Seeing in Others

“You look like a pig,” said the pig hunter, when he saw Buddha meditating at the roadside. When Buddha looked up, he saw this man riding on a horse.  Buddha responded, “You look like God”. The man was surprised at the response, and so he asked Buddha why he thought he looked like God. “Is it because I am riding on this beautiful horse?” he asked. “No” answered Buddha. “Is it because I am handsome?” he queried. “No,” said the holy man. “Is it because I have a sword and a spear?”  “No,” was the response. Finally, he asked, “Why?” Buddha softly said, “Because you are searching for a pig, you see people like pigs. I search for God and I see God in people, including you.”

It is the same with individuals who are obsessed with money; they look at people as opportunities to make money.  Worst is that as they look at themselves in the mirror, they see money instead of their own faces, their own selves.

Whoever comes first in your life is the life that becomes of you.   When Christ comes first in our lives, Christ lives in us and us in Him.  And if Christ is in us, then we verily we see Christ in our neighbors. "Test yourselves to see if you are in the faith; examine yourselves! Or do you not recognize this about yourselves that Jesus Christ is in you -- unless indeed you fail the test?" (2 Corinthians 13:5).