Mirror Mirror On The Wall ...

Mirror Mirror On The Wall ...


The state of the world reflects the state of the minds of the people.

In "What Do We Expect?" - http://maitre-light.blogspot.com/2010/03/what-do-we-expect.html and "Pureland Paradise" - http://maitre-light.blogspot.com/2010/04/pureland-paradise.html,

I mentioned that, "If the hearts and minds of the people are pure, The whole world will be pure."

Likewise, a dirty world/environment only reflects the minds of the people - DIRTY.

The same principle/philosophy also applies to a country, a state, a family, an individual.

If the living environment of the people is dirty, it only reflects the minds of the people/inhabitants living there - dirty.

Take an example :

You visit someone's/a friend's room, and it's messy, dirty and untidy.

What does it tell you of the person's character?

Only a messy, dirty, lazy and untidy person who's unappreciative, ungrateful and selfish can 'produce a messy, dirty, untidy room. ( Read "Because" - http://maitre-light.blogspot.com/2010/02/because.html )

Likewise, if a house is dirty/untidy, it only means and goes to show that the inhabitants are dirty, untidy, lazy, unappreciative and nonchalant about their living environment.

Of course nowadays the majority of the families have maids (regardless part-time or full-time) and people or someone to clean up after us.

And our house is clean not because we, the people/owners are clean,

But because there're these domestic helpers to ensure and maintain it clean for us.

And it is due to the diligence and hardwork of these cleaners who keeps and maintains the cleanliness and tidiness of the place.

It does not necessarily mean the inhabitants/residents of the house, block, or place, are the ones who keeps and maintains the cleanliness.

More often than not, we merely and only give/issue orders.

In the same way, some countries 'look' and seems very clean.

The question is, "Or is it?"

The real test comes when suppose all the cleaners and the people in the cleaning profession were to stop work for 1 day...2 days...3 days...1 week...2 weeks...3 weeks...1 month...2 months...3 months...1 year.............

What do you think?



"If you can only control your mind,

You will have nothing more to control.

So guard your mind."

- The Buddha




"The mind is difficult to control,

Swiftly and lightly it moves and lands wherever it pleases.

It is good to tame the mind,

For a well-tamed mind brings Happiness."

- The Buddha, Dhammapada verse 35




"The mind is very difficult to perceive,

Very delicate and subtle.

It moves and lands wherever it pleases.

The wise one should guard his mind,

For a guarded mind brings Happiness."

- The Buddha, Dhammapada verse 36




"Whatever harm a foe may do to a foe,

Or a hater to a hater.

Yet an ill-directed mind can do oneself far greater harm."

- The Buddha, Dhammapada verse 42




"There is no fire like lust/greed,

No evil like anger and hatred;

There is no ill like the burden of the 5 aggregates of existence,

And, there is no bliss like the Perfect Peace of Nibbana."

- The Buddha, Dhammapada verse 202