One of the laws from the 48 laws of power is the power of the mirror!
One of the best measure to find out if a person is a human or a zombie or a ghost is to see his reflection in the mirror! Of course that is a story but then again I do not want to prove or disprove it!
One of my favorite line is that all you have to answer to at the end of the day is the man or woman in the mirror!
The mirror also is an amazing view into your heart and soul! Not to mention your conscience!
If you give a pen to someone he or she would most probably sign or write his or her name! In the same way, if a human passes a mirror, he or she would at least glance on it even if it for a while!
The mirror demonstrates that you are your own self the best company! Which is why many elevators or lifts have mirrors in them! One you do not feel that claustrophobic and second when you look at yourself in the mirror; you do not realize that it takes time to go from one floor to another!
The mirror also is the supreme truth! The mirror does not lie!
When Perseus defeated Medusa he simply showed her the mirror! Since she had not seen herself for a while, she turned to stone! Which is when he cut off her head and kept it for the kraken!
Then you have the Mirror effect which is an extension of all these!
The term “mirror effect” can refer to several different concepts. In psychology, it describes the tendency to project our own traits onto others, especially those we dislike in ourselves.
This effect suggests that we are often more irritated by behaviors in others that we recognize and dislike in ourselves. It’s as if those individuals are holding up a mirror, revealing our own flaws or undesirable traits. For example, someone who is very critical of others might be irritated by a critical coworker because they recognize that same critical tendency in themselves.
This is so true because those who constantly criticize or find flaws or spots in the moon, would not accept even the most glaring flaws in themselves! The line between being frank and being rude is very thin indeed! Almost as thin as a mirror!
So when someone is faced with a person like this it is imperative to show him or her the proverbial mirror! It is like the mirror image of the saying, putting yourself in her or her shoes!
Now if you are at war then you apparently must mirror your enemies!
In the novel the author thus says that when you mirror your enemies, doing exactly as they do, they cannot figure out your strategy. The Mirror Effect mocks and humiliates them, making them overreact. By holding up a mirror to their psyches, you seduce them with the illusion that you share their values; by holding up a mirror to their actions, you teach them a lesson!
He showed a shield which was a mirror while some people use the mirror as a shield!
Sometimes of course you can use the mirror to show them his or her behavior! And the only person a man or a woman actually listens to all the time is the man or the woman in the mirror!
Sometimes the mirror may be dirty though so clean it and then see how beautiful you are! Or sometime remember that the mirror is actually clean! The dirt you see is on you…
The most familiar person to you is always the person in the mirror! Then again if you look like Arvind Swamy then even the mirror may not mind showing the image!
Now stop staring at the mirror and sleep!
Shubh ratri!
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