Go to a pond or a stream or a fountain, anywhere where you can see your own reflection in water.  You will have to find a place with the right sun angle and usually a dark bottom to the pool of water.  Once there, simply spend some time gazing into the water, perhaps pondering the mystery of how water can act as a mirror, how it would have been the only mirror available to early humans.  Water once gave us our first look at ourselves.

Note how the picture you see of yourself is affected by the water.  What do you think of the person you see in the water?  How is the experience different from looking into a mirror?

This lesson may be intensified by taking someone else with you to share the experience.  You may especially note an excited reaction to the experience from a child, and a little explanation from you may help.

Once you have done some water-gazing, you will be better able to think of yourself as that reflective water surface and able to serve as a mirror to other people.  Ultimately, you are trying to look into the depths of life, but there is power at the surface as well.