Your external reality is like this house of mirrors. It can only reflect back to you, what you are feeling inside you. If you are feeling crummy about yourself, your will see realities that reflect this crummy feeling back at you through some physical manifestation. If you are feeling angry within, you will see your reality reflect this anger back at you through some person or a circumstance. Most people try to fight the external reality, they try to fix it and change it through their actions, without ever bothering to first sort out their inner feelings, their inner thoughts and their inner conflicts. Fighting the external reality is like punching the mirror – it serves no purpose other than reflect more anger and hatred.