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because of their ignorance, creates new vibrations (causal
karma). Thus the vibrations are doubled. Because of ignorance
there is no telling when the vibrations will occur and it will not
matter whether the person is an ordinary householder or a tyagi
(one who renounces worldly life). Wherever there is ignorance,
there is presence of imaginary fear and where there is fear,
vibrations are bound to occur. Vibrations create causes and
effects of causes create more vibrations and waves.
What happens to a mirror if a sparrow comes and sits in
front of it? The mirror remains the same but the sparrow sees
another sparrow that looks just like her in front of her. She sees
the same eyes and a beak and her belief changes that there is
another sparrow like her in the mirror. She will start pecking at
the sparrow. This is how everything is in the world. The world
exists on such vibrations. A slightest change in one’s belief will
change one’s vision and perception. Then one becomes what
one sees. What a wonder the mirror is but it has become so
common with people that they fail to see its mystery. They use
the mirror to do their make up, comb their hair etc., and that
is why the mirror has lost its worth. Otherwise the mirror is a
very valuable thing. What a marvelous play of the physical
complex (body) that is forming and disintegrating? When the
sparrow comes before the mirror, it is not her knowledge that
changes, but her belief. She believes there is another sparrow
in the mirror and starts pecking at it. That is how the world is.
One vibration gives rise to countless other vibrations.
The knowledge of the Self does not change, but beliefs
change from moment to moment. If the knowledge of the Self
changed, there would be no Self because the Self is knowledge.
They are not separate. Just as a thing and its attributes remain
together and never separate from each other, knowledge is the
Self. Ordinarily what happens is people become what they
imagine through their beliefs.