To see oneself, through eye of foe... could this be, the greatest gift a man can know?

Is it possible to recognize yourself in the other… and the other, within yourself? If so, what is the outcome? Is that experience beneficial? Could there be any detrimental outcome from this?

If it is possible, what are the requirements necessary to allow it to happen?

I believe that it is possible, and that this experience may come to us as both an invited guest, and sometimes a rudely uninvited guest. It may often be a painful experience. All in all, I suggest that “recognizing the self within the other” may be the gatekeeper to the next evolutionary step of humanity.