27th January

I was born alone
I will die alone.
And between these two
I am alone day and night.
Sengai.

To most of us this koan seems difficult. However it reveals to us a truth. That outside reality is just a mirror to our own perception of us. It has been described by Deepak Chopra as Self-referral and object-referral. Object referral is to live one’s life in consequence of outside conditions and forces. Self-referral is to be in-turned and know oneself. If one lives one’s life in Self-referral you are always alone.