Mirror Gazing

Narcissus Unveiled...

If narcissism is taking ourselves to be what we are not,

then at some point we might ask:  Are we the image

that we have of ourselves--whether grandiose or repulsive?

Or are we a human form of something more boundless

and mysterious?


In this video, retreatants use a mirror as their gazing object. 

In the process, they begin to see (as well as see-past)

what they commonly take themselves to be.



More videos and audio from Gary


Trespasso: Meditation With a Partner

In this ten and half minute video, Gary guides retreatants in trespasso - the first in a cycle of gazing practices.


Meditation With an Object: Looks Like Me

In this video of the second gazing practice, retreatants rest their gaze upon an object.


Love and the Poetic Tradition

Listen to an audio tape of Gary Rosenthal's opening address to the International Enneagram Conference held in San Francisco in the year 2000.