| The unconscious, although resistant to exposure, | | | | projections. |
| needs to express and make itself known. Through | | | | We can only know and love others when we accept |
| projections the unconscious stays hidden while | | | | the responsibility to explore/acknowledge all of our |
| indirectly declaring itself by attaching its contents to | | | | projections. It can be scary to withdraw projections |
| others. Most of us are oblivious to the considerable | | | | and honestly observe the other. Glorified projections |
| amount of unconscious projections in our | | | | create glamour that keeps the relationship on a magic |
| relationships. With today's accelerated evolution, it's | | | | carpet until it drops to the earth. Then the real |
| imperative that we own our shadow by releasing | | | | relationship begins. Otherwise we spend years |
| projections in order to integrate all aspects of | | | | tangled in projections—helplessly flailing about in a |
| ourselves. | | | | hotbed of frustration trying to get a purchase on the |
| Is it even possible to withdraw projections that spring | | | | reality of the other while denying the truth of |
| from such a deeply inaccessible internal place? Also, | | | | ourselves. If the relationship crumbles under the |
| it's hard to forfeit the satisfaction derived from | | | | weight of this struggle, we bundle up our projections |
| disowning our shadow and watching it played out | | | | and continue to search for someone who will wear |
| through others. But our relationships become so | | | | them (and carry our unconscious). Then we're safe |
| distorted with projection that we don't ever get to | | | | from the internal pressure to face ourselves at the |
| know the truth of people. We inadvertently block and | | | | deepest level. |
| obstruct the flow of their nature through these cement | | | | If inclined to cling to diminished versions of ourselves, |
| fortresses of perception. To fulfill the new paradigm's | | | | we project greatness onto others and relinquish our |
| mandate to mutually enlighten each other, we must be | | | | treasure chest of wealth. Cocooned in inferiority, we |
| able to hold a clear, projection-free space for | | | | don't have to take responsibility for our gifts. We |
| everyone we know. | | | | pressure others to live up to our expectations—play |
| Relationships can be profound sources of insight | | | | out our magnitude—a setup for disappointment. |
| provided we restrain the impulse to lay our thoughts, | | | | When we claim projections and bring compassion to |
| judgments, evaluations, fears onto the other person. | | | | the disowned parts of self, we can integrate these |
| When casting our illusions, we miss the opportunity to | | | | missing puzzle pieces to create a lucid self-image. |
| look in the mirror others hold for us. Because smug | | | | Through this deep connection to ourselves relationships |
| assumptions, based on projections, convince us that | | | | unfold to hold the vivid truth of both individuals. To |
| we know the other person, we rarely actually check in | | | | become soul-based humans, all projections must be |
| with him/her. Without a reality check we're lost in | | | | lifted to insure true soul connections with each other. |
| presumptions about how others think and | | | | We need to ask ourselves why we are denying these |
| feel—usually because we're afraid to face any | | | | positive or negative parts of ourselves. What |
| discrepancies between the picture we paint of them | | | | judgments are lurking there? To suspend projections |
| and their actual truth. | | | | for even a moment opens us to a blank slate of |
| To truly know someone we must hold a blank screen | | | | perception where we can view others from a new |
| on which to clearly perceive both the dark and light | | | | perspective. |
| aspects of that person. Often we project pretty | | | | Once we accept the human impulse to project we |
| pictures of others in an effort to block their unsavory | | | | can explore our filter, with its unique perceptual grid |
| shadow parts. Or we may deny their positive areas | | | | that holds our biases, orientation, childhood conditioning, |
| if we're invested in seeing them negatively. This gets | | | | wounds and past life patterns. We need to adjust |
| exhausting as we open up psychically. Then more | | | | for this filter and ask what we objectively know about |
| denial energy through projection is required to ward off | | | | the other person. This allows us to embrace ourselves |
| our intuitive knowings of the person. We become | | | | while holding a neutral canvas on which people can |
| cleaved to our version. | | | | reveal themselves. We're free to discover the truth of |
| When fixated on negative projections, we cling to | | | | others while integrating our unconscious. This fosters |
| judgments rather than open our eyes to the person's | | | | rich, clear, fulfilling relationships. No longer needing to |
| soul shining through. Our positive projections | | | | live up to the projections of others or disown and |
| supposedly prevent us from crashing to the earth | | | | dump our shadow on them, we become independent, |
| when the person's shadow pierces our bubble. We | | | | whole, clear-sighted and truly loving. |
| expect others to stay within our version of them and | | | | The Tibetan arrives to return my projections of |
