We all project. It’s our way of creating security in ourselves and in the world, as we continually interact with one another, be it with an individual, a group, an event, a situation etc. Name something and it’s likely that it will arouse some kind of response in ourselves.
And the stronger the reaction, whether positive or negative, the greater the energetic content of the projection and the bond between self and the other.
Whenever you hear the words “I expected ….” or sentiments alluding to some type of expectancy or assumption, whether from yourself in reference to another or from someone in relation to you, you can bet that projection is at play.
Whilst mostly unconscious, our projections are handed to those who energetically have some capacity to carry the label of the projection, be it beauty, ugliness, cruelty, bully, warrior, stupidity, wisdom, and the list is endless.
And if I were to ask you now, to think of someone who triggers you, and what is it about that person that shakes your your inner harmony?, their attribute that triggered you, evoked an archetypal emotional association and it is this which you have handed over to them as a projection.
As the saying goes, “if you spot, you got it.”, and for some reason, some aspect of ourself is not willing to accommodate or carry that label and instead, let someone else carry it.
And yet this unconscious practice keeps us, and those which have to bear the weight of our projections, continually tied into an energetic cage of limitations.
Like it or not, the projection dynamic keeps all participants trapped and shackled within it, and as long as the projection is allowed to continue on an unconscious level, there is little chance for freedom to be truly whole and authentic for all participants in the dynamic.
The last 2 years have been powerful in helping me realise what I was projecting out or what I was carrying from others. Regardless of my stance with the requirements of the current narratives going round the world, I realised I had unconsciously allotted attributes to different sections of my social network and have been at times, quite surprised at the error of my allocations or felt the backlash of not falling in line with a projection.
Now more than ever, in answering the call to personal Sovereignty, it is crucial to liberate self and the other from our projections. In doing so, we reclaim our power, setting ourselves (and the recipient of our projections) free to BE and the opportunity for our interaction to evolve into a more creative and life affirming expression.
The process which I have been guided to employ combines the following 3 processes:
- First we hold space in the capacity of deep and profound Compassion to expand the Heart field and envelop that which is being witnessed.
- Next, a key aspect of the liberation process is a practice learnt in Psychosynthesis called “Bifocal Vision” where whilst presented with the “reality” before us, we also consciously make space for what we acknowledge to be the potential within.
Extend this a little deeper, see the other clothed in the fullest expression of the projections we have placed upon them whilst also acknowledging and affirming the sacred that is within them, allowing for the recognition that they are so much more than the labels we have given them, and through this create space to allow their greatness to present themselves.
So too, just as we have given away aspects of ourselves by labelling another as having that attribute, e.g. “they are so stupid”, recognise that that same stupidity exists within self and therefore, use humility and humanity to allow compassion to arise for self.
All this is beautifully encapsulated through the word “Namaste”, which means “the sacred in me sees the sacred in that which I am bearing witness to.” Chant this whilst holding the other or yourself in your field of Compassion.
- And finally, when you feel that the charge of the interaction has been released, behold the individual with Gratitude for the learning, wisdom and integration you have gained.
And that’s it. Whilst I am continually being reminded to use this method especially with my triggers which cause my field to collapse, I am also aware that in time the need will also be to release the things that cause it to expand, as this is an indicator of positive qualities which I have projected onto another, attributes I will need to reclaim on my path to Wholeness.
Family, I love you. Namaste, I see you. I am deeply thankful for the Sacredness of you.
I set you free.
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