 Jesus uses the symbol of relationships in A Course in Miracles for healing. He basically says, he tells us your brother is the mirror in which you see the reflection of yourself as long as the perception lasts. In other words, he's saying that while you're asleep and dreaming, your brother and your sister will always be a reflection of what's in your mind. Your brother, your sister shows you the contents of your consciousness and that's important because if you don't want to be a victim, you have to start to see the judgment or attack thought in your own mind. If you don't want to feel at the mercy of a world that's external, you have to start to realize that everyone that you meet or even think of is simply a pictorial representation of what you believe you are. So if you believe you're human, then you will see everyone else as human as well. It doesn't really show you the true essence, the true innocence, the true joy of God's creation. So we need reflections to help us be aware of what it is that we're holding on to in consciousness.