You surround yourself with You

As we set, three of us girls from different countries (Russia, Austria and US) on the 3d floor of Sagarmatha Bazaar Restaurant in Thamel, Kathmandu, poking at fancy fresh goat cheese and walnut salad and drinking spicy masala chai tea, stretched barefoot on colorful carpets under warm candlelight of the cozy old wooden room, surrounded by street noise, dust and pollution, brought together by fate, carefully planned series of live changing events, or our thoughts, we reflected and searched for answers to questions we carried with us, some too large and heavy to get thru customs.

Are we humans nothing but a mirror, a reflection and a projection of ourselves into the world? What we see, whom we meet, what experience we choose to have, actions, feelings, connections and relationships is all based on current state of mind?

If, for example, today I am looking for answers on happiness, the person I meet at that very moment would do nothing but nearly reflect my own answer I already possess.

If I felt lonely in New York on short business trip, its only because of my current state of mind which projected onto the city and had nothing to do with the city or people, but subconsciously I found this one miserable bustard who, just like me reflected my feelings of loneliness and confirmed it by saying, "Yes, It sure is cold and terrible here!" A year later I would come back with happiness in my heart only to find New York the most artful, warm, happy, and intelligent city.

If you look around, notice your surroundings, people, events. If you Pay attention to details and Ask why? And then you"ll see. Everything makes perfect sense. YOU surround yourself with nothing but YOU!