Reflections

"In moments of deep love there are glimpses of the orginal face, although those glimpses now come as reflections. Just as a full moon night you see the moon reflected in the silent lake, so does love function as a lake. The moon reflected in the lake is the beginning of the search for the real moon. If you have never seen the moon reflected in the lake, you may never search for the real moon. You will go again and again in to the lake to search for the moon because in the begin you will think, 'This is where the real moon is deep down at the bottom of the lake'. You will dive again and again and you will come up emptyhanded, you will not find the moon there. Then one day it will dawn on you, that may be this moon is just a reflection. That is a great insight. Then you can look upwards. Then where is the moon, is this is a reflection? If it is a reflection, you have to look in the opposite direction. The reflection was there, deep in the lake - the real must be above the lake. For the first time you look upwards and the journey has started."