What it means that other people are your mirrors
Human ego constructs itself in relation to others
This is the week of coming back to the “real life” after two retreats. The one that inspired this post was called an Enlightenment Intensive. Just to give brief context, EIs are retreats based o Charles Berner’s technique of self-inquiry through dyad practice (more on that below).
They’re called “Enlightenment Intensives” because they aim to help you get to the the absolute truth of who you are in just a few days.
Sounds deep enough? If not… it will shortly.
Being a relationship geek that I am, I wasn’t just participating in the retreat for my enlightenment’s sake. I also had my critical brain switched on a lot of the time. I was evaluating the technique, trying to understand what it was exactly that it invited us into.
This impeded my practice at times, I admit. But, it also enabled me to write this post.
My conclusion: Human brain can’t help but form relationships. No matter how few cues for relating, my mind was compulsively defining itself in relation to who I thought I saw in front of me.
To understand this better, let me explain first. What did we do for three days straight in the retreat?
