spiegel (ii)

a film in a camera

also receives an image

just as a mirror does

but there is a difference

between a mirror and a film

-

a film not only receives an image

it is also imprinted with it

a mirror receives an impression

but it does not retain it

-

as the object moves away

the reflection also moves away

and the mirror is again empty

free of reflection

undisturbed

-

it is not that first a film forms an image

and later on it is imprinted with it

no, the moment the image forms

it is also retained

with a mirror, it is not only

that when an object moves away

the mirror becomes empty

no, even when the object is in front of it

and its reflection is in the mirror

the mirror is still empty

if it were not

it could not become empty of the reflection

just because the object has been removed

-

the sense of dóing... 

is the same as being a film

whatsoever you do

you immediately retain it

and you become enmeshed in it

witnessing is like a mirror

everything is reflected in the mirror

images form on it, there is knowing

the reflection happens

there is perception

but nothing is retained !

-

the phenomenon of keeping

- of retaining - what happens 

between the film and the object

is called 'I'

'I' is the name 

for the sum total 

that the film has retained

and been imprinted with

~osho~

kaivalya upanishad?

(1972?) - ch.?