| become very disappointed when their nature, light or | | | | greatness so that I can embody my own magnitude. |
| dark, emerges beyond the thick veil of our projections. | | | | He teaches: |
| This forces us to adapt to their truth which always | | | | "Humankind projects every aspect of its nature onto |
| mirrors denied parts of ourselves. Heated arguments | | | | Source. Yet Source's Divine Love is neutral. This |
| with beloveds ensue as we hurl projections back and | | | | provides a terrific playing field for students to create |
| forth. | | | | and project versions of divinity as they gather |
| It's so tempting to abdicate responsibility for our | | | | experiences that bring them closer to Source's pure |
| shadow by hiring others to carry it for us. But we | | | | empty Beingness. All projections eventually fall away |
| become frustrated with their inability to change "their | | | | to reveal the true nature of the soul. |
| shadow" which is really ours. They can't transmute a | | | | "Embrace the process of projection as an opportunity |
| shadow that isn't theirs. Disempowered, it becomes | | | | to witness self's creative journey into enlightenment. |
| clear that we're the only ones who can integrate/heal | | | | Hold the projections lightly as vignettes of the moment |
| our own unconscious. | | | | that paint a vivid picture from which to explore self's |
| What's the difference between projection and | | | | conjectures about others and Source. Students learn |
| discernment? We're heavily invested in our projections | | | | by momentarily believing and feeling these "movies" as |
| (which are loaded with judgments). Projections, | | | | true. Accept the projections from others as an |
| messengers from the unconscious with the divine | | | | opportunity to track and claim any inherent truth therein |
| purpose to show our hidden self, carry intense psychic | | | | as well as enhance self-definition by rejecting the |
| weight to which we react with adamant denial. Like | | | | irrelevant projections. |
| trying to flick off a festering leech, we flip them over to | | | | "Rigid adherence to any perception indicates a |
| the other person in an onslaught of justifications. | | | | fear-based projection. Long standing projections, |
| Discernment, often a gut feeling, carries a persistent | | | | entrenched in false beliefs, retard the learning curve |
| sense of the truth long retained after we have | | | | because self is not receiving true feedback from |
| reclaimed our projections. | | | | others. Today's accelerated energies are quickly |
| When our reality stems strictly from projections, we | | | | washing away chronic projections and leaving the |
| live in a self-created free-floating bubble of separation. | | | | student baffled about what perceptions to believe. |
| Projections, a pervasive web that locks our channels | | | | Refrain from criticizing self for the unconscious impulse |
| of perception in a prison of distortion, cause us to act | | | | to project onto others or for being baited by the |
| react on false premises. As this fortress of aberration | | | | other's projection of self. This is an opportunity to |
| increases in density our sensitivity level dulls. Unable to | | | | experience the purification benefit of |
| pick up on people's nuances, we forget to open to | | | | disillusionment—peeling away layers of distortion that |
| unadulterated receptivity and instead bully others into | | | | block enlightenment. |
| being our rendering of them. Unwilling to see the truth, | | | | "Rather than judge the projection process, remember |
| our world becomes enshrouded in illusion. | | | | that ultimately, after mastering the human condition, |
| In childhood our parents often dump projections on us. | | | | everyone is then called to create on a grander scale |
| Much of our adult life is spent trying to live up to or | | | | and will need to potently project intention/invocation. |
| shake off their assumptions. Emphatic parental | | | | Students will have already run the gamut of trying on |
| projections cause us to doubt the truth of who we | | | | and discarding obsolete projections. These |
| really are. This carries into our adult relationships as we | | | | experiences will pave the way for humankind to refine |
| "hire" people to carry on our parents' views. We try to | | | | the art of projecting force fields for creative purposes. |
| wear their projections and shape ourselves | | | | Without the need to surmise a projected sea of |
| accordingly, eager to see ourselves through their eyes | | | | judgments, evaluations and impressions, students will |
| in order to sustain the connection. It seems more | | | | investigate, engage and savor the empty Cosmic |
| important to be loved/accepted than to be true to | | | | Screen. Then this screen will display grand creations |
| ourselves. Why risk the disharmony of | | | | evoked from the rich soil of human |
| making others uncomfortable by asking them to own | | | | nature—transforming from moment to |
| their projections! Ironically, others' projections cause us | | | | moment—as this splendid out-picturing |
| to lose true contact with them. We feel misperceived, | | | | metamorphoses into exquisite displays of Source's |
| lonely, stifled, confused and defensive—reliving our | | | | becoming process unfolding within the New Human |
| childhood experience of the onslaught of parental | | | | Being. |