Inspired and taken from ‘The Mind World’ – Volume Four of Hazrat Inayat Khan’s lectures.
The heart, in Sufi terms, functions as a mirror – and more …
Whatever is reflected in the heart does not only remain a reflection but becomes a creative power productive of the phenomena of a similar nature.
So, for example, a heart that is holding in itself and reflecting the rose will find roses everywhere. Roses will be attracted to the heart and roses will be produced from it and for it.
As this reflection deepens and becomes stronger it becomes creative of the phenomenon of roses and the symbolic qualities we associate with roses.
Equally, the heart that holds and reflects wounds will find wounds everywhere. It will attract wounds and it will create wounds; for that is the phenomenon of reflection.
There are examples to be found in the world of people who by retaining a thought have created on the physical plane its manifestation, its phenomenon.
The reason is – that the phenomenon is not only an image as produced in the mirror – but that reflection in the heart is the most powerful thing.
It is life itself – and it is creative.
If the heart is calm enough to receive reflections fully and clearly, one can choose for oneself which reflection to retain and which to repel.
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A calm heart is of course a rare event, especially in the turbulent and rushed environment most of us live in, or fight for existence. We may however remember such moments of grace. And to appreciate the process of reflection as a psychic law can explain many mysteries.
My two quest novels, ‘Course of Mirrors,’ and its sequel, ‘Shapers,’ (found on my book page,) are inspired by the phenomenon of reflection.
Course of Mirrors 
Ashen, my heart is moved by your beautiful and thought-provoking reflections. I’d never read about the heart being a mirror and your post is a beacon of light, of new possibilities of how to live in a world filled with dissonance and tragedy. The final paragraph will stay with me :’If the heart is calm enough to receive reflections fully and clearly, one can choose for oneself which reflection to retain and which to repel. ‘
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Thanks Annika. Yes, the reflections that lodge in the heart make a powerful metaphor for our relationship with others and the world. Though nourishing beneficial impressions is often defeated. With me, especially when I’m overcome with rage about injustices, hypocrisies, the silencing of minorities, and the greed behind political decision making.
Still, while witnessing the collective malaise I can’t change, the least I can do is try to remain aware as to what thoughts and images I give energy and life to.
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