Stilla Meditation22 Nov 2023

20231122 - Receiving And Letting Go With The Breath

“We don’t see the world as it is, we see it as we are”?  - Anaïs Nin Let’s talk about psychological projection. In order to protect ourself from the discomfort of facing parts of ourselves that we have hidden away we project those traits, feelings, thoughts unto others and judge them for it. Let’s say I’m a bit self-absorbed and arrogant and those traits were very forbidden when I grew up. It will then be difficult for me to recognise, own and take responsibility for those traits because it will be painful for me to admit it that I have those traits. So I push them down and they become my shadow. When I then see someone that reminds me of those traits I will judge that person harshly. I project my own traits and my own self-criticism unto this person because it is much easier. It’s sort of a defence mechanism. This also happens with “positive” traits that we would like to have but don’t allow ourselves. For example if I hold myself back a lot and don’t allow myself to be playful then I might judge people who do as being “too much” or “childish” or “not serious enough” or something like this. In this way, other people act as mirrors for ourselves. A good reminder is “whenever you judge someone else, you are really judging a part of yourself”.

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