After researching more carefully into this subject, I want to start this thread with a personal warning:
In case that you have a phobia of mirrors, or simply mirrors tend to scare you or make you feel uneasy in any way, you should not continue reading this thread.
I have been fascinated by mirrors for many years, and even though I do not have a fear of them, I have always imagined that there is something strange and likely creepy about mirrors... This is reflected in one of my Fantasy stories where my characters open gateways across mirrors, traveling to different worlds.
The point here is that you never see your true self in a mirror...
The other-you that you can see across the mirror is not the same person that others see when they see the real you in everyday life. If you raise your left hand in front of a mirror then the mirror-you will raise its right hand, and if you close your right eye, the other will close its left eye.
This has caused me to imagine that the Sheila that I see in the mirror is not myself but someone else who lives in another world, so the mirror can be kind of a window between worlds or maybe even a gateway... I have believed for years that ghosts and other beings can travel across mirrors, but... Where would they travel to?
My theory at the moment is that a physical travel between these two worlds is impossible, because anything that attempts it gets repelled by its counterpart trying to go through at the same time- You would need to be immaterial to travel successfully across (like a ghost) but even if that is possible... What kind of world is that?
I have considered three options:
1- It's a real world just like ours.
2- It's a fake world composed by illusions and a dangerous trap.
3- There is no window or gateway, it's just a piece of glass.
Obviously the third option is the most believable, but I have a tendency to believe in all sort of impossible things and I love playing with ideas like these =)
I have a huge window just behind my bed, large enough to walk through it easily if I could do that. I enjoy looking at the bedroom in the mirror world and my mind really likes playing with these concepts... but now I want to design an experiment that proves once and for all that the third option is correct.
My goal is to trick the other Sheila so she lies to me at the same time that I intentionally tell her the truth, and I think that I have the idea to successfully practice this experiment...
That would demonstrate that she has no mind and no conscience of herself, which would mean that mirrors are just pieces of glass- Well, it could also demonstrate that the Mirror World is real as a world of dangerous illusions, so I am not sure what am I trying to prove with this idea.
What do you think of all this strange stuff?
In case that you have a phobia of mirrors, or simply mirrors tend to scare you or make you feel uneasy in any way, you should not continue reading this thread.
I have been fascinated by mirrors for many years, and even though I do not have a fear of them, I have always imagined that there is something strange and likely creepy about mirrors... This is reflected in one of my Fantasy stories where my characters open gateways across mirrors, traveling to different worlds.
The point here is that you never see your true self in a mirror...
The other-you that you can see across the mirror is not the same person that others see when they see the real you in everyday life. If you raise your left hand in front of a mirror then the mirror-you will raise its right hand, and if you close your right eye, the other will close its left eye.
This has caused me to imagine that the Sheila that I see in the mirror is not myself but someone else who lives in another world, so the mirror can be kind of a window between worlds or maybe even a gateway... I have believed for years that ghosts and other beings can travel across mirrors, but... Where would they travel to?
My theory at the moment is that a physical travel between these two worlds is impossible, because anything that attempts it gets repelled by its counterpart trying to go through at the same time- You would need to be immaterial to travel successfully across (like a ghost) but even if that is possible... What kind of world is that?
I have considered three options:
1- It's a real world just like ours.
2- It's a fake world composed by illusions and a dangerous trap.
3- There is no window or gateway, it's just a piece of glass.
Obviously the third option is the most believable, but I have a tendency to believe in all sort of impossible things and I love playing with ideas like these =)
I have a huge window just behind my bed, large enough to walk through it easily if I could do that. I enjoy looking at the bedroom in the mirror world and my mind really likes playing with these concepts... but now I want to design an experiment that proves once and for all that the third option is correct.
My goal is to trick the other Sheila so she lies to me at the same time that I intentionally tell her the truth, and I think that I have the idea to successfully practice this experiment...
That would demonstrate that she has no mind and no conscience of herself, which would mean that mirrors are just pieces of glass- Well, it could also demonstrate that the Mirror World is real as a world of dangerous illusions, so I am not sure what am I trying to prove with this idea.
What do you think of all this strange stuff?