The lens of self

When we focus on others we distract from ourselves, our own experience, our own self. We get wrapped up in someone else, whatever comes up, is something we need in ourselves. We are drawn to our own reflection. But the reflection isn’t the self.

The self is the lens through which we view the experience. We are the center, looking out through the self, then looking at the reflection. You are not the lens, you are not the reflection. You are your own center looking out through your self.