Once upon a time there was a king, and the king commissioned his favorite wizard to create a magic mirror. This mirror didn__ show you your reflection. It showed you your soul__t showed you who you really were.The wizard couldn__ look at it without turning away. The king couldn__ look at it. The courtiers couldn__ look at it. A chestful of treasure was offered to anyone who could look at it for sixty seconds without turning away. And no one could.
The mirror image of suffering is the truth. Try it. Change the story. Change the course of your entire history. Right now._ __ou want me to lie about my past?_ Diana wipes tears from her face with the back of her hand. __o, to tell the story a truer way,_ says Herself. __ny story can be told infinite ways, dear, but listen to me. Listen well. If a story liberates your soul, believe it. But if a story imprisons you, believe its mirror image.
Diana, Herself: An Allegory of Awakening
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The mirror image of suffering is the truth. Try it. Change the story. Change the course of your entire history. Right now._ __ou want me to lie about my past?_ Diana wipes tears from her face with the back of her hand. __o, to tell the story a truer way,_ says Herself. __ny story can be told infinite ways, dear, but listen to me. Listen well. If a story liberates your soul, believe it. But if a story imprisons you, believe its mirror image.
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