When you are looking into the mirror of the world you can either get yourself lost in its superficial appearances or learn to look beyond them and to recognize their hidden essence - which is always love consciousness. The external forms of life, by which is meant the physical, emotional and mental levels of reality that we are personally experiencing, are transitory whereas their core is of unchanging, undying love. Most people are learning to recognize the core of love lying at the heart of all things alive, including the self, by passing through repeated disappointment in their love for others or by putting all their efforts into transient realities that have no spiritual value.