Listen to your own Inner Voice

The Shadow Conundrum:

You stand in the middle of a vast, dimly lit room. The walls are covered in mirrors, each reflecting different scenes: war, suffering, betrayal, and cruelty. As you gaze upon them, a feeling of unease settles in your chest. You ask yourself: Why do I see so much evil in the world? Why is it that all around you, darkness seems to cast its long shadow?

But as you move closer to one mirror, the image starts to blur. You realise that the reflections are not fixed; they shift and change as you move. The scenes flicker, each moment of suffering linked to a face you have known—people you’ve encountered, even those you call your own. You try to look away, but you can’t.

Then, a voice echoes in the room: What do you see when you look into the mirror?

Is the evil you witness truly out there, or does it start within? You are faced with the realisation that what you see is a reflection of your own fears, doubts, and unresolved anger. The world outside mirrors the darkness within.

The question remains: How much of the evil you perceive in others is merely a shadow of the parts of yourself you are unwilling to face?

The room is still, waiting for an answer.

The Mirror Conundrum:

You stand before a mirror, gazing deeply into your own reflection. As you examine your face, you notice the subtle tension in your eyes, the clenched jaw, the posture of someone ready to defend. Suddenly, the reflection begins to shift—at first, it’s just a slight ripple, but then it becomes more pronounced. In the mirror, you see not just yourself, but the people you’ve clashed with: friends, family, colleagues, even strangers.

They are all there, frozen in time, each with a posture that mirrors your own—tense, defensive, unwilling to bend. You take a step back, puzzled.

Why do they appear this way? Are they reacting to you? Or are they reflecting the way you present yourself to them?

Then, you realize: The reflection only shows what you have already given.

Now, a question lingers in your mind:

What do you see when you look at others? Is it a mirror of yourself—your fears, your judgments, your unspoken doubts? Or do you see them for who they truly are?

In this silent moment of reflection, ask yourself:

What part of you is inviting conflict, and why does it feel necessary?

The answer may not be in what others are doing to you—but in what you are doing to yourself.

The Bamboo and the Willow

The bamboo stands tall, its leaves reaching for the sky, while the willow bends gracefully in the breeze. The bamboo asks the willow, “Why do you bow so low?”

The willow replies, “I bend because I know my place, and in my humility, I am rooted deeper.”

The bamboo stands proud, yet inwardly, it feels a weight—a nagging sense of something missing. “I am strong, I am straight,” it boasts, “Yet why does the earth never seem to hold me as deeply as it holds you?”

The willow looks to the bamboo and asks, “Why do you seek strength where softness thrives? Why do you seek worth in what stands alone, rather than in what embraces all things?”

The bamboo is silent, for it has no answer. The question is not one of strength or stature, but of understanding the ground beneath. The bamboo has forgotten that its worth is not in how high it reaches, but in how deeply it is rooted.

Where do you seek your worth? Is it in the height you’ve achieved, or in the depth of your understanding?

The bamboo, though tall, cannot touch the heavens without first knowing the earth.

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