru. “Here is what you do – every morning when you get out of bed, look at yourself in a mirror and ask yourself ‘who am I?’ If you do that, soon you will be enlightened.” “What?” cried the young man. “That’s silly – it would never work!” “Hmmm,” said the master. “OK. Maybe you should go see the master another village over. I hear he is even wiser than I am.” A bit disappointed that first master wasn’t able to help, and a little insulted that the man would even have suggested something so foolish, the young man went to the next village where he found the second guru. “Will you help me find enlightenment?” “Of course!” said the second g
